Heat, monsoon and the road to Sasan Gir
Seasonal notes for a Somnath taxi to Sasan Gir: summer starts, monsoon slack, and winter pilgrimage weeks.
Saurashtra changes the same road. Summer wants an early wheel. Monsoon wants slack for a slow truck. Winter pilgrimage weeks fill the Somnath hotels and the lane outside them. Gir is close enough for a morning safari and an evening aarti back in Somnath. The forest permit is separate from the cab.
On a Sasan Gir day of about 45 km, leave the margin in the morning, not at the toll plaza in the afternoon. The useful booking is a driver who knows the safari gate, not a guess at Sasan village.
An AC cab is the whole fleet, which matters from April onward. In the rains, do not stack a safari, a fort and an aarti into one unbroken hope.
Tell the desk the month, not only the date. A January Dwarka week and a July coastal week are not the same conversation.