Desert National Park
Three thousand square kilometres of sand and scrub holding the last few hundred great Indian bustards on earth.
- Where
- Sam, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.8000, 70.7000
Get the Desert National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Desert National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Rajasthan volume with your photos and a note.
Near Desert National Park
Khuri Sand Dunes 8.0 km
Quieter dunes forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the villages still build in mud and cow dung against the heat.
Kuldhara 11 km
Abandoned in one night, and never resettled.
Sam Sand Dunes 21 km
Forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the Thar stops being scrub and becomes the dunes people picture.
Jaisalmer Fort 24 km
A living fort of golden sandstone: a quarter of the town's people still live inside its walls.
Patwon ki Haveli 25 km
Five houses built by one trading family, their yellow sandstone facades cut so fine the screens look like cloth.
Gadisar Lake 25 km
The city's water supply, and its ghats.
Bada Bagh 25 km
Royal cenotaphs on a ridge, with windmills behind.
Thar Desert 36 km
The great desert of the northwest, shared with Pakistan, where the dunes shift and the villages do not.
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Questions
Where is Desert National Park?
Desert National Park is in Sam, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Khuri Sand Dunes (8.0 km), Kuldhara (11 km), Sam Sand Dunes (21 km).
How do I get the Desert National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Desert National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Rajasthan volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Desert National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Rajasthan volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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