Weekend getaways from Ajmer by car

Weekend Getaways from Ajmer by Car

Seven places worth a night from Ajmer, with the drive, the return fare and how the weekend runs.

7 destinations 6 two-day trips 1 need three days Chauffeur-driven, fare fixed before travel

Short answer

Where can you go for a weekend from Ajmer?

7 destinations from Ajmer are worth a night, 135 to 350 km away by road. The closest is Jaipur at 135 km, about 2.5 hours of driving, with the return journey from ₹5,940 in a sedan. 6 work as a two-day weekend; one needs a third day because the drive is too long to justify a single night — the longest being Mount Abu at 350 km.

Destinations
7
Two-day weekends
6 of 7
Nearest
Jaipur — 135 km
Furthest
Mount Abu — 350 km
Return fare from
₹5,940
Need three days
1 of 7

Fares are the full return journey with a chauffeur, from the published round-trip rate card. Fuel, the driver and GST are included; tolls, parking, state permits and the driver's night allowance are charged at actuals.

Planning a weekend out of Ajmer

Ajmer sits in a gap in the Aravallis with roads running four ways out of it, which makes it a better weekend base than its reputation suggests. Jaipur is two and a half hours east, Udaipur four hours south, Jodhpur four hours west, and the Shekhawati havelis three hours north.

The day-trip list from Ajmer covers Pushkar, Kishangarh and the close forts. This page is for the places that need the night — the lake palaces, the desert edge and the painted towns, where arriving in the afternoon and leaving after breakfast is what makes the journey worth it.

Return fares are computed from the published round-trip rate card, so what is shown here is what the booking page will quote.

7 weekend trips from Ajmer, nearest first

Every fare below is the full return journey with a chauffeur, computed from the published round-trip rate card. Fuel, the driver and GST are included; tolls, parking and any state permit are charged at actuals.

Ajmer to Jaipur

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
135 km
Driving time
2.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

Amber Fort above the Maota lake, the City Palace and Jantar Mantar in the walled city, the Panna Meena stepwell, and Nahargarh on the ridge for the evening view across the whole of Jaipur.

How the weekend runs

Close enough to leave after breakfast. The night buys you Amber at eight on Sunday morning, which is the difference between walking up through the Suraj Pol gate in the quiet and queueing in the heat behind four coaches.

Best season: Oct-Feb 600 km billedRoute details

Ajmer to Udaipur

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
275 km
Driving time
4.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The City Palace along the Pichola waterfront, Jagdish temple, the Monsoon Palace on the ridge above, and Bagore ki Haveli where the evening dance performance happens in a courtyard rather than a hall.

How the weekend runs

Four and a half hours each way rules out a day trip entirely. Leave by seven, be on the lake for the late afternoon, and give Sunday morning to the City Palace before the boats fill. The Monsoon Palace sunset is worth staying Saturday for.

Best season: Sep-Mar 600 km billed

Ajmer to Jodhpur

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
200 km
Driving time
3.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

Mehrangarh standing on its rock above the blue town, Jaswant Thada in white marble beside it, the Toorji stepwell in the old city, and Umaid Bhawan, which is still partly a residence.

How the weekend runs

Mehrangarh takes a full unhurried morning and the audio guide is one of the best in the country. Drive Saturday morning, old city and the stepwell in the afternoon, fort from opening on Sunday, home in the evening.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billed

Ajmer to Chittorgarh

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
190 km
Driving time
3 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

The largest fort in India by area — seven gates climbing the hill, the Vijay Stambh, the Rana Kumbha palace, the Gaumukh reservoir, and Padmini's palace with its water tank.

How the weekend runs

The fort is thirteen square kilometres and genuinely cannot be walked in an afternoon; the car goes up with you. A night turns a rushed circuit into two half-days, with the sound-and-light show in between.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billedRoute details

Ajmer to Kumbhalgarh and Ranakpur

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
245 km
Driving time
4 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

A fort wall thirty-six kilometres long, the second longest in the world, running along the Aravalli ridge — and ninety minutes away, the Ranakpur Jain temple with 1,444 carved marble pillars, no two alike.

How the weekend runs

These two are always done together and both have strict visiting hours — Ranakpur opens to non-Jain visitors only from noon. One night lets you take Kumbhalgarh at opening Sunday and Ranakpur on the way back in the afternoon.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billed

Ajmer to Shekhawati havelis

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
210 km
Driving time
3.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹5,940
SUV, return
₹7,560

Nawalgarh, Mandawa and Fatehpur, where merchant families covered entire houses inside and out with painted frescoes. Many are unrestored and lived in, which is both the charm and the frustration of the region.

How the weekend runs

Shekhawati is spread across three towns rather than concentrated in one, so a day trip means seeing one of them badly. A night based at Mandawa or Nawalgarh gets you two towns properly, and the frescoes read best in early light.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billedRoute details

Ajmer to Mount Abu

2 nights · 3 days
Distance one way
350 km
Driving time
6 hours
Sedan, return
₹6,930
SUV, return
₹8,820

Rajasthan's only hill station, with the Dilwara Jain temples and their almost translucent marble carving, Nakki Lake, and Guru Shikhar, the highest point in the range.

How the weekend runs

Six hours each way and a 27 km ghat climb at the end make this a three-day weekend rather than two. Dilwara restricts non-worshipper hours and forbids photography inside, which surprises most first-time visitors — go early on the full day.

Best season: Oct-Mar, and the monsoon for the green 700 km billed

Weekend trips from Ajmer — common questions

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