A truncated Complete Tour of Gujarat

[Sachin Jatkar]

Mr. Bhat

Congratulations on completing this very detailed log and rest assured that people who are looking for detailed information on Gujarat will find and read it. There are many who read but do not post comments including non BCMTians.

Here is my guess on the cost of this tour

18k to 20k for fuel working out to 9-10k per person.

Your hotel costs are significantly lower and I will guess its average of 4k per person

Food should be about 5k per person on higher side. Toll should be about 1200 per person. Charges for entering attractions should be approx 1000 per person.

So overall cost of the tour would be approx 20k per person according my guesstimate.

 

[Shekar Reddy]

Mr Bhat after a gap, I had started at page 10 and completed your log at one go. It is really a beautiful and more informative and of course you have set some bench marks. Pain taken by you in explaining the the place you have visited and also not visited in the log is really informative and use full to those who are planning to travel Gujarath. I can understand you might have spent hundreds of hours doing research on these places and equal hours compiling the travelogue. Hats off to you Mr Bhat. I agree with @ Sachin Jatkar's estimates.

 

[bpbhat]

This is an Incredible Journey and even Fascinating T'Log Sir....Thanks for Enlightening us about #Stambheshar and Nishkalank Mahadev Temple...Added as Destinations for my Gujarat Coastal Drive

Have reached till #Day10...Will explore the rest later...Thanks !!!

You are welcome ashish0712

Mr. Bhat

Congratulations on completing this very detailed log and rest assured that people who are looking for detailed information on Gujarat will find and read it. There are many who read but do not post comments including non BCMTians.

Here is my guess on the cost of this tour

18k to 20k for fuel working out to 9-10k per person.

Your hotel costs are significantly lower and I will guess its average of 4k per person

Food should be about 5k per person on higher side. Toll should be about 1200 per person. Charges for entering attractions should be approx 1000 per person.

So overall cost of the tour would be approx 20k per person according my guesstimate.

Mr Sachin, you have the bull's-eye, and Congrats

Mr Bhat after a gap, I had started at page 10 and completed your log at one go. It is really a beautiful and more informative and of course you have set some bench marks. Pain taken by you in explaining the the place you have visited and also not visited in the log is really informative and use full to those who are planning to travel Gujarath. I can understand you might have spent hundreds of hours doing research on these places and equal hours compiling the travelogue. Hats off to you Mr Bhat. I agree with @ Sachin Jatkar's estimates.

Mr Reddy, same thing with you also. Full marks for hitting the bull's-eye.

 

[bpbhat]

A Vote-of-Thanks:

Before I end the tour and the travelogue, I wholeheartedly thank the God for the safe and pleasant journey. We did not come across any problem what-so-ever. There was not even a puncture. It was sheer joy all along the way.

We also thank our respective families, for their full-fledged support.

We also thank our Mumbai Uncle-and-his-family for his kind hospitality.

We thank Google Maps, without which we could not have covered so many places in such a short time.

Our sincere thanks to BAPS Swami Narayan Mandirs for their wonderful accommodation and food. If we had to search for the rooms every day, then we would have wasted around 1 hour each day only for this purpose.

We thank the Government of Gujarat for the wonderful roads, uninterrupted power supply, beautiful internet connection all over the state, tourist friendly Govt staff etc.

We also thank all the people of Gujarat (yes all the people of Gujarat, which includes one and all) for making our tour a memorable one.

And personally I thank Yogesh Sarkar, the Administrator of bcmtouring.com, for presenting my Gujarat Tour Story to the vast virtual world of the internet...

 

[bpbhat]

Now the final cost analysis:


1. Total distance covered = 6852 kms.

Total diesel consumed = 379.26 lts

Mileage = 18 kmpl

Total Diesel Cost = Rs 20,320/



2. Total toll charges = Rs 3,419/

Out of this, we would have paid around Rs 3,050/ for the journey from Bengaluru-Mumbai-Anand and Ahmedabad-Bengaluru. And the distance is around 2900 kms.

The internal state highways of Gujarat was around 3952 kms and the toll was around Rs 369/.

Most of the Gujarat state highways are in excellent condition wherein we could maintain around 100 kmph. And they are all non-tolled roads.



3. Lodging = Rs 7,390/

Out of 16 nights, one day we stayed in our Uncle’s house. The remaining 15 nights costed us Rs 7,390/.

This works out to be around Rs 500/ per night, which is quite reasonable.



4. Cost of drinking water = Nil.

We used ‘Aqua guard On the Go’ water bottle. Hence we not only saved money for the water, but also did not use any plastic bottles.



5. All other expenses = Rs 13,871/.

When I say ‘all other expense’, it includes all the direct expenses incurred by us.

It includes items like food, guide fees, camera fees, permits, temple donations, etc.

It also includes even the sweets that we bought for our families.

It does not exclude anything that we directly spent.

(Of course it excludes the indirect expenses like the phone call and internet charges)



6. Approximate service charges of the vehicle after the tour = Rs 5,000/


Hence, total cost = Rs 50,000/


And cost per head = Rs 25,000/


Yes, that is all; we just spent Twenty Five Thousand per head for this entire trip.

 

[bpbhat]

Now before I conclude, I have an important point to make:


I don’t write these travelogues for money. (I think the same with all the internet writers).

I write it, so that it will be helpful to someone, somewhere on someday.

So your feedback motivates me to write more and more such travelogues. Hence it is your duty to express your feedback, comments, suggestions, complaints, compliments etc now. Don’t just quit and go, but give your feedback and go.

So don’t wait, kindly post your remarks below.

In case if you can’t post it, then you may email me the same at: [email protected]

A true traveler does not have a fixed itinerary
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[Shekar Reddy]

Woderful Mr. Bhat, I will be waiting for your next log. Please post your previous logs too.

 

[malliksslm]

Now before I conclude, I have an important point to make:


I don’t write these travelogues for money. (I think the same with all the internet writers).

I write it, so that it will be helpful to someone, somewhere on someday.

So your feedback motivates me to write more and more such travelogues. Hence it is your duty to express your feedback, comments, suggestions, complaints, compliments etc now. Don’t just quit and go, but give your feedback and go.

So don’t wait, kindly post your remarks below.

In case if you can’t post it, then you may email me the same at: [email protected]

A true traveler does not have a fixed itinerary
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A superb travel and travelogue. your intention to help co-travellers is highly appreceable.I dont think even GTDC can give such detailed information. hats off to you Mr.Bhat. We must appreciate your family members for the cooperation given to you for having such a long tour without them

 

[raj_oct_2002]

A very Nice Read and excellent pictures !!!!

 

[bpbhat]

Woderful Mr. Bhat, I will be waiting for your next log. Please post your previous logs too.

A superb travel and travelogue. your intention to help co-travellers is highly appreceable.I dont think even GTDC can give such detailed information. hats off to you Mr.Bhat. We must appreciate your family members for the cooperation given to you for having such a long tour without them

A very Nice Read and excellent pictures !!!!

Thanks Sachin, Shekar, Mallik & Raj for your feedbacks.

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In fact there are at least 4 - 5 State tour stories like this which I could have written. But as I have done those tours long time back, and as I have not written any stories at that time due to various reasons, I can't share the same here.

But there is some thing else I would like to tell here.

After finishing the posting of this story here, I had sent this link to all my WhatsApp and email contacts. I had requested them to forward the link to their like-minded friends also, who might be interested. As usual I got replies from my regular contacts.

I also got 5 "Thank You" replies from some unknown contacts.

One person wanted to tour Tamilnadu;
another one wanted to visit Mangalore;
third one wanted to go to Puri Rath Yatra;
fourth one wanted to tour Uttarpradesh;
while the last one wanted to visit Himachal Pradesh.

All these five people thanked me for the "Preparing For a Long Distance Self-driven Car Tour" and told me that it was very useful to them while making preparations for their tour. (I know that this is not the right season to tour Gujarat)

So, I am happy that my writings has helped some one.

Hence I have decided to write my old stories as well. But it will not be like this. It will be in the form a collection of some short stories. I will post the same as and when I get some time to do the same.

Thanks and Regards