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Sand Dunes at Sam
(42 km) The sifting sands of the dunes at Sam, on the
edge of the Desert National Park, relentlessly moving
and changing are a breathtaking sight and the sunsets
there, are particularly spectacular.
The
three-day Desert Festival in January attracts a great
deal of visitors. The evening entertainment includes
captivating performances by snake charmers, puppeteers,
folk dancers and musicians and camel races & camel
polo are also on the festival agenda. The culmination of
the festival takes place around campfires that burn till
dawn at the sand dunes in Sam, where most of the
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Lodurva
(16 km) Ancient capital of Jaisalmer. Its complex of
splendid Jain temples makes it both a tourist attraction
and an important Jain pilgrim centre.
Akal
Wood Fossil Park
(17 km) Fossillised remains of a forest that grew
180 million years ago. Close by is another pre-historic
site - Kandiala - where undated fossilised rocks with
tiny sea shells embedded in them can be seen, evidence
that this desert was once part of the ocean bed!
Desert
National Park
(45km) This 3000 km stretch protects the fragile
desert ecosystem in its natural environs. The native
flora consists of cacti, thorny shrubs, bushes and trees
and hardy vegetation and the local fauna constitutes
animal species like the monitor lizard, desert foxes,
porcupines and herds of black buck. |
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