Places to visit near statue of unity. To know the places of statue of unity, you need to understand the bus system first so you can enjoy all the places easily.
Bus and Parking Information at Statue of Unity
To reach status of unity, your car need to park at parking area which is 6 kms before the statue. Statue of Unity runs 60 buses from parking area in 5 to 15 mins duration. You can pickup or drop from any attraction points.
Bus Ticket (30 Rs) including in your Viewing Gallery Ticket (350 Rs+30 Rs) and Normal Entry ticket (120 Rs + 30 Rs).
- If you buy ticket from ticket counter, its optional to buy bus ticket.
- They have limited parking area available (150 Rs/Car) at valley of flowers so in case if you do not want to travel by their bus. But this parking remain full on weekend or holidays so its prefer to park at Parking 1
Parking 1 (6 Kms before statue of Unity) – Parking Fees 50 Rs/Car
Parking 2 (Near valley of flowers) – Parking Fees 150 Rs/Car
Viewing Gallery Tickets vs Express Tickets
Often I noticed that tourist confused which one to buy. Viewing Gallery ticket or express ticket. Both tickets are almost same except priority in Express ticket. Which means if you have Express ticket, you get first priority in each attraction and buses. Here is difference in both tickets. You need to buy any of one to reach viewing gallery. You can buy from soutickets.in
Viewing Gallery
– 350 Rs/Adult and 200 Rs/Child
– Normal priority in bus and other attractions including viewing gallery
– 1260 Persons/Slot for viewing gallery
Express Ticket
– 1000 Rs/Person
– First Priority in bus and other attractions including viewing gallery
– 60 Persons/Slot for viewing gallery
Tourist places map of Statue of Unity
Map is based on 18th November 2019. I have tried to cover all points which are available at present moments. Red star indicate that, to reach here you need prior online ticket. If you have pre-booked online ticket then only they allowed to visit those places.
Covered in Ticket A
- Statue of Unity
- Valley of Flowers and Selfie Points
- Sardar Sarovar Dam View Point
- Glow Garden
- Laser Show
Covered in Ticket B
- Vishwa Van
- Ekta Nursery
- Butterfly Park
- Cactus Garden
- Zarwani watefall
Individual Ticketing
- Khalwani Eco campsite
- Boating
- River Rafting
- Cycling
Nearest Places to visit from Statue of Unity
- Shoolpaneshwar Temple
- Children Nutrition Park
- Rajvant Palace
- Poicha Swaminarayan Temple
- Kuber Bhandari Temple
- Garudeshwar Guru Datt Mandir
Place A1 – Statue of Unity
After reaching at main attraction by bus. It has many parts to see. Let me explain.
Note: To see all these things you must have Express ticket (1,000 Rs/Person) or Viewing Gallery Ticket (350 Rs) or Entry Ticket (120 Rs). Also there is no particular time to see all these things except Viewing Gallery.
Wall of Unity
A huge wall 50 feet x 15 feet is built near the statue of unity. The Soil collected from 1,69,000+ villages of different states of India has been used in construction symbolization the unity in diversity.
Exhibition Hall/Museum
Exact below the statue, it has Exhibition/Museum. Which exhibit the life of Shree Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and his contribution in freedom movement against British rule.
Audio Visual Show
In the museum itself it has audio visual show about surrounding areas and culture. Tourist likes it a lot.
Viewing Gallery
Note: To see all these things you must have Express ticket (1,000 Rs/Person) or Viewing Gallery Ticket (350 Rs). Also there is particular time to see all these things except Viewing Gallery.
This is the main attraction of statue of unity. Every tourist want to reach here which is high as 135 Meter via lift. Its give spectacular view of the River Narmada, Dam and Surrounding mountain range of Satpura.
When you buy ticket of viewing gallery, you need to select the time slot to reach Here. You need to reach here in that given time slot. Most of Sunday or Public holidays remained full so it is advisable to buy online tickets at least 4-5 days before traveling if you are planning to reach there on weekend or public holidays.
Time slots for Viewing Gallery
– 8 am to 10 am
– 10 am to 12 pm
– 12 pm to 2 pm
– 2 pm to 4 pm
– 4 pm to 6 pm
– 6 pm to 7 pm
Place A2 – Valley of Flowers and Selfie Point at Statue of Unity
Valley of flowers offering verities of flowers and large garden stretched over 17 km on the bank of Narmada river. This is beautiful place and it is near to sardar sarovar dam, food court and statue of unity. If you want to take perfect picture of statue of unity and dam this is right place.
Note: To see all this you should have any tickets (Entry ticket or Viewing Gallery ticket or Express ticket)
Place A3 – Sardar Sarovar Dam View Point
Note: To see all this you should have any tickets (Entry ticket or Viewing Gallery ticket or Express ticket)
Sardar Sarovar Dam View point is located next to Valley of Flowers.
Sardar Sarovar Dam is
- 138 Meter height & 1200 meter wide
- Lifeline of Gujarat
- World’s Second largest dam considering its water storage capacity
- Its canal considered as world’s longest canal with gravity force
- Engineering Marvel for world by Indian engineers
So it will give you proud moment when you see it closely.
Place A4 – Glow Garden at Statue of Unity
Note: To see all this you should have any tickets (Entry ticket or Viewing Gallery ticket or Express ticket)
Glow garden is located just opposite of Valley of flowers. It illuminated just after sunset. Must watch this before visiting laser show.
Place A5 – Laser Show at Statue of Unity
Laser show starts around 7:30 pm to 8 pm for 15 mins. Projection on the main statue of unity. It does not have any ticket to see it, you can see it from any place. But ideally place between valley of flower to statue of unity considered as best one.
Place B1 – Vishwa van at Statue Of Unity
Note: To see all this you should have individual ticket or other tour ticket (250 Rs/Person) which you can buy from the http://www.soutickets.in or from vishwavan checkin counter.
Vishwa van is opposite at statue of unity and it has the separate ticket for this. It contains herbs, shrubs and trees native to all the 7 continents signifying the underlying theme of ‘Unity in Diversity’ in the global context.
This is the junction for other trip where you can get individual ticket of Vishwa van or all remaining point by bus.
Place B2 – Ekta Nursery
Note: To see this you should have individual ticket or other tour ticket (250 Rs/Person) which you can buy from the http://www.soutickets.in or from vishwavan checkin counter.
This nursery is being developed in the vicinity of the Statue of Unity, in line with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision that visitors, when they return, should take back with them seedlings as a Plant of Unity. The distribution of plants will be done at the entry gate where a stall has been put up for this purpose. Local youth are involved in the growing, development and sale of these plants.
Place B3 – Butterfly Park
Note: To see this you should have individual ticket or other tour ticket (250 Rs/Person) which you can buy from the http://www.soutickets.in or from vishwavan checkin counter.
Butterfly park and cactus garden is located next to each other. It is must visit place if you have child/children with you
Place B4 – Cactus Garden
Note: To see this you should have individual ticket or other tour ticket (250 Rs/Person) which you can buy from the http://www.soutickets.in or from vishwavan checkin counter.
Butterfly park and cactus garden is located next to each other. It is must visit place if you have child/children with you
Place B5 – Zarwani Waterfall
Note: To see this you should have individual ticket or other tour ticket (250 Rs/Person) which you can buy from the http://www.soutickets.in or from vishwavan checkin counter. Or you can come with private car by paying 500 Rs/Car as entry fees.
Zarwani waterfall generally running from Mid July to November end. It is nice waterfall. Bathing is not officially allowed. It has very natural view so must visit to enjoy shoolpaneshware wildlife sanctuary, temple along with zarwani waterfall.
Zarwani camp site offering the night stay and local lunch as well. They take 1 hr to build lunch so inform them 1 hr in advanced to get local delicious lunch. For night stay you can contact there too.
Place B6 – Khalwani Ecocamp Site
Khalwani eco camp site is located near to golbole gate and it is offering nature trails, bird watching and other natural facilities.
Place C1 – Helicopter Ride at Statue of Unity
As per 18 October 200 – This is closed due to Covid-19
Near the valley of flowers private operators operate the helicopter ride for 7 to 10 mins. It start from 9 am and end before sunset. It operates based on the weather situations.
Helicopter ride fees 2,900 Rs/Person. as per latest news (1st August 2019).
Place C2 – Boating at Statue of Unity
Sardar Sarovar dam has outlet the canal from medium of 3 lakes on left most side of the dam. In the lakes now visitors can enjoy the boating. It has also time slot of 1 hour for boating and its charge is Rs 290 / Person. You can reach there by running buses. You can buy its ticket online in advanced from www.soutickets.in
Place C3 – River rafting at Statue of Unity
Near the Godbole gate (Canal gate) it has outlet of water create all season water flow suitable for the river rafting. Recently the private vendor starts the services for river rafting. Tourist can enjoy the river rafting. This service has also time slot to visit it. Its charge is 1,500 Rs/Person. I will share more information soon. You can buy online tickets from www.soutickets.in
Place C4 – Cycling at Statue of Unity
Cycling near the Dam and Lakes is pleasure. Private vendors offerer various kind of cycling at various places including the Valley of flowers, Khalwani and Zarwani which includes the Family cycling, individual cycling.
Place C5 – Shoolpaneshwar Temple
Shoolpaneshware temple is considered very ancient temple. The original temple is drawn in the dam. So its idol and ling shifted at this place. You can see this in shoolpaneshwar wildlife sanctuary
Place C6 – Children Nutrition Parks
Children nutrient park is located before the parking area. It is showing nutrition information regarding the children in the train so its fun loving activities for children. Must visit it if you are traveling with child/children.
Places to visit near by Statue of Unity
Statue of Unity located in the middle of the mountain ranges of Vindhyachal and Satpuda with Narmada Valley. When you will go Statue of unity from ahmedabad by car, you can explore more.
1 – Shulpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (Zarwani is inside this sanctuary) – 17 Kms (July 15 to November Depending on Rain)
I suggest to go in between August to November to see full flow of water and lush green surroundings.
If you want to reach there by personal vehicle or cab, you have to pay wildlife sanctuary entry fees which is around 500 Rs/Car
Zarwani waterfall on the way 
- Zarwani waterfall (14 km)
- Zarwani eco campsite (16 km)
- Kalbhairav Temple (On the way of Zarwani)
2 – Rajwant Palace Rajpipla (25 Kms) On the way of Ahmedabad
Rajpipla was the princely state before 1947. It was the prosperous state during that time. If you are really keen in the history and want to explore the era of that time, Must visit this place.
Rajwant Palace Museum Resorts Rajpipla
3 – Very beautiful Poicha Swaminarayan temple & Sahjananad Universe (40 km)
Excellent Temple giving wow effect everytime you visit. It is the place located near Narmada river. Beautiful temple, sahjanand universe and many things to see.
4 – Chandod / kuber bhandari (43 km)
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