Saudi Arabia Discovered

Trip Highlights

• Explore the mud-brick district of At-Turaif in Diriyah, the birthplace of the first Saudi state.

• Visit Masmak Fortress, captured by Ibn Saud in 1902 during the unification of Saudi Arabia.

• Walk through Ushayger Heritage Village, known for its 1,500-year-old mud-brick settlement.

• Watch camel trading at Buraydah Camel Market, one of the largest camel markets in the world.

• Examine 7,000-year-old rock carvings at Jubbah UNESCO site.

• Stand beside the Rajajil Columns, stone pillars dating back more than 5,000 years.

• Drive through Al Disah Valley’s sandstone cliffs rising up to 500 metres.

• Hike at Tayeb Ism, where granite mountains meet the Gulf of Aqaba coastline.

• Explore Hegra’s Nabataean tombs carved into sandstone between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD.

• Visit Jabal Ikmah, home to hundreds of ancient Dadanitic and Lihyanite inscriptions.

• See Elephant Rock, a 52-metre sandstone formation shaped naturally by erosion.

• Discover Medina’s Hijaz Railway heritage linked to the Ottoman railway project of 1908.

• Ride cable cars down Al Hada Mountain in Taif.

• Walk around Al Wahba Crater, a volcanic crater approximately 2.5 km wide and 250 metres deep.

• Explore Al-Balad in Jeddah, a UNESCO-listed Red Sea trading district founded in the 7th century.

• Visit King Fahd Fountain, which shoots seawater over 300 metres into the air.

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