Jaisalmer Fort
A living fort of golden sandstone: a quarter of the town's people still live inside its walls.
- Where
- Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.9124, 70.9122
Get the Jaisalmer Fort stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jaisalmer Fort. 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 Jaisalmer Fort
Patwon ki Haveli 0.5 km
Five houses built by one trading family, their yellow sandstone facades cut so fine the screens look like cloth.
Gadisar Lake 1.1 km
The city's water supply, and its ghats.
Bada Bagh 5.3 km
Royal cenotaphs on a ridge, with windmills behind.
Thar Desert 12 km
The great desert of the northwest, shared with Pakistan, where the dunes shift and the villages do not.
Kuldhara 13 km
Abandoned in one night, and never resettled.
Desert National Park 24 km
Three thousand square kilometres of sand and scrub holding the last few hundred great Indian bustards on earth.
Khuri Sand Dunes 31 km
Quieter dunes forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the villages still build in mud and cow dung against the heat.
Sam Sand Dunes 41 km
Forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the Thar stops being scrub and becomes the dunes people picture.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Rajasthan
Questions
Where is Jaisalmer Fort?
Jaisalmer Fort is in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Patwon ki Haveli (0.5 km), Gadisar Lake (1.1 km), Bada Bagh (5.3 km).
How do I get the Jaisalmer Fort stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jaisalmer Fort 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 Jaisalmer Fort 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.
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