Sam Sand Dunes
Forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the Thar stops being scrub and becomes the dunes people picture.
- Where
- Sam, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.8500, 70.5000
Get the Sam Sand Dunes stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sam 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 Sam Sand Dunes
Desert National Park 21 km
Three thousand square kilometres of sand and scrub holding the last few hundred great Indian bustards on earth.
Khuri Sand Dunes 22 km
Quieter dunes forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the villages still build in mud and cow dung against the heat.
Kuldhara 28 km
Abandoned in one night, and never resettled.
Bada Bagh 40 km
Royal cenotaphs on a ridge, with windmills behind.
Jaisalmer Fort 41 km
A living fort of golden sandstone: a quarter of the town's people still live inside its walls.
Patwon ki Haveli 42 km
Five houses built by one trading family, their yellow sandstone facades cut so fine the screens look like cloth.
Gadisar Lake 42 km
The city's water supply, and its ghats.
Thar Desert 52 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 Sam Sand Dunes?
Sam Sand Dunes is in Sam, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Desert National Park (21 km), Khuri Sand Dunes (22 km), Kuldhara (28 km).
How do I get the Sam Sand Dunes stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sam 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 Sam 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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