Dwarka to Junagadh Car Rental Taxi Fares and Route Information
Junagadh sits 208-224 km south-east of Dwarka — four to four and a half hours by road — with a sedan one-way running Rs.2,200-4,900 depending on who dispatches it. It is the only city on this corridor that was a capital more than once — the Nawabs’ seat at the foot of Mount Girnar, named for its old fort — and the earliest Uparkot ramparts are credited to the early Mauryan administration of Saurashtra, conventionally dated to 319 BCE. Today the run ends at a junction of three errands — the Uparkot ramparts and Ashoka’s rock edicts, Damodar Kund below the Girnar hills, or the rail head at Junagadh Junction for the eastward trains — and a cab from the temple lane is the only vehicle that does all three without a change. The nearest bigger airport is Rajkot’s, about 100-102 km north, and the Keshod IXK runway sits 39 km south-west; both are road runs from the same drop.
Two clocks shape every booking. The first is darshan: take the morning slot, check Dwarkadhish Temple darshan timings, roll out of the temple lane by 10:30, and Junagadh opens before 3:00 PM with the fort still ahead of you. The second is the day itself: Uparkot, the edicts and the ropeway base cannot share a rushed afternoon with a 4-hour drive. Choose the line below before you choose the hotel, because the difference between the fastest and the slowest is a full hour of the day you came for.
Dwarka to Junagadh Distance and Route Options
Three roads reach Junagadh from Dwarka, and only two of them make sense. The interior line goes straight east across the district; the coast line climbs NH51 to Porbandar and cuts back inland with a halt attached; the third exists only for travellers already collecting a car at Keshod or the IXK airport. Two lines are worth comparing — they run within a few kilometres of each other — and one is a deliberate detour.
| Route line | Distance | Driving time | What it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| A — Interior via Khambhalia and Bhanvad | 208-224 km | 4-4.5 hours | Default point-to-point: lightest traffic, no town cuts, fastest door-to-door |
| B — NH51 coast to Porbandar, then the inland east leg | 215-220 km | 4-4.5 hours | The Kirti Mandir or Sudama Temple halt, on roads that drain better in monsoon |
| C — Interior to Keshod and the IXK airport turn | 240-255 km | 5-5.5 hours | Only for a Keshod pickup, an IXK flight, or a stay at the airport town |
Line A — the interior line (default). East out of Dwarka, Khambhalia crosses at about 40 km, Bhanvad at 95 km — the last town with anything worth stopping for — and from there the road turns south-east across the back country into Junagadh. Aggregators measure it at 208 km (CabBazar, 3.8 hours); our published cards say 209-224 depending on the exact drop inside the city. It does not pass Keshod: the airport town sits 40-55 km off this line, which is exactly what line C is for. Fuel at Bhanvad, then a continuous run.
Line B — the Porbandar coast line. NH51 to Bhogat at 55-60 km, Porbandar city at 105-108, a declared halt of 45-60 minutes at Kirti Mandir or the Sudama Temple lane, then the inland east leg — 107-110 km from Porbandar to Junagadh on cleartrip, EaseMyTrip and ClearCarRental figures that all agree. Stacked end to end that is 212-218 km, usually quoted at 215-220. It buys the halt and the better-drained surface; it loses nothing in time against line A because the east leg holds its speed through country with no towns on it. This is also the line to hold during the June-September monsoon, when the interior stretch behind Bhanvad collects water and slows after a night’s rain while the coast highway keeps moving.
Line C — the Keshod and airport line. 195-205 km to Keshod, then 43-50 km south-west into Junagadh: 240-255 km and five to five and a half hours. The only reason to take it is a flight at Dwarka to Keshod car rental territory — collecting or dropping at IXK — or a night at the airport town before the run. As a pure Dwarka-to-Junagadh transfer it is 30-45 km of unnecessary road.
CabBazar quotes the corridor at 208 km and 3.8 hours with a sedan at Rs.2,288 and an SUV at Rs.3,120; Reke prices the same 208 km at Rs.2,496. The spread between those app floors and the local dispatch rates in the fare table below is the same two-quoting-systems story the rest of this corridor tells — and whichever slip you book against, the minimum billing is 208 km. Beyond it, the per-km rate decides, and it is set out vehicle by vehicle next.
Dwarka to Junagadh Taxi Fare
A sedan one-way from Dwarka to Junagadh runs Rs.2,300-4,900 — two quoting systems again, not two routes. The app floors (Rs.2,288 on CabBazar, Rs.2,496 on Reke) are prepay prices against a fixed pickup window; the local dispatch end runs higher because the car is held, the halt is permitted and the waiting clock stays fair. HireMeCar lists the full-service sedan at Rs.6,071 plus 5% GST — Rs.6,374 all-in with 45 minutes of waiting baked in — which is the ceiling of this market, not its centre. Our band below sits between the two, and the quote anchors are the numbers you can actually verify before you book.
| Vehicle | One-way fare band | Verified quote | Extra km after 208 | Luggage fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan — Dzire / Etios | Rs.2,300-4,900 | CabBazar Rs.2,288 · Reke Rs.2,496 | Rs.9/km app floor | 2 medium bags |
| Ertiga / Marazzo | Rs.3,100-5,700 | CabBazar SUV Rs.3,120 | Rs.12.5/km app floor | 3-4 medium bags |
| Innova Crysta | Rs.6,900-8,600 | Local dispatch scale | Rs.13.5/km app floor | 4-5 medium bags |
| Traveller 14-seater | Rs.11,500-13,000 | Fleet day rate | On request | Seat-bag balance, not a load carrier |
| Traveller 26-seater | Rs.14,500-16,000 | Fleet day rate | On request | Best for groups with real luggage |
Local per-km rates on this corridor run Rs.11-14 for a sedan once the minimum is crossed — the same scale the rest of the Saurashtra network bills at — while app per-km floors (Rs.9 sedan, Rs.12.5 SUV) only apply inside their prepaid packages. If your dates are fixed and the bags fit, take the app fare; if the darshan queue runs long or the 19251 exit at 00:15 moves, the dispatch card is the booking that bends.
Minimum billing applies at 208 km. Every figure above is a 208 km minimum; anything beyond is billed at the vehicle’s per-km rate, not re-quoted at the drop. The Porbandar halt on line B, a fort-side detour inside Junagadh, or the Keshod turn on line C only add the kilometres actually driven — though line C’s extra 30-45 km will show, and should.
What the quoted fare includes
Fuel, FASTag tolls and city parking sit inside every figure. Added at checkout on both app and phone bookings: driver bata, typically Rs.300-500 for a day run, and 5% GST on the total. A pickup after 10:00 PM or a drop past midnight adds a night charge of about Rs.500 — relevant because the 19251 train leaves Junagadh at 00:15 and the 19252 lands at 03:06-03:18, so both ends of the rail exit happen in the dark. Waiting: most operators allow 30-60 minutes free at the pickup point, then bill by the half hour — declare the Uparkot or Damodar Kund halt at booking so the clock starts when you are back at the gate. Both cities sit inside Gujarat, so there is no border tax on this run either way.
Round trips and stitched circuits
A return prices about 1.8-1.9× the single fare, not 2× — the empty leg is billed once at a discount. Same-day round trips are honest math only without the fort: 8-9 hours of driving plus a Porbandar halt leaves Uparkot a photograph through a car window. When Junagadh is one leg of a bigger move, book it as one continuous hire instead of separate one-ways — operators stitching the Dwarka–Gir–Junagadh circuit discount the connected legs by 10-15% against standalone bookings, and the same courtesy applies when the city is a mid-route drop. If you need the car to wait at JND or at a Girnar hotel, ask for the fixed idle price rather than an open clock — a waiting vehicle quoted per hour beats two minimums almost every time.
Route and En-Route Stops
The line is fixed at the first turn, not at the destination: once the cab is east of Dwarka, the only choice left is whether Porbandar goes in the itinerary or past it. Hold that decision from the dispatch — a mid-run “shortcut” through a town you did not pay for usually means padded kilometres on the slip.
Interior line — Khambhalia, Bhanvad, the east turn
Khambhalia crosses at about 40 km — the first junction, tea and a fuel pump if you want the tank full before the back country. Bhanvad arrives near 95 km and is the last halt that justifies itself: proper shops, lunch options, and the last reliable fuel before the south-east turn. After Bhanvad the road crosses into Junagadh-district country with nothing on it worth naming — groundnut fields, two-lane surface, an average speed the town sections never allow — and delivers you at 208-224 km depending on where inside the city you are dropped. This line bypasses Keshod entirely: travellers collecting at IXK need line C, not a wrong turn at the last junction.
Coast line — the Porbandar halt and the east leg
Bhogat comes at 55-60 km where NH51 bends south; Porbandar city arrives at 105-108. Kirti Mandir sits in the centre with paid parking a short walk away, the Sudama Temple lane is narrower and best entered on foot, and 45-60 minutes covers both if lunch is not the plan. Entering the city off the bypass adds 20-30 minutes that a through-run skips — so declare the halt at dispatch rather than discovering it as waiting time. From the far side of Porbandar the inland east leg runs 107-110 km to Junagadh through country with no towns on it, which is why this line matches the interior on time while holding the better surface after rain. The bypass side of the city also carries the corridor’s broader family dining strip — wider, better-lit options than the small-town dhaba list at Bhanvad’s line-A cutoff.
Junagadh drop points — city, fort, station
Four drops cover the bookings on this corridor. The city-centre drop puts you at hotels, the bus stand and the municipal offices — give the hotel name and street, not just “Junagadh”, because the city spreads across 160 square kilometres and a wrong guess costs waiting time. The Uparkot foothill drop is for anyone whose hotel faces the fort ramparts; it sits apart from the centre and should be named as such. The Damodar Kund side takes you to the ghats and the Radha Damodar temple belt below Girnar. And the Junagadh Junction (JND) station drop is for the trains — say “JND” explicitly, because the station is not the centre, and the 03:06-03:18 arrival of the 19252 carries a night charge that should already be on the slip.
The exit roads decide the next leg before you arrive: Rajkot lies 100-102 km north, Ahmedabad 316-319 kilometres north-east, and the Sasan Gir gate 53-60 km south via Mendarda — the forest turn most chains take the following morning. East instead, the Veraval–Somnath line starts at the far side of the district; the drop prices for that corridor sit in our Dwarka to Somnath car rental guide if the temple is where you are headed after the fort.
Uparkot, Damodar Kund and the Girnar Foothill
Junagadh means “old fort”, and the name is a working instruction: the day here has three anchors, and they sit at three different edges of the city. Uparkot, the rampart above the town, is the history; Damodar Kund, the reservoir and ghats below Girnar, is the ritual; the ropeway base on the city’s edge is the escape route for anyone who wants the hill without the climb. A rushed turnaround sees none of them properly — which is why the arrival hour, set at the Dwarka end, decides the whole visit.
Uparkot Fort — the rampart above the city
Uparkot is the fort the city is named for, carrying the same walls through Chudasama rule, Mughal pressure and the Nawabi period. The ramparts give the standard first view — Girnar’s ridge behind, the city grid below — and the rock edicts that make Junagadh matter to Indian history are read in the same visit: Ashoka’s inscriptions, cut into the Girnar rock in the third century BCE, are among the very few places in the country where the emperor’s own words still stand where they were carved. Sixty to ninety minutes covers the walls and the interpretive walk; start here, in the morning light, before the heat sits on the stone. The gates open at 8:00 AM and closing time shifts with the season, so check the day’s timings when you fix the morning drop.
Damodar Kund and the Radha Damodar belt
At the foot of Girnar, the reservoir of Damodar Kund and its ghats are where the city does its ritual business — bathing steps, the Radha Damodar temple nearby, and the pilgrim traffic that thickens on auspicious days. Thirty minutes covers it for the curious; longer if you are travelling with elders for whom the kund is the reason for the trip. It pairs naturally with the foothill hotels — a drop here in the evening means a walk, not a second drive.
The Girnar ropeway and the rest of the day
The ropeway saves the climb to Girnar’s upper shrines, and its base sits on the city’s edge. Wind and monsoon cloud stop the cars without notice, and weekend slots sell out — so read the Girnar nature safari page and hold the ticket online before committing the day to the hill. If it is running, keep the ropeway for the afternoon and Uparkot for the morning; if it is not, the Mahabat Maqbara — the Nawabi-era mausoleum in the old city — and the city museum take the second half of the day instead. This is also the junction of the eastern circuit: Diu lies 112 km east, two and a half hours across the Junagadh-district roads, and our Diu to Junagadh car rental guide prices that corridor if the island is the next stop rather than the end of this one.
Vehicles — Sedan to 26-Seater
The fare table maps to three real use cases on this corridor. Two people, light bags: the Dzire or Etios sedan — and the caveat that catches people out on the first trip to Saurashtra — the cabs running this route are CNG conversions, and the boot swallows two medium bags and nothing more. A third bag means the seat, the floor, or a roof carrier at Rs.300-400 arranged at dispatch, not at the temple gate. Four to five people with airport-sized luggage: the Ertiga clears 3-4 bags, the Innova Crysta clears 4-5 and holds the highway stretch to Rajkot or Ahmedabad better than a squeezed middle row. Above that, the 14 and 26-seat Travellers are people movers first — pilgrim families, wedding parties, a study group — and the luggage bay is shared across every seat, so count heads and suitcases together before booking. Two sedans for nine people look cheaper until you pay two drivers, two waiting clocks and two minimums.
Two comfort notes for this specific run. The interior line has no town cuts, but both line A and line B end in the same Junagadh city traffic between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM — the Majewadi Gate junction and the bus terminal fronts back up first, and the last 10 km to a foothill hotel takes as long as it does anywhere on the route. Travelling with elders, the Crysta’s seat height and suspension earn their fare on that stretch exactly as they do on the first 200. And if the plan ends at JND rather than a hotel, tell the dispatcher which platform side you need: station drops on this corridor are gate drops, not concourse escort, and the driver will park where the slip says.
Dwarka to Junagadh by Train, Bus and Air
The train exists, it is direct, and it takes a completely different road. Rail from Dwarka to Junagadh covers 355-356 km against the road’s 208-224, because the track loops east through the Jamnagar–Rajkot belt before turning inland — so the taxi wins on time and door-to-door, the train wins on sleep and price, and only the schedule decides which one you should take.
| Train | Dwarka (DWK) | Junagadh (JND) | Days | Fare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19252 Okha–Somnath Express | 20:46-20:51 departure | 03:06-03:18 arrival | Daily | Express class fares |
| 19251 Somnath–Okha Express | 07:01 arrival | 00:15-00:17 departure | Daily | Express class fares |
| JND shuttles — Keshod/Veraval line and Delvada branch | — | Fastest Keshod link 23 minutes; Delvada metre-gauge two dailies | Daily | Local fare |
The overnight pair is the only sensible rail option. 19252 leaves Dwarka at 20:46-20:51 and sets you down at JND at 03:06-03:18 — six hours twenty to six and a half, no change — which sounds efficient until you price the arrival: 3 AM at the station means a night charge on the station cab, no hotel check-in until morning, and a day that starts three hours later than the road would have. The mirror image matters more: 19251 reaches Dwarka at 07:01 after leaving Junagadh at 00:15, so a night in the city ends with a train rather than a 4-hour drive — but both ends sit in the dark, and the slip should carry the night charge before you reach the platform.
Below the expresses, JND is a working junction rather than a waypoint: broad-gauge shuttles run east and west along the Veraval line through Keshod (23 minutes to Keshod on the fastest), and the metre-gauge branch toward Delvada still runs two dailies — the Diu-side connection we document in our Diu corridor guide. None of them shorten this transfer; they exist for the chain, not for the drop.
The bus is the usual Saurashtra compromise: state services run the corridor through Bhanvad, five to six hours with the stops, morning-heavy frequency. Workable for a light-bag traveller without a deadline; not a plan for a fort arrival before noon or a 00:15 train exit. For everyone else the taxi is the only vehicle that goes from the temple lane to the JND gate with your bags in it and your day intact.
Flying in or out of Junagadh
Four airports touch this city and only one of them is close. Keshod (IXK) sits 39 km south-west — 40 to 45 minutes, the Alliance Air UDAN route to Mumbai that reopened in April 2022 and carried 4,798 passengers across the 2025-26 year; it is the only air option under an hour. Rajkot’s airport serves the 100-102 km run north to the city centre, Ahmedabad’s AMD is 316-319 km and most of a driving day, and Diu island is 112 km east at two and a half hours on the road. In practice: IXK for the short hop, Rajkot for frequency, and the cab either way — every one of these terminals is a road run from the same drop.
Trip Plans That Use This Run
Plan A — the fort day, in and out
The standard version: morning darshan in Dwarka, out of the temple lane by 10:30, line A running continuous, Junagadh drop between 2:30 and 3:00 PM. Afternoon belongs to Damodar Kund and the old city; the next morning takes Uparkot and the edicts in cool light, with the ropeway only if the weather holds. Exit either on the 19251 at 00:15 — but you sleep and wake in Dwarka — or on the road by 10:00 AM, which puts you back for the evening aarti window. The plan works because the 4-4.5 hour drive is short enough to leave a full day at both ends; anything longer than this corridor and the same itinerary collapses.
Plan B — the forest chain: Dwarka → Sasan Gir → Junagadh
For travellers putting the safari and the fort on one ticket: run Dwarka to Sasan Gir car rental first — 240-250 km on the Manavadar line with the Porbandar bypass — take the morning slot at the gate, then turn east the next day: Sasan Gir to Junagadh car rental covers the 53-60 km via Mendarda in about an hour and a quarter, with Junagadh’s fort as the reward for the early exit. Sleep in the city, spend the day on the ramparts, and book the whole three-leg circuit as one continuous hire — operators discount stitched legs by 10-15% against standalone bookings, and the two drivers, two waiting clocks and two minimums you avoid are worth more than the discount itself.
Plan C — Junagadh as the pivot, not the end
The through-hire version treats this city as the hinge of a longer Saurashtra move: arrive on line B with the Porbandar halt, sleep at the Girnar foothill, then roll east or north the next morning — Rajkot 100-102 km for a flight or a train connection, Ahmedabad 316-319 km in one long push, Diu 112 km for the island. Quoted as Dwarka → Junagadh → onward rather than two separate one-ways, the middle night does not cost a second minimum, and the driver who knows the fort drop also knows which gate at JND you need at dawn.
Booking Checklist
Six things to settle on the call. Every dispute on this corridor — waiting time, extra kilometres, a wrong drop — traces back to one of them being assumed instead of stated.
- The clock, first. Fix the darshan slot or the 19251 exit at 00:15 before the cab — the schedule picks the line, the line picks the fare.
- The quote in writing. Line A, B or C; the 208 km minimum; the per-km rate beyond it; driver bata, GST and night charge named separately. A single total with none of these is the quote that grows at the drop.
- Both endpoints exact. Pickup as temple lane, hotel name or station side — “Dwarka” is a city, not a point. Drop as hotel name and street, “Uparkot foothills” if your hotel faces the fort, or the words “JND station” when the train is the target.
- Bag count against vehicle. Two medium bags fit a sedan; more means an Ertiga/Crysta or a roof carrier at Rs.300-400 on the dispatch slip. Count heads and suitcases together for the Travellers — two cabs for nine people is two minimums.
- The Porbandar halt declared. 45-60 minutes stated at booking turns Kirti Mandir and the Sudama lane into scheduled stops; the same stops discovered mid-route bill as waiting at city rates.
- The waiting terms. Free window at pickup (usually 30-60 minutes), the half-hour rate after it, and — for fort-side holds — a fixed idle price instead of an open clock.
Frequently Asked Questions
How far is Dwarka from Junagadh by road?
208-224 km depending on the line and the drop inside the city. CabBazar and Reke both measure the interior route at 208 km, our published cards carry 209-224, and the coast line through Porbandar adds a few kilometres more. Straight point-to-point on line A is the shortest honest answer; everything else is a halt or an airport detour.
How long does the Dwarka to Junagadh taxi take?
Four to four and a half hours on lines A and B without a halt, five to five and a half on the Keshod airport line. Declare the Porbandar stop and add 45-60 minutes; hit Junagadh between 4 and 7 PM and add city traffic at the far end. Roll out of Dwarka at 10:30 after the morning darshan and the fort-side hotel opens before 3:00 PM.
What is the Dwarka to Junagadh taxi fare?
A sedan one-way runs Rs.2,300-4,900 — app floors at Rs.2,288 (CabBazar) and Rs.2,496 (Reke) on prepay, local dispatch at the top of the band with the halt permitted. Ertiga Rs.3,100-5,700, Innova Crysta Rs.6,900-8,600, Travellers from Rs.11,500. The minimum billing is 208 km; driver bata and 5% GST add at checkout.
Which route does the taxi take — coast or interior?
Either, and they arrive together. The interior line via Khambhalia and Bhanvad is the default at 208-224 km with no town cuts; the coast line goes NH51 to Porbandar at 105-108 km, takes the 107-110 km east leg, and buys the Kirti Mandir halt on roads that drain better. In peak monsoon (June-September) the coast line is the safer hold.
Is there a direct train from Dwarka to Junagadh?
Yes — the 19252 Okha–Somnath Express, daily at 20:46-20:51 from Dwarka into JND at 03:06-03:18, covering 355-356 km of track against 208-224 on the road. The return is 19251, leaving Junagadh at 00:15 and reaching Dwarka at 07:01. It trades time and door-to-door convenience for sleep and price.
What is the nearest railway station to Junagadh?
Junagadh Junction (JND) itself — PIN 362001, inside the city, with broad-gauge shuttles along the Veraval line through Keshod and the metre-gauge branch toward Delvada still running two dailies. There is no nearer railhead to arrange: a station drop and a city drop are the same taxi with the same 208 km minimum.
How far is Keshod airport from Junagadh?
39 km south-west — 40 to 45 minutes by cab. IXK is the Alliance Air UDAN route to Mumbai and the only airport under an hour from the city; Rajkot’s airport sits behind the 100-102 km run north, and Diu is 112 km east on the road. For a morning flight from IXK, an overnight in Junagadh still needs a pre-dawn pickup.
What is Junagadh known for?
The city whose name means “old fort”: Uparkot’s ramparts above the town, Ashoka’s rock edicts cut at the foot of Girnar in the third century BCE, the Damodar Kund reservoir and its ghats, the Mahabat Maqbara in the old city, and the Nawabi capital that ruled the state until 1947. The Girnar ropeway saves the climb to the upper shrines when it is running.
Can we combine this run with Sasan Gir?
Yes — the gate sits 53-60 km south via Mendarda, about an hour and a quarter. The chain most travellers book is Dwarka to the safari (240-250 km on the Manavadar line), the morning slot, then east to Junagadh for the fort, all as one continuous hire: stitched legs discount 10-15% against three separate one-ways, and you never pay a second minimum for the night in between.
Can we carry luggage in a CNG sedan?
Two medium bags, yes — the Dzire and Etios on this route are CNG conversions and the boot is the limit. A third bag needs the seat, the floor, or a roof carrier at Rs.300-400 added at dispatch. Four people with real luggage should move to the Ertiga or Crysta instead of squeezing the fare table’s first row, and Travellers should be counted head-to-bag before booking.
