Al Ain City Tour: Explore Historical Sites and Cultural Treasures
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13 Ratings
Al Ain
Embark on an Al Ain City Tour to discover its historical sites and cultural treasures. Explore archaeological excavations, ancient Arabic treasures, hilly gardens, a museum with ancient manuscripts, and more!
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Al Ain National Museum - The oasis city of Al Ain has a dramatic setting, overlooked by the craggy mountain range of Jebel Hafeet. It’s a pretty and ordered town that is easy to get around and is popular with visiting families for its zoo and many relaxing public parks. Historically, Al Ain has been settled since at least 3000 BC, and the museum here does a good job of tracing that long history. It’s this history that has made the Al Ain area the only site in the United Arab Emirates to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. This is also an excellent destination for tourists interested in local culture. Top things to do include excursions to the camel market and regular camel racing events. Those with an adventurous streak will enjoy a four-wheel-drive trip up to Jebel Hafeet’s summit.
What's Included
- Jabel Hafeet
- Al Ain Oasis
- Green Mubazzarah
- Camel and Livestock Market
- Sheik Zayed Palace Museum (closed Mondays)
- Al Ain National Museum (closed Mondays)
What's Not Included
- Lunch
Additional Information
This city is a place of pride as it houses amazing archaeological excavations along with ancient Arabic treasures, which one cannot miss out on the Al Ain City Tour. This is a Garden City and also a chief agricultural center. Also, this place is renowned for university education. We will take you to the Hilly Gardens, which is the excavation site of a tomb dating back to 3,000 BC. After this, we will take you to the ancient museum that has the ancient Arabic manuscripts and royal treasures. You will cover Al Ain Museum, Al Ain Oasis, Al Ain Fort, Archaeological l Park, Al Ain Mall, Camel Market, Hot Water Springs, Jabel Hafeet Mountain, Border of Oman, Al Ain Zoo, and various other attractions. We provide you the pick and drop service as well.
Location
Al Ain National Museum
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(13 Ratings)
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Constansemjeldheim_b
Apr 1, 2024
Great day trip to the oasis city - Great day trip to Al Ain the oasis inland city with old castles and museum as well as a palm grove. Very different and well worth the day trip. I ended up being the only one on this trip but would recommend this as part of any itinerary in the UAE whether Dubai or Abu Dhabi
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Sightseer11676673267
Mar 14, 2024
Private full day tour Al Ain - It is 6th day in UAE, the weather is hot while our tour guide Durgesh helped us a lot.They tell us many stories about Al Ain and we visited many interesting local spots here
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Timothy_j
Dec 30, 2023
Great way to see the UAE beyond Dubai & Abu Dhabi - I had an excellent day out visiting the city of Al Ain and the mountain of Jabal Hafeet. This tour was a great way to get beyond the bubble of Dubai and explore more of the UAE countryside. Al Ain was a very interesting city. I enjoyed the Fort, Palace Museum. The Oasis complex is huge and well worth wandering around. My highlight was the drive up Jabal Hafeet and the views from the top. Spectacular landscape and journey.
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J5673fbmarcop
Oct 5, 2023
Al Ain - Fantastic full-day experience with Bilal from the Navita tours operator.
Bilal is a very kind and exquisite person. He showed us around Al Ain in all its beauty. We went to the national museum, the oasis, the camel market, the zoo and finally to Jebel Hafeet mountain at sunset with a breathtaking view.
Bilal was always helpful and sociable with us. My wife and I had a fantastic day.
Thank you very much Bilal for being with us.
5 stars plus L
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Vacation62038253623
Sep 20, 2023
Enjoyable and interesting day trip - We had a great day trip to Al Ain with our guide Durgesh. We were the only people on the tour so had the comfort of a SUV and guide all to ourselves.
First stop was to taste camels milk and then onto the camel race track. These were just quick stops but the 3rd stop at the date farm was very interesting. We tried a few varieties of dates thanks to Durgesh.
The visit to the National Museum and Shiek Zahedan Palace were both very interesting and worthwhile.
Durgesh took us to the mall where we had lunch and some free time before heading up the Jabel Hafeet mountain - something not to be missed.
All up a very interesting day and well looked after by Durgesh.
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Fc_w
May 18, 2023
Very informative and beautiful - The whole experience of seeing the camel market, going to the top of the mountain, seeing the fort, the dates farm and much more my husband and I didn’t expect to see all that it was all very beautiful an experience we will never forget and most of all learn about the culture of the country.
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L3338lnmuhammada
Mar 9, 2023
Great experience with well maintained and good trained guide - The tour was so well maintained and organized in a symatic manner . I really enjoy this tour.. Thanks to Navita team to make my trip very enjoyable
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Aymeric_b
Jan 29, 2023
A great and peaceful day in Al Ain! - A great day in Al Ain with Bilal, who shared a lot of information and showed me around the city very nicely. I also had the time I wanted at every stop and was not rushed at any time. Al Ain is very peaceful and serene, and it is a very pleasant halt away from Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I highly recommend it!
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Ricardo_c
Jan 6, 2023
Outstanding!! - Bilal was my guide for this tour. He´s very knowledgeable and very time-efficient with great driving skills! He took me to places that were not crowded and was also very kind to take these photographs shared in the review. Highly recommended!!! The best guide I had in the UAE.
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Mija_s
May 9, 2023
Dubai has a wonderful - I learned the history of Dubai and a very interesting. Dubai city has tall buildings just like New York. But there are not many people walking but they ride a cars to the work. I went to the markets I saw only men. It is a very interesting Dubai’s populations Indians and Pakistanis make up 70%, only 10% are local Dubai’s people the rest are Iranians.
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