Bishnoi Village Camp & Resort

Bishnoi Village Camp and Resort is a Ethnic Hotel in Jodhpur. It aims at providing guests the opportunity of experiencing first hand Bishnoi culture and desert villages & habitats. Bishnoi Village Camp is situated in the midst of Bishnoi villages, about 22 km from Jodhpur city enroute Jodhpur to Udaipur. Its elegantly appointed rooms have their own individual character and furnishings.

The Resort believes in continual improvement. Thus the quality benchmarks keep getting higher and keep developing to increase the comforts of the valued guests. You will find every amenity to make your stay comfortable and memorable.

Room categories
Deluxe Huts
Built in traditional Bishnoi village architecture. Huts are made of eco friendly local materials and plastered with cow-dung. Cow-dung is traditionally used as an antiseptic and insecticide. The huts are beautifully painted in traditional style by local women artisans. Along with traditional effect, the huts include all modern amenities like western style bathroom, 24 hrs running hot and cold water, air conditioned rooms and many more facilities. Each of the huts are made as individual dwellings and have their own open sky courtyard.

Tents
The camp is exquisite, consisting of 10 tastefully decorated deluxe tents with attached bathrooms providing running hot and cold water. The Tents are beautifully decorated in traditional style by local artisans.

Dining
It is a huge hut with a "chhappar" made of thatched roof. Delicious traditional Rajasthani dishes are prepared by the Bishnoi family who own the camp. The evening is livened up by camp fire with music and dance. The mornings are beautiful, with dancing peacocks and singing birds.

Other facilities

• Round the clock Room service
• Direct dialing STD
• Organic food
• Low calories, health food
• Doctor on call
• Travel desk, car rental, car parking
• 24-hour currency exchange
• Air conditioning / Air cooling
• All major credit cards accepted
• Local Guide on Request

Sight seeing
No trip in Rajasthan is completed without a visit to the Bishnoi villages like Guda Bishnoiyan, Kakani and Khejarli. Khejarli is the village where 363 men and women sacrificed their lives to protect the green trees.

Safaris
One can choose between camel, jeep and camel-cart safaris. Enroute to Bishnoi villages, one can see desert life such as blackbucks, chinkaras, blue bulls, desert foxes, hares & partridges. On the way to safari visitors can see the craftsmen at work.

Bird Watching
Visitors can enjoy a view of thousands of migratory Demosil Cranes during September to March at Guda lake and nearby places. Bird watching trips can be conducted to Guda lake.

Cultural programmes
There are cultural programmes conducted, such as folk dances by the residents.

Bishnoi religion was founded by great visionary Saint Guru Jambheshwar Ji in year 1485AD (Vikram Samwat 1542, Kartik month, Krishna 8th) on Samrathal Dhora (Sand Dune) near Nokha in Bikaner District of Rajasthan (India).

Bishnoi is not only a religion, it is the simple art of living. A person who follow 29 rules laid by Guru Jambheshvar Ji is a Bishnoi (unteesh dharma ki aankadi, hridhya dhare joye, bishnoi naam soy). All the 29 rules have no complicated rituals. It is simple and scientific way of living. Most of the rules are either to protect the environment or for personal hygiene.

The forthcoming disaster of global warming was perceived by the saint Guru Jambheshwar Ji more than 500 years back and he suggested the most viable and sustainable solution for the same through the teaching of 29 principles.

Bishnoi people have a self sustained economy by means of farming and animal husbandry. Most essentials are self-produced such as food grains, milk, butter, cooking oil, masalas, cotton, wool.