The best Golden Triangle tour with Jodhpur is our Golden Triangle, Jodhpur and Udaipur: nine days through Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur, with your own car, driver and licensed guide, from $505 per person, two travellers sharing. Flights are not included.
Jodhpur is a large fort city in western Rajasthan, known for Mehrangarh Fort and its blue-washed old town. It sits beyond Jaipur, so adding it to the Golden Triangle means longer days on the road, and most Jodhpur routes continue on to other cities. This page is for travellers who already want the Taj Mahal and Jaipur and now want more of Rajasthan.
We ranked four private journeys of nine to sixteen days on how Jodhpur is placed in the route, how long each one stays there, what follows it and how the long drives are broken. Jaipur to Jodhpur alone is roughly five to six hours. Each journey has your own car, driver and a licensed guide in every city. The Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays, and flights are not included.
Golden Triangle, Jodhpur and Udaipur
- 9 days / 8 nights
- Delhi · Agra · Jaipur · Jodhpur · Udaipur
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
Nine days, in the order Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur. The first days are the classic triangle: Old Delhi by rickshaw, the Taj Mahal at opening time, Fatehpur Sikri and Amber Fort. Then the road turns west, with a day mostly on the road from Jaipur to Jodhpur and a morning at Mehrangarh Fort and the blue lanes. Jodhpur to Udaipur follows via the Jain temples of Ranakpur, and the last full day is by Lake Pichola.
It suits travellers who want forts and lakes after the Taj Mahal in a single trip of nine days, with your own car and driver and a licensed guide in every city. It is from $505 per person, two travellers sharing. The honest limit is the road: Jaipur to Jodhpur is five to six hours and Jodhpur to Udaipur six to seven with the Ranakpur stop, and both cities are very hot in summer.
Best for: Travellers who want forts and lakes after the Taj Mahal and Jaipur, in nine days.
Worth knowing: There are long driving days between the Rajasthan cities, and Jodhpur and Udaipur are very hot in summer.
Golden Triangle and Royal Rajasthan
- 12 days / 11 nights
- Delhi · Agra · Jaipur · Pushkar · Jodhpur · Udaipur
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
Twelve days that add Pushkar between Jaipur and Jodhpur. Delhi gets two nights, then Agra with the Taj Mahal at opening time and Jaipur with Amber Fort. A drive of roughly three and a half hours via Ajmer reaches Pushkar, a small town on a sacred lake with ghats and the Brahma Temple. Another three and a half to four hours takes you to Jodhpur for Mehrangarh Fort, then Ranakpur and three nights in Udaipur, including a slower day to Eklingji and Nagda.
It suits guests who want a fuller Rajasthan with a quiet stop between the big cities, so the long Jaipur to Jodhpur day becomes two shorter ones. You travel with your own car and driver and a licensed guide in each city, from $645 per person, two travellers sharing. Twelve days is a large part of a holiday, and Pushkar is a holy town where meat, eggs and alcohol are not sold in the centre and shoes come off at the ghats.
Best for: Guests who want a fuller Rajasthan with a pause at Pushkar before Jodhpur and three nights in Udaipur.
Worth knowing: It is twelve days, a big part of a holiday, and the Jodhpur to Udaipur day still runs six to seven hours with the Ranakpur stop.
Rajasthan and the Thar desert
- 14 days / 13 nights
- Delhi · Agra · Jaipur · Jodhpur · Jaisalmer · Udaipur
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
Fourteen days that continue beyond Jodhpur into the far west. After the triangle and Jodhpur, a drive of roughly five to six hours across plain and scrub reaches Jaisalmer, where you spend two nights. One day is the living fort, the Jain temples and the Patwon Ki Haveli. The next goes to Kuldhara and the dunes near Sam or Khuri, with a jeep ride and, if you wish, camels. You return through Jodhpur, then Ranakpur and Udaipur.
It suits travellers who want to reach the desert and see Jodhpur twice, once on the way out and once on the way back. You have your own car, driver and a licensed guide in each city, from $740 per person, two travellers sharing. Jodhpur to Jaisalmer and back are each five to six hours, Jaisalmer and the dunes are very hot in summer and cold at night in winter, and the desert evening is simple and informal.
Best for: Travellers who want to reach Jaisalmer and the Thar desert as well as Jodhpur and Udaipur.
Worth knowing: It is fourteen days, with five to six hours each way between Jodhpur and Jaisalmer and tired legs after the long days.
The grand Rajasthan journey
- 16 days / 15 nights
- Delhi · Agra · Ranthambore · Jaipur · Pushkar · Jodhpur · Jaisalmer · Udaipur
- Own car and driver, licensed guide
Sixteen days that visit Delhi, Agra, Ranthambore, Jaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Udaipur. The Taj Mahal is seen at first light, Ranthambore gets two jungle drives, and Jaipur has a full day among forts and palaces. Pushkar's lake is visited at dusk, Jodhpur gets a slower day in the old town, and Jaisalmer adds the fort and an evening in the Thar dunes. The journey ends with Ranakpur and a morning at Udaipur's City Palace.
It suits guests with two weeks or more who want to see Rajasthan properly rather than sample it. You travel with your own car and driver and a licensed guide in each city, from $830 per person, two travellers sharing. It is a major commitment: several drives are long, Ranthambore mornings start before sunrise and are cold in an open jeep, tigers are never guaranteed, and the best season is October to March.
Best for: Guests with two weeks or more who want the whole of Rajasthan, wildlife and desert included.
Worth knowing: It is a very full trip and a major commitment, with several long drives and cold safari mornings in winter.
How to choose between these
- Choose nine days for Jodhpur and Udaipur in one trip: the Golden Triangle, then Mehrangarh Fort, Ranakpur and the lakes, with the fewest days away from home.
- Choose twelve days if you want Pushkar as a pause, which turns the long road west from Jaipur into two shorter drives and adds a slower day around Udaipur.
- Choose fourteen days to include Jaisalmer and the desert, accepting that Jodhpur to Jaisalmer and back are each five to six hours and that the dunes are hot in summer.
- Choose sixteen days only if you want Ranthambore and the whole of Rajasthan in one unbroken trip, and you are comfortable with several long drives and early safari mornings.
- Ask us how each leg runs before you decide, and share your dates early, because the Taj Mahal is closed on Fridays and October to March is the best season.
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