5 min walkNakki Lake
The heart of Mount Abu — pedal boats, Toad Rock above, and the evening crowd along the promenade.
400 m from the hotel
Mount Abu Guide
Everything worth doing, and when to do it
Written by people who live here, not copied from a brochure. Distances are measured from our front door.
Places to Visit
Eight places, all within half an hour
Mount Abu is compact. Two of these you can walk to; the rest are a short drive, and the front desk will fix you a car at a fair rate.
5 min walk
2 min walkPolo Ground
Directly opposite the hotel. Morning walks, evening cricket and the town’s open green lung.
100 m from the hotel
10 min driveDilwara Jain Temples
Eleventh-century marble carving so fine it looks translucent. Among the finest temple work in India.
2.9 km from the hotel
35 min driveGuru Shikhar
The highest point in the Aravalli range at 1,722 m. Clear-day views stretch into Gujarat.
15 km from the hotel
8 min driveSunset Point
The classic Mount Abu ritual — go early, take a shawl, stay until the last light leaves the hills.
2.5 km from the hotel
20 min driveBrahma Kumaris Peace Park
Terraced gardens and quiet meditation lawns on the road to Achalgarh.
8 km from the hotel
10 min driveAdhar Devi Temple
A cave shrine reached by 365 steps carved into the rock face. Worth the climb.
3 km from the hotel
25 min driveAchalgarh Fort
A fourteenth-century Rajput fort with the Achaleshwar Mahadev temple at its foot.
11 km from the hotel
When to Come
Mount Abu has three quite different seasons
At 1,220 metres the weather does not behave like the rest of Rajasthan. Here is what to expect.
March – June
Summer · Peak season · 20–34°C
The reason Mount Abu exists. Gujarat and Rajasthan empty into the hills. Book weeks ahead and expect the market to be busy after 6 p.m.
July – September
Monsoon · Greenest · 18–28°C
Mist on the Aravallis, waterfalls running, and the lowest rates of the year. Roads are fine; carry an umbrella and shoes with grip.
October – February
Winter · Clearest views · 5–24°C
Cold nights, sometimes near freezing in January, but the sharpest views from Guru Shikhar. Peak again around Diwali, Christmas and New Year.
Getting Here
How to reach Mount Abu
There is no airport and no station on the hill itself — everyone arrives by road for the last stretch.
By train
Abu Road (ABR) — 28 kmThe nearest railhead, on the Delhi–Ahmedabad–Mumbai line. Shared jeeps, buses and taxis climb the hill in about 45 minutes. Tell us your train number and we will send a car.
By air
Udaipur (UDR) — 176 kmMaharana Pratap Airport is roughly a four-hour drive. Ahmedabad (SVPI) is 225 km and often has cheaper fares.
By road
Ahmedabad 225 km · Udaipur 165 km · Jaipur 500 kmThe last 28 km is a well-surfaced ghat road with 22 hairpins. Drive it in daylight if you can — it is the best part of the journey.
Suggested Plan
Two days, done properly
Most guests stay two nights. This is the order we would do it in.
- 1Day 1 · AfternoonSettle in, then walk down to Nakki Lake for a pedal boat. Climb to Toad Rock for the view, then take a rickshaw to Sunset Point and stay until the light goes.
- 2Day 1 · EveningEat in the market — the chaat stalls and the Gujarati thali houses. Finish with kulfi on the lake road.
- 3Day 2 · MorningLeave by 7 a.m. for Guru Shikhar before the haze builds, then Achalgarh Fort and the Achaleshwar Mahadev temple on the way back.
- 4Day 2 · AfternoonDilwara Jain Temples — closed to non-Jains until noon, so time it right. No photography inside; leave leather at the gate.
- 5Day 3 · If you have itAdhar Devi’s 365 steps early, the Brahma Kumaris Peace Park mid-morning, and the wildlife sanctuary road for langurs and, if you are lucky, a sloth bear at dusk.
Photograph credits
- Nakki Lake © Sanyam Bahga, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Abu from the hills © Sunidhi Choudhary, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luna Vasahi ceiling, Dilwara © Brihaspati, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Guru Shikhar © Tejaspatel1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hilltop shrine, Aravallis © ShubhamPaul, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sunset over Mount Abu © Hellohappy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Achalgarh © ShubhamPaul, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Om Shanti Bhawan © Bkburhanali, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Stay in the middle of all of it
Nakki Lake is a 400-metre walk and the market is across the road. Book a room and spend your time in Mount Abu, not in a car getting to it.