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A calm day plan: Somnath and Junagadh by cab

A practical Madhuli Taxi day from Somnath toward Junagadh, with the order of stops and the moment to turn back.

Start with the thing that cannot move. If that thing is Somnath aarti, do it first. If it is a Gir slot or a Palitana step, the hotel wakeup moves instead. Junagadh is the fort city and the base of the Girnar climb. The steps reward an early start.

Then the road: about 90 km, about 2 hours. A pre-dawn leave from Somnath is the version that reaches the foothill before the heat. Uparkot and Mahabat Maqbara fit after the climb only if the group still has energy.

Turn back when the return would steal the evening aarti or the night train at Veraval. Tell us if anyone in the car is not climbing, so the driver knows where to wait.

Madhuli Taxi is based in Somnath. One car can hold this day if the enquiry says the order. The website will not show a rate. The confirmation comes back on WhatsApp.

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