Ahmedabad to Ambaji Taxi Service

Ambaji draws Ahmedabad families all year round: for a Sunday darshan of Amba Maa, to fulfil a vow after a wedding or a child’s birth, or to climb Gabbar hill during Navratri. Because the town sits in the Aravalli foothills on the Gujarat–Rajasthan edge, most people prefer a car with a driver over juggling buses and shared jeeps.

Happy Car Rental runs an Ahmedabad to Ambaji taxi as a same-day round trip, an overnight trip, or a drop only through our one-way service. Your driver picks you up from home, waits while you do darshan and visit Gabbar, and drives you back. Choose a Dzire, Ertiga or Innova Crysta, or a Winger, Tempo Traveller or Toofan for larger groups.

Ahmedabad to Ambaji at a Glance

Estimated Round-Trip Fare

Estimate for a round trip of about 350 km over 1 day. Your final fare depends on the actual kilometres from our garage to our garage and the number of days.

The drive from Ahmedabad to Ambaji

There are two common roads, and your driver will pick one depending on traffic and where you are picked up. The northern route runs through Gandhinagar or Kalol towards Mehsana and Palanpur on a wide highway, then turns east for the final climb into the hills. The other route heads to Himmatnagar and goes up through Idar and Khedbrahma. Both take roughly three and a half to four and a half hours.

The last 20–30 km are on a narrower hill road with curves. If anyone in your family gets car sick, keep a bag handy and ask the driver to stop for a few minutes rather than pushing on. A tea and breakfast halt around Mehsana or Himmatnagar breaks the journey nicely.

Leaving Ahmedabad by 5 or 6 am gets you to the temple before the late-morning rush, and lets you start back in daylight. Driving the hill stretch after dark is fine, just slower.

What to see in and around Ambaji

• Arasuri Ambaji temple – one of the Shakti Peethas. The sanctum has no idol; devotees worship a sacred yantra that is decorated so it appears as the goddess. Queues are short on weekday mornings and long on weekends and full-moon days.
• Gabbar hill – a few kilometres from town and believed to be the original seat of the goddess. The car drops you at the foot of the hill; you go up by the long flight of steps or by ropeway (check on the day whether it is running).
• Kumbhariya Jain temples – carved marble temples a short drive from the main temple, quieter than the town centre.
• Koteshwar Mahadev – a small Shiva temple in the hills nearby, linked by tradition with the source of the Saraswati river.

Allow three to four hours in Ambaji if you are doing both the temple and Gabbar.

Bhadarvi Poonam and Navratri crowds

The Bhadarvi Poonam fair, held around the full moon of the month of Bhadrapad (usually in September), is the busiest time of the year. For days before it, large numbers of padyatris walk to Ambaji from Ahmedabad and other towns along the highways. Traffic slows down, some roads near town are restricted, and cars are often parked well outside the centre, so you may walk or take a local shuttle the last stretch.

If you are travelling at this time, book your car early, leave extra hours in the plan, and expect that fares may increase in festival season. For elderly family members, a visit a week or two after the fair is far more comfortable. Navratri (both Chaitri and Aso) and every monthly poonam also bring bigger crowds than an ordinary weekday.

Same day or overnight?

A same-day trip is very doable: about eight hours on the road plus your time at the temple. The round trip normally crosses the 300 km daily minimum on its own, so you are billed on actual kilometres, counted from our garage and back to it. See the taxi tariff for current per-km rates and driver allowance.

An overnight stay makes sense if you want to add more stops. Mount Abu is only about an hour beyond Ambaji across the Rajasthan border, so many families combine the two on a Mount Abu taxi trip (Rajasthan border tax applies). If you start early, a north Gujarat temple such as Taranga Hills can also be fitted in, though it adds distance.

Going one way only, for example to join a padyatra group or stay on for a few days? Book an Ahmedabad to Ambaji one-way taxi and pay for one direction.

Pickup in Ahmedabad and drop at Ambaji

We pick up from any address in Ahmedabad or Gandhinagar. From Chandkheda, Motera or the Gandhinagar side you are on the highway within minutes; from Maninagar, Vastral or Bopal add 30–45 minutes of city driving to your timing. Visitors arriving by train or flight can be picked up from Ahmedabad Junction or the airport and go straight on.

In Ambaji, the car stops at the parking area nearest the temple that is open on the day, and you walk the final part. For overnight trips we drop you at your hotel or dharamshala and collect you from there in the morning.

Choosing a vehicle for the Ambaji trip

A Dzire is enough for up to four people with day bags. With elderly parents or six travellers, an Ertiga gives more room, and an Innova Crysta is noticeably more comfortable for the evening drive home. Society groups, mandals and joint families usually take a 9 seater Winger, an 11 seater Tempo Traveller or an 11 seater Toofan, which keeps everyone together at the temple and on Gabbar.