Wildlife and Heritage of Gujarat
Ahmedabad-Sasan Gir-Ahmedabad-Rajkot
Day 1: Ahmedabad
Arrive at Ahmedabad airport and get greeted by the tour representative and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon take a visit to Latura to see the Asiatic Wild Ass. Overnight stay in hotel.
Morning after breakfast drive to Gir and enroute visit Junagadh to see the imposing Uparkot Fort, Buddhist cave-sites, 3rd century BC Ashoka rock edicts, the palace museum filled with Nawabi treasures, the flamboyant royal mausoleum complexes etc. Overnight stay in Sasan Gir.
Day 3: Sasan Gir
Morning and evening go on a drive in the Gir forests to look for the two big cats and other wildlife. In between the drives, visit Somnath to see the famous shore temple, which is considered one of the 12 holy abodes of Shiva. Also visit the Sun Temple, Ahilya Temple and other monuments.Gir in Gujarat is a deciduous forest and is the last abode of the Asiatic lion. Besides, the forest also has a thriving panther (leopard) population. It also has home to large population of chital or spotted deer, sambar, blue bull antelope, chinkara gazelle, chousingha (the world's only four-horned antelope), wild boar and other wildlife. Besides, you will also see a large number of avian population on the game-drive trail. Overnight stay at the lodge.
Day 4: Sasan Gir
Morning after breakfast drive to Ahmedabad to catch the flight for onward destination.
