By Air:
Currently Aurangabad is the nearest Air point for Ajanta. It
can be reached from New Delhi and Mumbai (Bombay), international airport.
Indian airlines as well as Jet Airways have daily flight to Aurangabad
from New Delhi and Mumbai.
Jalgaon has also developed its Airport. Soon it will also start. Ajanta
Caves is far near from Jalgaon Airport while a bit distant from Aurangabad
Airport.
By Rail:
Jalgaon is the best place to drop in for Ajanta if you like Rail journey.
It is centre point of all major railway stations of India and has Bhusaval
(Just 28kms from Jalgaon) as Second largest depot of railways in entire
Asia.
All Super Fast, express, mail and passenger trains stops at Bhusaval
and most of them at Jalgaon as well. You can check online status of
availability of reservation on Indian railways official website. From
Jalgaon, you can pick up Taxi/ state transport department bus to reach
ajanta.
Cave Timings:
9.00AM to 17.30PM Indian Standard Time (IST)
Ajanta Caves remains open throughout year with weekly Holiday of Monday.
Cave Entry Ticket Charges:
ASI has initiated Online Entry Ticket Booking on its Portal for all Monuments within India. Please refer Online Entry Ticket Booking Link below for further information.
1. For Indians below 15 years : FREE of Charge
2. For Indians above 15 years : Rs. 30/- per head
3. For SAARC Citizens (Bhutan/ Nepal/ Bangladesh/ Myanmar/ Srilanka/ Maldives/ Pakistan) - Rs. 30 per person
For Citizens from Countries other SAARC: Rs. 500 per person
4. For Photo Camera/ Video Camera: Rs. 5/- (Camera to be used without
flash)