Heritage on Wheels Tour Day 2: Bikaner/ Gajner

Bikaner is the next destination of the Heritage on Wheels train. Bikaner is a medieval fortified city. The Bikaner city lies in the north of Rajasthan and is dotted with many sand dunes. The Heritage on Wheels train arrives in Bikaner at around 6 in the morning. Breakfast is served on board the train and you set out to explore the desert city. Rao Bika founded the Bikaner city in the fifteenth century.

The magnificent forts and palaces in reddish-pink and sandstone bear testimony to Bikaner's historical and architectural legacy. Bikaner is known for its good breed of camels, which are among the best in the world. Bikaner boasts of numerous magnificent buildings and palaces and is an exponent of rich and vast cultural heritage of Rajasthan.

After exploring the Bikaner fort, camel breeding farms, sand dunes etc. you will be driven to Gajner. Maharaja Ganga Singhji of Bikaner built Gajner as a hunting and relaxing lodge. Gajner is known for its natural beauty and migratory birds in winters like imperial sand goose, antelopes, black bucks and many animal species. Lunch at Gajner follows safari and then tea at the Lal Garh Palace. Afterwards you will return back to the Heritage on Wheels and it sets out for Tal Chappar.

Tour Schedule: Day 02

0600 Hrs: Arrival at Bikaner
0700 Hrs: Breakfast on Board
0830 Hrs: Departure for sight seeing of Fort
1100 Hrs: Departure for Haat
1215 Hrs: Departure from Haat to Gajner
1315 hrs: Arrival at Gajner.
1545 hrs: Lunch at Gajner and Safari.
1615 hrs: Arrival at Lal Garh Palace for Tea.
1830 Hrs: Arrival and Dinner on Board
2330 Hrs: Departure for Tal Chhapar.