United Arab Emirates
The country's highest point and the world's longest zipline, then a reserve where the Arabian oryx was saved from extinction
United Arab Emirates
A journey far from Dubai's skyscrapers: Jebel Jais, the UAE's highest peak in Ras al-Khaimah, where a winding road leads to the world's longest zipline soaring over two kilometres of rocky canyon, then Sir Bani Yas Island, once the private reserve of the UAE's founding father, now a wildlife sanctuary where the Arabian oryx, once extinct in the wild, has been successfully reintroduced.
When
Nov to March
Price
From 2 700€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
5 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-2
The first chapter unfolds at Jebel Jais, which rises over nineteen hundred metres in the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, less than two hours' drive from Dubai yet a world away amid rocky canyons and switchback roads. The mountain is home to Jais Flight, the certified longest zipline in the world, along with via ferrata trails and a panoramic swing suspended over the void, built to reveal a more adventurous side of the Emirates.
Day 1
Jais Flight, the world's longest zipline
A zipline flight over two kilometres above the Jebel Jais canyon, reaching speeds of over one hundred and twenty kilometres per hour, supervised by certified instructors.
Day 2
The scenic road and a perched mountain village
A winding drive to the summit of Jebel Jais, a stop at the restored village of Shawka, then a walk on the panoramic swing suspended above the canyon.
Days 1-2
A boat to Sir Bani Yas Island, off the coast of Abu Dhabi, transformed from the 1970s into a nature reserve by Sheikh Zayed, the UAE's founding father, who had millions of trees planted to green a previously arid territory. The island is now home to one of the largest populations of Arabian oryx in the world, an emblematic antelope declared extinct in the wild in 1972 before being reintroduced through breeding programmes like this one.
Day 1
A safari in search of the Arabian oryx
A 4x4 safari in the Sir Bani Yas reserve, in search of the Arabian oryx, gazelles, and introduced giraffes, across a territory entirely devoted to conservation.
Day 2
A secluded beach and mangrove kayaking
A morning of kayaking through the island's mangroves, then a free afternoon on a secluded beach on the Arabian Gulf, far from any other tourist presence.
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