Last updated: October 2026 · Method: built from published site information and recurring traveller reports; figures approximate, verify on site.
A day trip from Jaipur to Pushkar works if you leave by 7 AM, because the 145-km drive takes roughly two and a half hours each way.
This page details the day trip from Jaipur hour by hour.
The itinerary
- 7 AM: depart Jaipur on the highway.
- 9:30 AM: the lake and the temple.
- 12 PM: the rooftop lunch.
- 2 PM: the bazaar and the Savitri trek (short version).
- 5 PM: depart for Jaipur, arriving by 7:30.
The hour-by-hour version holds up in practice. Departure at seven puts you at the lake by half past nine, with the temple and the ghat walk done before the heat and the crowds build. A rooftop lunch covers the noon slot, and the early afternoon splits between the bazaar and the short version of the Savitri climb. Leaving by five gets you back to Jaipur by seven-thirty. The honest caveat: this is a full day with little slack, and repeat visitors keep saying the same thing, that the town rewards a night more than a sprint.