Last updated: October 2026 · Method: built from published site information and recurring traveller reports; figures approximate, verify on site.
📄 Image slot — a new-year calendar page marked with a January festival window.
The Camel Festival follows its January pattern year after year, and the 2027 edition will be announced the same way the 2026 one was.
Planning on the pattern
- The announcement rhythm: Rajasthan Tourism publishes the official dates in the closing months of the prior year, treat any earlier “expected dates” as the pattern, not the programme (the 2026 guide shows the shape).
- The booking window: festival-week rooms fill from the moment dates are announced, the price-calendar logic applies across Rajasthan’s festival cities.
- What holds year to year: the venue city, the two-to-three-day shape, the camel programme and the folk evenings; what moves is the exact days around the January window.
Advice: plan travel for mid-January flexibility until the notice lands, then lock rooms within days.