From the serenity of the salt marsh and beaches of Mandvi to humble artist villages and camping trails, Kutch has something for every soul-searching traveller. Stretching along the Tropic of Cancer, from Rajasthan to the edge of Pakistan and the Arabian Sea, Kutch is a fusion of several semi-nomadic communities that migrated here from as far as Sindh, Baluchistan and Afghanistan, nearly five centuries. Many would know this region by the stark and seemingly endless Rann of Kutch and its annual winter festival Rann Utsav.
Rann of Kutch is a massive expanse of cracked earth, inland from the sea, that promises to take your breath away. The nothingness for miles is both nerve-wracking and stunning with small oasis of water bodies and shrub forests doubling up as homes for pink flamingos and wild asses. Approximately 200 km east of the Rann, is the Little Rann of Kutch, which houses the 4953-sq-km Wild Ass Sanctuary. It houses the only remaining population of the chestnut-coloured Indian wild ass (khur), as well as blue-bulls, blackbuck and chinkara.
