Rajasthan changes with the sky.
Two journeys designed around Rajasthan's changing landscape: rain-washed southern Rajasthan and the golden cities of winter.
Why these places belong together.
Travel with the season rather than against it. Experience lakes, islands and green hills during the rains — or follow the winter sun from Udaipur to the great desert cities of western Rajasthan.
Recommended route · Choose the Monsoon Trail or the Winter Trail
Choose your route.
Pick the trail that fits your time and what you want to see. Everything after this updates to match.
The Monsoon Trail
- Jaipur
- Udaipur
- Banswara
Lakes, islands and green hills in southern Rajasthan while the rains are on
- 01Day 1
Jaipur → Udaipur
South to Udaipur, into the part of Rajasthan the monsoon actually reaches.
- 02Day 2
Udaipur
The lakes, the old city, and the Monsoon Palace above it — built for exactly this season.
- 03Day 3
Udaipur → Banswara
On to Banswara, through hills that are green for only a few weeks a year.
- 04Day 4
Banswara
Mahi Dam, the islands and lakes, and cultural experiences with local communities.
- 05Day 5
Departure
Depart from Udaipur, or return to Jaipur if you would rather.
The parts people remember.
The Monsoon Palace
Built to watch the rains arrive. Visited, for once, while they are arriving.
Banswara's islands
The part of Rajasthan almost nobody photographs, green and full of water.
Mehrangarh from below
The blue city first, then the fort — the order that makes sense of both.
A night in the dunes
Out past the last of the light, with people who live there.
In the price.
- Accommodation throughout, in the category you choose
- Private vehicle and driver for the full route
- Local guides in each city
- Planned experiences named in the itinerary
- A reachable point of contact for the whole journey
Not included
- Flights and visas
- Travel insurance
- Monument entry fees unless stated
- Meals not named in the itinerary
Nothing here is fixed.
This is the shape most travellers start from. Say what you would rather do and we will rebuild it around that — the itinerary is a proposal, not a product.
- Add nights anywhere along either trail
- Upgrade the accommodation category
- Add a desert camp night on the Winter Trail
- Return transfer to Jaipur instead of departing locally
Photographs from this journey.
Taken by us and by the people who travelled with us. Nothing here is a stock photograph, and nothing has been staged for it.
We ask before we publish a photograph of anyone recognisable, and you can always change your mind afterwards.
Tell us how you like to travel.
Roughly when you are coming, how long you have, and what you would rather not miss. A sentence or two is plenty — we answer every enquiry ourselves, usually within a day.
We usually reply within 24 hours.