Cities Visited and Tour Highlights
Kevadia – 1 Night
- Sardar Sarovar Dam
- Valley Flower
- Statue of Unity Laser show
Bhavanagar – 1 Night
- Nishalank Mahadev Temple
Diu – 1 Night
- Diu Fort
- St. paul’s Church
- Diu Museum
- St. Thomas Church & Nagoa Beach
Sasangir -1 Night
- Sasan Gir Lion Sanctuary
Somnath – 1 Night
- Bhalka Tirth
- Triveni Ghat Somnath Temple lighting and sounding Show
Porbandar – Day Tour
- Kirti temple
- Gandhi museum
- Sudama temple
Dwarka – 2 Nights
- Dwarkadhish Temple
- Bet Dwarka
- Nageshwar Jyotirling
- Rukmani Temple
Jamnagar – Day Tour
- Bala Hanuman Temple
Ahmedabad – 1 Night
- Swetambara Temple
- Hatheesing temple
- Gandhi Ashram
- Adalaj
- Akshardham Temple
Itinerary
Day 01 – Ahmedabad – Kevadia (Statue of Unity, Monday Closed)
- Arrival at Ahmedabad, meet & greet continue drive to Kevadia, visit Sardar Sarovar Dam, Valley Flower, Statue of Unity, etc and enjoy evening Laser show.
- Dinner and Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 02 – Kevadia – Nishkalank – Bhavnagar
- Morning after breakfast proceeds to Koliyak, visit Nishkalank Mahadev Temple (visit subject to low tied calendar).
- Dinner and Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 03 – Bhavnagar – Diu
- Morning after breakfast proceeds to Diu. Diu Fort, St. Paul’s Church, Diu Museum, St. Thomas Church & enjoy at Nagoa Beach.
- Dinner and Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 04 – Diu – Sasangir
- Morning after breakfast proceeds to Sasangir, Sasan Gir Lion sanctuary is home of some 300 Asiatic Lions. Sasan Gir is only place in world outside African continent where lion can be seen in its natural habitat. Gir Wild life sanctuary is the last refuge of Asiatic lions in India and the lion population residing in the park is a little over 300.
- The whole coverage area of Gir sanctuary is about 560-square-mile (1,450-sq-kms).
- Gir is not just about Lions, the second most commonly found predator in the Gir is Leopard. Infact, Gir national park is also home to one the largest Leopard populations in any park in India, and especially in the hotter season they can sometimes be seen at night close to the lodges.
- There animal residents of the Gir national park are Sambar Deer, Chital Spotted Deer, Nilgai Antelope, Chowsingha Four-Horned Antelope, Chinkara Gazelle, Wild Boar, Langur Monkey, Jackal, and Hyena and numerous birds like Paradise Flycatcher, Bonneli’s Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle, Woodpeckers Flamingo etc. about 10, 000 years ago lions spanned vast sections of the globe, but as the human population started to increase, trees were cut and forests were cleared to make more land for people to live in. Now lions only in small fractions in some parts of the world and Asiatic lions, a subspecies that split from African lions perhaps 100,000 years ago, are only found in the Gir wildlife Sanctuary.
- Dinner and Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 05 – Sasangir – Somnath
- Morning after breakfast proceeds to Somanth, visit Somnath Temple – A lord Shiva temple known as Jyotirling built by Moon God, Bhalka Tirth, Triveni Ghat. Attend the evening aarti
- Darshan at Somnath Temple – A lord shiva temple built by Moon god. Enjoy lighting and sounding Show.
- Dinner and Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 06 – Somnath – Porbandar – Dwarka
- Morning after breakfast proceeds to Porbandar. Visit Kirti temple, Sudam known as house & born place of Mahatma Gandhi. In back side house of Kasturba wife of Gandhi.
- Also visit of Gandhi museum, study room of Mahatma Gandhi in the Kirti temple.
- Later visit of Sudama temple & continue proceed to Dwarka, visit Lords Dwarkadhish Temple.
- Attend evening Aarti Darshan at Dwarkadhish.
- Dinner and Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 07 – Dwaraka
- Attend early morning Aarti at Dwarakadhish temple, have breakfast & thereafter visit Bet Dwarka, Nageshwar Jyotirling & Rukmani Temple.
- Bet Dwarka – Also known as Bet Shankhoddar, Bet Dwarka is only 5 kms from Okha Junction in sea and Okha is 30 kms from Dwarka. It is said to be the place where Lord Krishna lived with his family when the ruled at Dwarka. It is also the place where Vishnu slew the demon Shankhasura. Visitors make it a point to visit the Krishna temple at this site which holds much of interest to be seen and experienced.
- Nageswar Mahadev – The Puranas mention 12 Jyotirlingas or columns of light representing Lord Shiva, who manifested himself in that form in different parts of India. This Shiva shrine near Dwarka is one of these and is there- fore accorded great respect.
- Rukmani Temple – Temple of Lord Krishna’s wife.
- Overnight stay at Dwarka.
Day 08 – Dwarka-Jamnagar-Ahmadabad
- Morning after breakfast proceeds to Jamnagar, visit Bala Hanuman Temple – Bala Hanuman Temple is a pilgrim place venerated by the devotees of Lord Ram. It is a world famous temple,
- known for the continuous chanting of Jai Ram, Shri Ram. The chanting is going on since 1964 and has found a place for it in the Guinness Book of World Records.
- People chant the name of the Lord in shifts, 24 hours a day.
- Continue drive to Ahmedabad. Overnight stay at Ahmedabad.
Day 09 – Ahmedabad Local Sightseeing – Departure
- Morning After breakfast visit The Swetambara Temple Hatheesing temple was built outside Delhi gate in 1850 by a rich Jain merchant Sheth Hatheesing. This is the best known of Ahmadabad’s many ornate Jain temples. It is dedicated to Dharamnath, the fifteenth Tirthankar whose status stand in the main sanctuary Built by pure marble profusely decorated with rich carving.
- Gandhi Ashram The beautiful ashram complex of Ahmadabad, with shady trees populated by thousands of parakeets, Beaters, sunbirds, squirrels, offers a refuge from the loud streets of the city and is one of the foremost tourist attraction of Ahmadabad. This ashram was Gandhi’s Head Quarters during the long struggle for Indian independence. His ashram was founded in 1915 and still makes handicrafts, handmade paper and spinning wheels. This ashram is open from 8.30 AM to 6.30 PM.
- Adalaj, visit step well is an architectural wonder built by Queen Rudabai and is certainly one of the finest monuments of Gujarat. It is a seven-storied structure in the form of a well with chambers one behind the other. The ‘Vav’ or stepped wells of Gujarat were used as meeting and resting-places during summer since their cool interiors offered unbelievable respite from the scorching sun outside.
- Akshardham Temple (Monday Closed) Akshardham is situated in the capital city of Gandhinagar, which lies near Ahmadabad. The magnificent temple is dedicated to Lord Swaminarayan. It was constructed on the directions of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual leader of BAPS Sanstha. The complex of this temple is the largest in Gujarat. Akshardham temple was inaugurated in the year 1992 and has become a major tourist attraction in India, during the last decade. It has a sprawling 23 acre area and is chiseled out in pink sandstone.In the evening Transfer to Ahmedabad airport to board flight