A unique traverse on a spectacular mountain trail, through breathtaking landscapes, while meeting the most charming and hospitable people, for a journey that won’t leave you untouched.
“Al Hajar” means the stone in Arabic. And what better name could have been given to this spectacular mountain range, standing tall on the eastern edge of the Arabian peninsula, between the eastern part of the UAE and the northern part of the Sultanat of Oman ? Erupting after the collision of the Arabian and Persian plates some millions years ago, this bare, arid, seemingly inhospitable arrangement of limestone and ocean crust, rises vertically under the blazing sun.
Yet, despite the isolation and the archest conditions, man has found a way to colonize this land since prehistorical times, and has marked his presence in admirable fashion.
An adventurer’s dream, the Al Hajar trail is a 1.500 kms scenic journey through time and culture. It not only offers a wide spectrum of off road driving challenges, such as wadii crossings, steep climbs and abrupt rocky descents, throughout some of the most beautiful natural landscapes of the region, it also makes a point in showing you some of the most remarkable examples of the rich local history, with its forts, Aflaj, ruins of old mountain settlements, ancestral date gardens, necropolis, mosques, souqs. and a all lot more…
Coming soon.