Written by léonie sidwick | 05 July 2010

The National Camel Research Centre is located 8km from the centre of Bikaner and was founded 1984 to study all aspects of dromedaries. The centre is home to 3 different varieties of camel and also breeds camels for the Indian Army Camel Corp. The centre is open between 2pm and 6pm daily to visitors and has a small and somewhat uninspiring museum although a tour of the centre will acquaint you with the various activities of the centre and allow you to get up close to the camels. They also offer short camel rides and have a camel milk cafe, offering icecream, hot and cold beverages all made from the milk of dromedaries. If you're interested in Bactrian camels (two humps), they have a little information but no actually two hump camels as they can't survive the climate.