My trip to Sam sand dunes

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A bunch of us friends was slowly discussing on where to visit for a long weekend that was coming up in the recent months. After long speculations about where to spend the long weekend, we decided on visiting Jaisalmer.

It seemed like the Sam sand dunes were calling us. The city of Jaisalmer, also known as the Golden City of Rajasthan is a city of many tales. Especially the tourist spots like Jaisalmer Fort and the Sam sand dunes were pulling us to them for a visit. To be specific, we only wanted to enjoy a camel safari at the famed Sam sand dunes of Jaisalmer. Accordingly, we started researching for our trip at the famous travel site of TripAdvisor and checked out the details of Sam sand dunes by other travelers.

Once we collected all the information needed, we went to the website of Dangri Desert Camp and booked our stay at the camp for the coming weekend. We liked the website of the desert camp and read about all the amenities and facilities that they have on offer for us. The best thing about staying in this desert camp is that they will also arrange for the desert safari in the Sam sand dunes on the camel back or on the jeep as and when we asked.

Our stay was was excellent as we enjoyed the desert safari on the camel back and also enjoyed the bonfire arranged by the organizers of the camp in the evening. There were also the performances by the Kalbelia dancers in the evening with foot tapping folk songs from Rajasthan. Next day, early morning we started for the Kuldhara Village, which is known as the haunted village of Rajasthan. Plus one can find many tents in jaisalmer desert at affordable prices as the one which we booked was super expensive.

The village remains empty with no people in sight, especially after sunset. In fact, such is the scare among the people of nearby villages that the government of Rajasthan has declared the village haunted and has ordered no one around the village after sunset.

On our way back to Jaisalmer, we stopped at the Khaba Fort. It is also as spooky as the Kuldhara Village and deserted few hundred years ago. We were able to see some ruins of the homes that were of families that lived there several years ago. One must also check out the museum in the fort which houses ancient artifacts from those eras.

Both these trips were exhausting yet enriching for us. However, in the late evening, we roamed around the city a bit and visited some of the shops for collecting mementos for our friends back home. The next morning, we bade goodbye to Jaisalmer for the final time and went to the Jaisalmer rail station for catching a train to Mumbai.