7 Tips to Enjoy a Camel Ride in Gurugram With Your Loved Ones

The camel folds down in three movements — front knees, then back — and if you're not braced for it, so do you. That first lurch is usually the moment people decide whether they're going to relax into the ride or grip the pommel for the next ten minutes. Either way works. We've watched enough first-timers on the camel ride at Rangmanch Farms to know both reactions end in the same laugh, usually somewhere around the second minute.

A camel ride isn't the fastest thing on our 20+ acres — that title goes to the zipline, or Sky Cycling along its elevated track — and it isn't trying to be. It's the slow one, the one where you actually notice the open farmland, the treeline near Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary next door, and the fact that nobody's phone has buzzed in twenty minutes. That's the appeal. Among the adventure activities near Delhi that people book for the adrenaline, this is the one they end up booking for the pace — and it's usually the one couples and grandparents gravitate toward while the rest of the group is queuing for the rope courses.

If you're planning to bring a partner, parents, or kids along, here's what actually helps.

1. Pick your window. The ride runs through the full Day Outing, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, but the light is kindest in late morning once the breakfast counters thin out, or after 3 pm when the sun softens for photos. Midday sun on an exposed farm ride, with nothing but open field around you, is less fun than either end of the day.

2. Wear what you'd wear to walk, not to pose. Loose cotton and flat shoes beat anything with a heel or a hem you'll trip over while mounting. You'll be glad of the choice later too, once you wander over to Archery or decide the rope courses are calling.

3. Let the handler set the pace of getting on and off. Camels rise the same way they sit — in that same three-part fold, back legs first this time — and it catches people off guard if they're not expecting it. Our handlers call the moment; follow their lead rather than your instinct to brace early.

4. For very young children, start with the Camel Cart. It's a seated ride pulled alongside the camel rather than mounted on its back, and it sits in the same Rides zone as the Tractor Ride and Columbus Ride. Save the actual camel ride for when they're a little older and asking for the real thing by name.

5. Sit the less confident rider up front, not behind. If you're pairing an adult with a child, or a first-timer with someone more relaxed, put the nervous one closer to the camel's neck — there's more to hold onto and less sway to manage back there.

6. Don't rush it. This isn't a ride you optimize for repeat laps like the zipline. Most people do one loop, slow, and spend the whole thing looking around rather than at a screen. That's rather the point of putting it on the itinerary at all.

7. Treat it as one stop on a longer loop, not the whole visit. The Rides zone sits alongside Horse Ride and Tractor Ride, and it pairs naturally with a walk toward the water zone afterward, or a plate from the chaat counter that runs most of the afternoon. Couples often do the camel ride early and then split off — one toward rope courses and tyre wall climbing, one toward the mud bath — and meet back at the buffet an hour later.

Is the camel ride safe for a first-timer or someone nervous about it? Yes — every ride is handler-led, and the pace is set by the handler, not the rider. If you or someone in your group has a specific concern — a bad back, a fear of heights, a very young child — mention it when you book and our team will point you to the right ride for your group.

Can we fit the camel ride and water zorbing into the same visit? Easily. Most Day Outing guests move through several rides and adventure zones in one visit — the camel ride, a stop at water zorbing, and whatever else catches their eye across the 20+ acres before the chaat counter closes.

A camel ride won't be the activity anyone talks about on the drive home — the zipline usually wins that argument — but it's often the one that shows up in the photos, the treeline and open field behind you instead of climbing gear. Slow rides tend to photograph better than fast ones. If you're building out a full day, see the complete activities list and put the camel ride somewhere in the first hour, while the morning light is still good and the queue is still short.