Sightseeing

Continuation to Buraidah (190km / 2 hours) the center of the province of Qassim with traditional oasis products such as lemons and oranges and with countless date farms. We visit a date farm and a local oasis builder leads you through the terrace fields with huge plantations of date palms. Then visit the Almoukaf date market.

We continue to Tabah to the volcano craters. Sightseeing with photo stop and opportunity for lunch. Subsequent Aja Rosy Mountain Aja Rosy Mountain Continue to Heil to the Aja Rosy Mountain. Stop in a bizarre mountain range that, depending on the light, let the stone formations shine in an enchanting pink light.

Morning visit to the Aja Mountains, through the Al Nafud desert to Jubbah to the 4500 year old petroglyphs and the 6000 year old stone hedge Rajaji to our Hotel Ruom in Sakaka Rajajil natural wonder Rajajil natural wonder Today drive to the 4000 year old petroglyphs in the Nafud Desert to Jubbah. Discover the rock carvings from prehistoric times, which are in exceptionally good condition. Lean back and enjoy a fascinating ride through the desert landscape with wild rock formations and exciting landscape scenarios to the 6000 year old stone hedge Ar Rajajil on the edge of the Nafud Desert. The excavations unearthed tools such as fan scratches, pin bearings, insulation material from the well / water complex, all of which date 4. b. The day ends in Sakaka with an overnight stay at the Hotel Raoum Inn and dinner

On the way we stop in Doumat Al Jandal and walk through the historic city center with the Marid Castle of Dumat Al-Jandal in the north of Saudi Arabia, which was built before 272. Its walls are 0.80 m - 1 m thick. The castle commanded the old town of Adumatochloss and the cistern.  Passing huge date farms, we now head to the Al Khanafah nature reserve in the Al Jawf district, which borders the Nefud desert, which is known from the film "Lawrence of Arabia": This legendary hero crossed it together with Bedouins in the First World War still live here today and with whom we will spend the night today - if desired also under the stars. They are surrounded by huge dunes shining in the sun. Limitlessness, an infinite silence and timelessness can be physically experienced here. Feel the warm desert sand while walking through the dunes.

After an extraordinary night with a spectacular sunrise in the desert, an oriental breakfast awaits you and the journey continues through the nature reserve Al Khanafah to the large oasis Tayma with a long settlement history, for example at the point where the old frankincense route was the trade route between Yathrib and Dumah Crosses Nefud desert. rock paintings rock paintings the Arabian Peninsula. This collaborative project has led to many other significant discoveries of animal and mammal fossils in the Saudi deserts, including a giant 300,000 year old elephant tusk that belonged to an extinct species of elephant from the Nafud desert and a greener, wetter Arabian desert in the Past indicates. The carpal bone of an elephant was also discovered from the same layer of sand in the excavation site. You will visit the famous Haddaj Fountain, which, after almost 8,000 years of desertification, provides water today. Tayma still benefits from natural wells that have been preserved for millennia.

Morning visit to Al Nalaa Rock near Tama. Analyzes have shown that the soil moved millions of years ago, which led to splitting and the rock has been able to hold in this position until today. The whole thing is due to a volcanic, mineral-rich hill that gave the stone its shape before it came to the surface. German archaeologists also conduct research in this oasis, and the first ancient hieroglyphic inscription was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 2010 during new excavations. It bears the cartridges of Pharaoh Ramses III, who lived until 1156 BC. BC ruled and is probably evidence of an old trade route to the Nile Delta. Then drive to the monumental elephant rock, which rises steeply pink in front of the dunes. During a break, on one of the highest dunes, you have the opportunity to take pictures in lonely silence.

After lunch, drive to the unique and scenic white volcanoes White volcanoes Lava fields and volcanoes from Harrat Khaybar. There is no place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that is unparalleled. While it is not generally known that there are volcanoes in Saudi Arabia, there are even surprisingly many, including active ones. The volcanic activity is related to the activity of the focal points on the Arabic plate that was raised on the east side of the Red Sea. The basaltic lava fields in the west of the country are called Harrat. They cover around 180,000 km² and extend from Turkey to Yemen in the south.

After a night in a tent in the area of the White Volcanoes, you can continue to enjoy the silence and have the opportunity to take a short hike / walk on this unusual rock with your guide. In the early afternoon you drive to Medina, the city of the Prophet, next to Mecca one of the 3 most important sites of Islam, the "guardian of the holy places" whose inner city is closed to non-Muslims according to Islamic law (Harram). During a photo stop, you can enjoy breathtaking panoramic views of the city of Medina and the mausoleum of the Prophet Mohammed. Afterwards drive to Medina airport and flight to Jeddah, check in at Hotel Raddison Blu

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