Marwar & the Thar · Arid Northwest
How to reach
By air
- Jaipur International Airport (JAI) — The main gateway; about 13 km from the old city.
- Maharana Pratap Airport, Udaipur (UDR) — Best for Mewar, Kumbhalgarh and Mount Abu.
- Jodhpur Airport (JDH) — A civil enclave at the air force station; best for Marwar and onward to Jaisalmer.
- Jaisalmer Airport (JSA) — Limited and seasonal service; most visitors arrive by train or road.
By rail
- Jaipur Junction (JP)
- Jodhpur Junction (JU) — Overnight from Delhi and Jaipur; the Jaisalmer line continues from here.
- Udaipur City (UDZ)
- Kota Junction (KOTA) — On the Delhi–Mumbai trunk route, so almost everything stops here.
- Abu Road (ABR) — The railhead for Mount Abu, 27 km below it.
By road
NH 48 — Delhi–Jaipur–Ajmer–Udaipur–AhmedabadNH 27 — the east–west corridor through Kota and BundiNH 11 — towards Bikaner, Pokaran and JaisalmerNH 62 — Bikaner–Jodhpur–PindwaraNH 125 — Jodhpur–PokaranDelhi–Mumbai Expressway through Dausa, Sawai Madhopur and KotaRSRTC state buses to every district
Getting around
Autos and app cabs in the cities; shared jeeps to villages. Jeep and camel safaris from Jaisalmer, Osian and Khuri. Distances are large — Jaipur to Jaisalmer is around 560 km — so overnight trains are usually better than a day of driving.
How to reach Marwar & the Thar by air, rail, road and water, and how to get around once there. (9)