The dunes at Sam aren’t the tallest in the Thar, nor the quietest, but they’re among the easiest to reach, and perhaps the busiest you’ll find in India. Jaisalmer, some forty-odd kilometres away, feeds the flow and keeps the place alive all year round. Indeed, Sam fits naturally into travel plans built around the old fort city of western Rajasthan.
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People come for camel loops, jeep safaris, parasailing, folk music at dusk, maybe a bit of stargazing—and all that mix of adventure, spectacle, and stillness common to such settings. But before the rhythm picks up, things hold still—see the man and his camel in our image. Not quite part of the show, not fully apart from it, just waiting, as the dunes often do, between one cycle and the next.
