Al Ain oasis and Jebel Hafeet
The garden city: the UNESCO oasis, camel market, Al Jahili fort and the mountain road.
Photo: Liwa Desert Safari Abu Dhabi / Unsplash
- ✦UNESCO oasis
- ✦Camel market
- ✦Jebel Hafeet drive
- ✦About 9 hours
Al Ain is the quiet, green side of the UAE: a date-palm oasis with a 3,000-year-old falaj irrigation system, the mud-brick forts, the camel market in the morning and the hairpin road up Jebel Hafeet. Fewer tourists than Abu Dhabi and a real look at Emirati history.
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