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Mount Abu — 2-day itinerary

Mount Abu in two days

A day-by-day plan for Mount Abu, Rajasthan, 7 stops in all. Every stop that matches a place we cover links straight to it.

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2 days in Mount Abu

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Dilwara Jain TemplesDay 1

Day 1

Dilwara Jain Temples

Five Svetambara Jain temples about two and a half kilometres outside Mount Abu, built between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries in the Solanki style. The oldest, Vimal Vasahi, dates to 1031; later additions were funded by Vastupala, a minister of the Vaghelas. What everyone comes for is the marble — pure white, cut so fine across the domes and ceilings that it looks poured rather than carved, with no two pillars alike. They count among the five great pilgrimage sites of the Svetambara sect and are still run by a religious trust, so they are working temples with temple rules, not monuments.

Nakki Lake

Day 1

Nakki Lake

The lake at the centre of Rajasthan's only hill station, up in the Aravallis, and the reason Mount Abu gets called an oasis in the desert — a plateau twenty-two kilometres long carrying rivers, waterfalls and evergreen forest, in a state that has very little of any of them. Pedal boats go out from the shore and the walk around the water is the town's evening ritual. The rock formations on the ridge above have collected names over the years; Toad Rock is the one everybody photographs. The lake is treated as sacred, so it is a place to walk around rather than swim in.

Day 1

Sunset Point

Sunset Point

Day 1

Lakeside market evening

Lakeside market evening

Day 2

Day 2

Guru Shikhar peak

Guru Shikhar peak

Day 2

Achalgarh Fort & Toad Rock

Achalgarh Fort & Toad Rock

Day 2

Wildlife sanctuary drive

Wildlife sanctuary drive

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Planning Mount Abu

Why visit Mount Abu?+

Rajasthan's only hill station - the exquisite Dilwara Jain temples, Nakki Lake and cool Aravalli air.

Best time for Mount Abu?+

October to March; summer is popular as a heat escape and the monsoon is lush.

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