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Same-day or overnight: Junagadh from Somnath

When a Madhuli taxi to Junagadh should come back the same day, and when the honest plan is a night halt.

Tell us if anyone in the car is not climbing, so the driver knows where to wait. The drive itself is about 2 hours and about 90 km. Double it, then add darshan, and you can see whether a return belongs in the same sunset.

Junagadh is the fort city and the base of the Girnar climb. The steps reward an early start. A one-way drop and a car that stays are different jobs. Say which one you want in the enquiry so the driver is not guessing at the hotel gate.

A pre-dawn leave from Somnath is the version that reaches the foothill before the heat.

If you already have a hotel, send the area. If you do not, the desk can still run the cab. Hotel booking stays yours unless you ask for an area that is easy at dawn.

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