Jaisalmer Desert Fair

Once a year in winters and on the middle of the continually rising and falling stark yellow sands of the great Thar Desert, the empty sands around Jaisalmer come alive with the brilliant color, music and laughter of the Desert Festival. The festival is organized by the tourist authorities as tourist entertainment around January-February. The very rich and colorful Rajasthani folk culture is on show here for a few days. Rajasthani men and tall beautiful women dressed in their brightly costumes dance and sing lingering ballads of valor, romance and tragedy. Traditional musicians attempt to outdo each other in their musical superiority. The high points of the festival are - snake charmers, puppeteers, acrobats, folk performers do rapid trade. Camels, the lifeline of the desert, play a foremost role. Proud mustached villagers, dressed in their ethnic best come astride their picturesquely caparisoned camels to join in the camel dances and competitions of camel acrobatics, camel races and décor, camel polo, tug of war and the like. The tourist dances, turban tying competitions and tug of war are big draws and laughter. February is the month of celebration for the Golden City, Jaisalmer. A celebration of Rajput heritage, Desert festival is organized by Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation. It is one of the most popular of all festivals in Rajasthan. Camel race and other cultural programmes are main attraction of The Desert Festival. Many interesting competitions are held during this festival. It is full of singing and dancing and folk music. Many prominent folk artists of Rajasthan perform during this famous festival.

Desert Adventure Activities

Scorching days and freezing nights, if you want to experience something special the visit Sam sand dunes, Jaisalmer. At  desert camp we have arranged some desert adventure activities for our guests.

So slide on sand dunes, drive in a jeep which slide on desert, ride on a quad bike, do some slide boarding from 60 mts and see the complete desert by flying with paragliding.

Come and stay in our desert camp resort where we offer a comfortable stay under the clean sky of Jaisalmer. The concept of desert camps was started by the Maharaja’s of Jaisalmer who use to camp out in deserts for hunting.

So such luxury tents accommodation were prepared for the Maharaja, their court members and these camp sites were filled entertainment like local tribal dance, also known as Rajasthani Mujra, Sward fights, Fire show and grand dinner.

At Desert Camp  we offer all the services to you which was once offered to Jaisalmer Royalty.

Here we offer 30 luxurious desert tents along with Royal Dinner Hall (A Tent specially prepared for dinning), desert safari team and by evening to night, enjoy bonfire with musical program and tribal dance.

So if you want to experience all these services then just have a look at our packages.

Desert Festival in Jaisalmer

Desert Festival 

Once a year in winters and on the middle of the continually rising and falling stark yellow sands of the great Thar Desert, the empty sands around Jaisalmer come alive with the brilliant colour, music and laughter of the Desert Festival. The festival is organised by the tourist authorities as tourist entertainment around January-February.

The very rich and colourful Rajasthani folk culture is on show here for a few days. Rajasthani men and tall beautiful women dressed in their brightly costumes dance and sing lingering ballads of valour, romance and tragedy. Traditional musicians attempt to outdo each other in their musical superiority.

The high points of the festival are - snake charmers, puppeteers, acrobats, folk performers do rapid trade. Camels, the lifeline of the desert, play a foremost role. Proud moustached villagers, dressed in their ethnic best come astride their picturesquely caparisoned camels to join in the camel dances and competitions of camel acrobatics, camel races, camel polo, tug of war and the like.

The tourist dances, turban tying competitions and tug of war are big draws and laughter. The Mr Desert competitions, which are focused around the length of moustaches by and large, attract many hopefuls.

Held in the months of January-February, the Desert Festival exudes a delightful spirit. For three days, the otherwise barren land of Jaisalmer comes to life and is clustered with hordes of colourfully dressed people.