Travel Group | Nov 14

Gujarat and Rajasthan, India: Cities, Temples and Wildlife
with Rick Stokes, Associate Professor Emeritus, Paediatrics

In February and March of 2024 we spent over 5 weeks on 2 tours of Gujarat and Rajasthan in Northwest India.  The first tour covered “cultural” aspects of the area, visiting numerous cities and towns, temples, stepwells, forts and textile artisans.   This included visits to Ahmedabad, Bhuj, the Great Kutch desert, Gondal, a climb up 3500 steps to the Jain temple complex at Palitana, a luxurious stay in a lakeside palace hotel in Santrampur and visits to the forts and deserts of Rajasthan in Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Jaipur.  We then transferred to our wildlife tour that covered different areas of Gujarat and Rajasthan with visits to safari parks and areas known for their birding opportunities.  Besides our usual quest for bird viewing, we spent a lot of time observing large mammals with numerous sightings of our top target mammal, the leopard.  We were also lucky enough to sight Asian Lions at a kill, hyenas, wolves, jackals, wild boar, antelope, jungle cat and desert fox cubs.

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