Gujarat · 6 Days
Gujarat — Gir & Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad's old city, then three nights at Sasan Gir for lion safaris and Somnath.
Day by Day
6 Days, In Full
A short trip built around the Asiatic lion. Two nights in Ahmedabad for the walled city and Sabarmati Ashram. Then a drive to Sasan Gir, three nights at a forest lodge, dawn safaris, and a day at Somnath Temple and Junagadh. It works best from mid-October to mid-June, when the park is open.
Ahmedabad
Arrive in Ahmedabad
Your driver meets you at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel airport. Ahmedabad became India's first UNESCO World Heritage City in 2017. Its old quarter is a maze of pols, or walled lanes of carved wooden havelis. Check in and rest. In the late afternoon, walk beside the Sabarmati river as the light softens. Dinner is a first taste of Gujarati cooking, sweet-savoury and mostly vegetarian.
Ahmedabad
Old Ahmedabad and Sabarmati Ashram
A full day in the walled city with a local guide. You visit the Jama Masjid and the Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, famous for its stone-lattice windows carved as trees. The pols come next, with their painted balconies and bird-feeding towers. After lunch, visit Sabarmati Ashram, Mahatma Gandhi's home on the river from 1917. It is plain, quiet and moving. Timings vary, so we confirm them on the day.
Ahmedabad → Sasan Gir
Ahmedabad to Gir
A long, comfortable drive south-west to lion country, about six to seven hours with a lunch stop. The landscape turns from plains to the green Gir hills. You reach the lodge by late afternoon. Rest, walk the grounds, and take an early night before the dawn safari.
Sasan Gir
Gir Lion Safari
Gir is the last home of the Asiatic lion. You go in at dawn in an open jeep with a forest guide, on a safari of about three hours. Sightings are common but never guaranteed. Leopards, deer and many birds share the forest. Permits and slots are set by the forest department, so we book them well ahead. The park is closed from about mid-June to mid-October. The rest of the day is for the lodge, or for a second safari.
Sasan Gir
Somnath and Junagadh
A day of coast and history beyond the forest. Somnath Temple stands on the sea at Prabhas Patan, the first of the twelve jyotirlinga shrines. The present temple was rebuilt in the 20th century. Then to Junagadh, an old Nawabi town. The Mahabat Maqbara, finished in 1892, is the showpiece, with onion domes and spiral minarets. You return to the lodge at dusk.
Sasan Gir
Depart from Gir
A final walk in the forest edge, then breakfast. The nearest airports are at Diu, about two hours away, and Rajkot, about three. Your driver leaves in good time for your flight.
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