Girls' trip to the land of Royalty: Yogitha's, Meghana's, and Deepika's Trip to Rajasthan with Thrillophilia

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Rating: ★★★★★
Travellers: Yogitha Rayappa, Meghana K and Deepika H K
Trip Duration: 6 Days | 5 Nights
Date of Travel: 28 Jan 2025 to 02 Feb 2025
Package Booked: All-in-One Rajasthan Vacation | FREE Ana Sagar Lake Visit

Three women travelling together through Rajasthan are on a particular kind of trip.

It is the kind you plan carefully. You think about the driver before you think about the itinerary. You want someone reliable, someone who understands the responsibility of the group he is carrying, and someone who does not make the journey feel uncertain at any point.

Yogitha Rayappa, Meghana K and Deepika H K had all of that.

Their review said it plainly.

"We were only girls travelling, the driver was very responsible and trustworthy, and the rooms allocated were good. But overall, it was a memorable journey."

A 6-day Rajasthan tour package, an itinerary across three cities. Jaipur to Jodhpur to Jaisalmer, with the desert at the end and a camel safari on the last full day. The driver held the trip together across five hundred kilometres of Rajasthan roads, and the three of them came home with something they will keep talking about for a while.

Jaipur Started the Trip on Day One

The sedan was at Jaipur International Airport when they arrived on the 28th of January. Check in at the standard hotel, then straight into the afternoon sightseeing.

Hawa Mahal first, the honeycomb facade looking out over the street below. Jantar Mantar after that, where the stone sundial that actually tells the time sits at the centre of an observatory built in 1734. City Palace followed, then Govind Dev Ji Temple in the evening, then a walk through the local markets.

Johri Bazaar and Tripolia Bazaar in the early evening are the kind of stops that do not need a guide to work. The three of them would have moved at their own pace through the jewellery stalls and the textile shops, which is how those markets are meant to be done.

The Forts on Day Two

Day two was the full fort circuit. Amer Fort in the morning, with the mirror hall inside and the hill views outside. Jaigarh Fort next, where the world's largest wheeled cannon sits behind a low wall looking out over the valley. NahargaSrh Fort for the city view from above.

Jal Mahal in the afternoon. The water palace sits in the middle of Man Sagar Lake, and you cannot enter it, but you can photograph it from the lakeside, and the photograph usually turns out better than expected. Birla Mandir is a white marble temple sitting at the foot of the Aravalli Hills.

Two days in Jaipur were the right amount. By the morning of the third day, the city felt familiar enough that leaving it made sense.

Jodhpur in a Single Afternoon

The drive from Jaipur to Jodhpur is five hours. They arrived in the early afternoon and checked in before the sightseeing began.

Mehrangarh Fort is the one Jodhpur is built around. The fort rises 125 metres above the old city, the blue rooftops of Brahmpuri visible below the walls. The museum inside covers everything from the palanquins of the Rajput queens to the armour of the warriors who defended the place. Jaswant Thada next door, with the white marble cenotaph catching the late afternoon light. Then the Ghanta Ghar market in the evening, where the lanes run narrow, and the embroidered textiles pile up in every stall.

One night in Jodhpur. The next morning, they were back in the sedan, heading west.

Jaisalmer and the Desert

The drive from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer takes four and a half hours, and the landscape changes gradually. By the time the Jaisalmer fort comes into view from the road, the desert has been flat and wide for long enough that the sandstone citadel rising from the plains looks like it belongs to a different world entirely.

Day four was the Jaisalmer War Memorial on the way in and the fort in the afternoon. The living fort, with its narrow lanes and stone havelis, is the one place in one’s Rajasthan tour package that feels most like a film set and least like one at the same time.

Day five was the havelis and the dunes. Gadisar Lake in the early morning, quiet and still in the January air. Patwon Ki Haveli, Nathmal Ki Haveli and Salim Singh Ki Haveli through the morning, each one with its own carved sandstone facade.

Then Sam Sand Dunes in the afternoon for the camel safari and jeep safari. The camel ride to the sunset viewpoint in the Thar Desert. Dinner at the camp with the folk dance and bonfire. Three women who had spent five days moving through forts and cities are now sitting in the desert at night with the fire going.

The night in the deluxe camp. Then the long drive back to Jodhpur Airport the next morning.

What Thrillophilia Made Work for Three Women Travelling Solo

Priya at Thrillophilia handled the booking. The rooms across Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer were all on triple sharing, which kept the group together without splitting across separate rooms. The driver was consistent across every leg of the trip. Yogitha specifically called him out in the review as responsible and trustworthy, which, for a group of women travelling without a male companion, is the detail that matters more than any attraction on the list.

Rajasthan in January is cold in the mornings and comfortable in the afternoons. The timing worked well for the forts, which are best seen in clear winter light rather than in the summer haze.

That is the kind of Rajasthan trip review that does not need any dressing up.

Also Read: From Udaipur to Jaisalmer: A Rajasthan Tour Worth Remembering with Thrillophilia