Tour
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Special
Individual / Group tour bookings open
you can book your tour from Oct, 2014 to Mar, 2015. |
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My
Mera India Group Tour Dates and Bookings
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Duration |
4N/5D |
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Batch I |
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Batch II |
7-11 Jan,
2015 |
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Batch
III |
18-22
Feb, 2015 |
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Small
info about Little Rann of Kutch (LRK)
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Little Rann of Kutch or little desert
of Kutch is a salt marsh located near
the Great Rann of Kutch in Kutch district,
Gujarat, India.
Some places in the world are known
for lush greenery, others for steep
cliffs and snowy glaciers and others
still for refreshing water lapping
against hot beaches. But of all the
landscapes in the world, harsh deserts
are perhaps the one that fewest people
have experienced. Believing it to
be not as pleasant as other landscapes,
many people miss out on the tremendous
beauty found in deserts. Precisely
because there are very few people,
visiting deserts like the Little Rann
of Kutch which gives a traveler the
chance to ponder a world before there
were so many of us around.
After hours blanketed by the deep
silences that fall on the salt flats
in the middle of the day, when the
only sound is the wind scraping along
the sand, can you appreciate the sounds
that emerge in the evening, the birds
singing, insects chirping and the
scuffle of small animals rustling
in the brush. Looking out at the unending
flats do you appreciate the greenery
and rich wildlife that congregates
on the beyts or islands that rise
up out of the Rann. And getting to
know the desert do you begin to understand
a secret, that the beauty of life
lies hidden in even the most seemingly
desolate of places.
The Wild Ass Sanctuary of the Little
Rann of Kutch, spreading across nearly
5000 square kilometers of the Little
Rann, is the only place on earth where
the endangered Indian Wild Ass (Equus
hemionus khur), known locally as the
ghudkhar, still lives. The sanctuary
was set up in 1973 to protect the
endangered wild ass. These creatures
look like a cross between a donkey
and a horse. They're slightly bigger
than a donkey, and are fast and strong
like a horse.The only other two subspecies
of wild asses live in the high arid
plateaus of Tibet, making this the
most accessible place to visit wild
asses in their natural environs. Standing
more than a meter tall at the shoulder
and two meters in length, wild asses
are very agile and can run long distances
at a speed of 50 km/h, making them
more like wild horses, and far more
captivating than their domesticated
cousins. Around 3000 of them live
in the sanctuary, and are usually
seen in herds, especially around breeding
season (foals can be seen with the
herds around October and November.)
Though a bleak landscape it is rich
in biodiversity and is an ecologically
important area for wildlife and many
local and migratory waterbirds like
cranes, ducks, pelicans, flamingos
and land birds like sandgrouse, francolins
and the Indian bustards.It is also
home to various unique mammals apart
from wild ass such as the Indian wolf,
desert fox, jackals, chinkara, blackbucks,
striped hyenas, and nilgai etc..
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How
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By
road: The Wild Ass Sanctuary
is 130 km from Ahmedabad, 45 km
from Viramgam, 175 km from Rajkot
and 265 km from Bhuj, accessible
from all of these by ST buses. |
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By rail:
The Nearest stations are- Dhrangadhra
- 16 kms, Ahmedabad - 130 Kms,
Rajkot - 175 Kms, Viramgam - 45
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The Sanctuary
has three main access points:
Dhrangadhra, Range Bajana, and Range
Aadeshwar. Range Bajana is the best
place to enter in the winter as
the wetlands that house migratory
birds are closest to it. Dhrandgadhra
is the easiest place to find transportation
and accommodation. |
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Total
tour cost
- 4 Nights/ 5 Days |
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Plan |
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Budget
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Standard
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Classic
(C) |
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Cost |
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Rs.14000/-* |
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Rs.
15500/-* |
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Tour
Package Inclusive* |
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Sleeper
Class (B)(S)| 3TR A/C (C) |
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Land
Transport Sumo\Car |
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A/c
Room/ Tent twin sharing |
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All
(Veg) tea, breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
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Open
Jeep Safari |
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2/4
Person per jeep for better photography |
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Tour
Package Exclusive* |
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All tea, meals during
train journey |
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All personal expenses |
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Those wants save time can fly to
nearest airport (Ahmedabad) |
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Any kind of insurance coverage |
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Any other thing not mentioned above
& left |
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Additional
discount for group booking |
Special
individual tour booking
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Additional
Safari for group on request in advance
with extra cost |
For
plan (S) can take 3TR AC on request in
advance with extra nominal cost |
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Note:
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60 days’
advance booking mandatory for hassle free
travel, accommodation and safari |
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Cost in INR valid for Indian
Nationals only and for Foreigners’
/ Tourist please mail us for cost |
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*The cost for per person group of minimium
two (G2) |
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Terms
& Condition |
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Email Confirmation
is compulsory with payment for booking |
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My Mera India reserves the
right to change/modify or terminate the
offer any time at its own discretion and
without any prior notice. |
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The
itinerary for the tour will be as follows: |
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Leave for
LRK from BDTS |
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Day 1 |
Reach 7.00 am Viramgam/ Dhrangadhra,
Travel to hotel fresh up rest Breakfast
and check in rest. After lunch start 1st
safari back to hotel fresh up rest dinner.
Post Dinner group discussion and rest |
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Day2 |
Early Morning have tea and
bf Breakfast start 2nd safari. Back to hotel
lunch rest start 3rd safari back to hotel
fresh up rest dinner, Post Dinner group
discussion and rest |
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Day3 |
Early Morning have tea and
bf Breakfast start 4th safari. Back to hotel
lunch rest start 5th safari back to hotel
fresh up rest dinner, Post Dinner group
discussion and rest |
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Day4 |
Early Morning have tea and
bf Breakfast start 6th safari. Back to hotel
lunch rest start 7th safari back to hotel
fresh up rest dinner, Post Dinner group
discussion and rest |
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Day5 |
Early Morning have tea and
bf Breakfast start 8th safari. Back to hotel
lunch checkout hotel reach station 18.47
pm leave for BDTs from Viramgam/ Dhrangadhra |
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Day0 |
Reach BDTs moning 5.40 tour
ends |
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