Weekend getaways from Jodhpur by car

Weekend Getaways from Jodhpur by Car

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

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Where can you go for a weekend from Jodhpur?

8 destinations from Jodhpur are worth a night, 165 to 390 km away by road. The closest is Ranakpur and Kumbhalgarh at 165 km, about 3 hours of driving, with the return journey from ₹5,940 in a sedan. 7 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 Rann of Kutch edge at 390 km.

Destinations
8
Two-day weekends
7 of 8
Nearest
Ranakpur and Kumbhalgarh — 165 km
Furthest
Rann of Kutch edge — 390 km
Return fare from
₹5,940
Need three days
1 of 8

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 Jodhpur

Jodhpur sits on the edge of the Thar with roads running into the desert one way and into the Aravallis the other, which gives a weekend from here two completely different characters. West is sand, forts and almost no one; east and south is hill country, lakes and temples.

The day-trip page covers Osian, Mandore and the places within an easy return. This page is for the ones that need the night — Jaisalmer, Udaipur, the Kumbhalgarh ridge and the Rann edge, all of which are poor day trips and very good weekends.

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

8 weekend trips from Jodhpur, 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.

Jodhpur to Ranakpur and Kumbhalgarh

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

The Ranakpur Jain temple with 1,444 carved marble pillars, no two the same, and ninety minutes on, Kumbhalgarh's thirty-six-kilometre wall running along the Aravalli ridge — the second longest in the world.

How the weekend runs

Both have restricted hours and Ranakpur opens to non-Jain visitors only from noon, which makes fitting them into one day a matter of luck. A night lets you take Kumbhalgarh at opening on Sunday and Ranakpur in the afternoon on the way home.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billed

Jodhpur to Jaisalmer

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

A living fort where several thousand people still have their homes inside the walls, the Patwon ki Haveli, the Gadisar tank, and the Sam dunes forty kilometres out for the evening.

How the weekend runs

Five hours each way across the desert makes a day trip meaningless. One night, and the shape is clear: fort and havelis Saturday afternoon, dunes at sunset, fort walls again at sunrise on Sunday when the sandstone is at its best.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billedRoute details

Jodhpur to Udaipur

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

The City Palace along Lake Pichola, Jagdish temple, the Monsoon Palace on the ridge above for sunset, and Bagore ki Haveli where the evening performance happens in a courtyard.

How the weekend runs

Four and a half hours of improving landscape as the desert turns to hills. Out by seven, on the lake for the late afternoon, Monsoon Palace at sunset, and the City Palace early on Sunday before the boats fill up.

Best season: Sep-Mar 600 km billedRoute details

Jodhpur to Mount Abu

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

The Dilwara Jain temples with their almost translucent marble carving, Nakki Lake in its crater, Guru Shikhar at the top of the Aravallis, and Sunset Point which earns its name.

How the weekend runs

Five hours, the last twenty-seven of them a continuous hairpin climb that takes a full hour whatever the map claims. Dilwara restricts non-worshipper hours and bans photography inside — go in the afternoon on arrival or early Sunday.

Best season: Oct-Mar, and the monsoon 600 km billedRoute details

Jodhpur to Bikaner

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

Junagarh fort, unusual among the big Rajasthan forts for sitting on flat ground rather than a hill and far better preserved for it, the Karni Mata temple at Deshnoke, and the camel farm on the edge of town.

How the weekend runs

Four and a half hours across open desert. A night gets Junagarh unhurried on Saturday and Deshnoke early Sunday when the courtyard is quiet, which is the only time it is bearable for most visitors.

Best season: Oct-Mar 600 km billedRoute details

Jodhpur to Chittorgarh

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
310 km
Driving time
5.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹6,138
SUV, return
₹7,812

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

How the weekend runs

Thirteen square kilometres of fort means a car tour inside and a full half-day at least. Five and a half hours out plus that is two days, with the sound-and-light show filling Saturday evening.

Best season: Oct-Mar 620 km billedRoute details

Jodhpur to Jaipur

1 night · 2 days
Distance one way
335 km
Driving time
5.5 hours
Sedan, return
₹6,633
SUV, return
₹8,442

Amber Fort above its lake, the City Palace and Jantar Mantar in the walled city, Hawa Mahal, the Panna Meena stepwell and Nahargarh on the ridge for the evening.

How the weekend runs

Five and a half hours on good highway. Saturday morning out, walled city in the afternoon, Nahargarh at sunset, and Amber at eight on Sunday before the ramp fills — which is the whole reason to stay rather than day-trip.

Best season: Oct-Feb 670 km billedRoute details

Jodhpur to Rann of Kutch edge

2 nights · 3 days
Distance one way
390 km
Driving time
7 hours
Sedan, return
₹7,722
SUV, return
₹9,828

The white salt flat at Dhordo where the horizon disappears, Kalo Dungar above it, and the embroidery villages of Banni on the way in.

How the weekend runs

Seven hours each way and a permit needed for the flat itself. Three days, and the flat is worth timing to a full moon when the salt holds the light. Check permit requirements before travelling; they change.

Best season: Nov-Feb, and the Rann Utsav 780 km billed

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