Khuri Sand Dunes
Quieter dunes forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the villages still build in mud and cow dung against the heat.
- Where
- Khuri, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.7300, 70.6800
Get the Khuri Sand Dunes stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Khuri Sand Dunes. 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 Khuri Sand Dunes
Desert National Park 8.0 km
Three thousand square kilometres of sand and scrub holding the last few hundred great Indian bustards on earth.
Kuldhara 19 km
Abandoned in one night, and never resettled.
Sam Sand Dunes 22 km
Forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the Thar stops being scrub and becomes the dunes people picture.
Jaisalmer Fort 31 km
A living fort of golden sandstone: a quarter of the town's people still live inside its walls.
Gadisar Lake 31 km
The city's water supply, and its ghats.
Patwon ki Haveli 31 km
Five houses built by one trading family, their yellow sandstone facades cut so fine the screens look like cloth.
Bada Bagh 32 km
Royal cenotaphs on a ridge, with windmills behind.
Thar Desert 43 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 Khuri Sand Dunes?
Khuri Sand Dunes is in Khuri, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Desert National Park (8.0 km), Kuldhara (19 km), Sam Sand Dunes (22 km).
How do I get the Khuri Sand Dunes stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Khuri Sand Dunes 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 Khuri Sand Dunes 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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