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Northern Qatar Exploration: Discover Al Khor, Purple Island, Al Zubara Fort, and Mangrove Forest
4.8
186 Ratings
Doha
Explore the cultural and historical treasures of northern Qatar on this immersive tour. Visit Al Khor, Purple Island, Al Zubara Fort, and the Mangrove Forest for an unforgettable experience.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Doha - Pick-up from your selected hotel/ location/Airport
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Al Khor - Al Khor is a coastal city in northern Qatar, located 50 kilometers north of the capital, Doha. Considered one of Qatar’s largest cities.
Al Khor is home to many employees of the oil industry due to its proximity to Qatar’s northern oil and natural gas fields and to Ras Laffan Industrial City. It is one of the proposed venues for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. - Purple Island - Al Khor Island - The Purple Island, also known as Al Khor Island, is a beautiful place in Al Khor, about an hour’s drive from Doha. It is a small island, connected to the mainland by a narrow path that is broken at different points to allow water to flow towards the mangrove forest.
- Al Thakhira Beach - Al Thakhira is a town on the coast of the Al Khor municipality in Qatar, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of the city of Al Khor City and 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the capital Doha. It is closely affiliated with Al Khor City, with both having been founded by the Al Muhannadi tribe. Like other coastal settlements in the area, its inhabitants historically relied solely on pearling and fishing for sustenance
- Al Zubara Fort - Al zubara also known as Fort Zubara(h) is a historic Qatari military fortress built under the oversight of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani in 1938.
- Doha - Drop off at your selected hotel/ location/Airport
What's Included
- Comprehensive insurance included
- Travel comfortably in an air-conditioned vehicle
- Stay hydrated with complimentary bottled water and tea
- Convenient pickup and drop-off services
- Knowledgeable English-speaking tour guide
What's Not Included
- Meals
- Al Zubara fort entrance fees
Additional Information
For those interested in culture and history, this is the best tour option in Qatar.
This tour will take you to the northern part of Qatar, which plays an important role in the country’s culture and history. On our tour, you will travel back in time to Al Khor’s harbor, which was the country’s center for pearl diving and fishing in old times and you will be to visit Al khor local fish market. You will also visit the mangroves while passing through Al Thakira. Qatar’s first World Heritage Site - Zubara Fort An archaeological landscape can be found here. Until this day, archaeologists are continuing to excavate and maintain its legacy. Following that, we will visit a traditional Qatari village with houses made of limestone and mud, and you will be able to see Bahrain while at Al Shamal.
- Dress code: cover your knees and shoulders, regardless of whether you are male or female/ Don’t wear anything see-through.
Location
Doha
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(186 Ratings)
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Moynuli243
May 26, 2024
Fantastic day with culture and history - From start to finish fantastic day with Junaid, Who was very helpful, very informative and very accommodating.
Highly recommend booking this trip if you want to have a bit more of a culture experience and get a better understanding the history of Qatar.
Thank you, Juneid, for a wonderful day.
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Adampx9890rq
May 12, 2024
Al Zubara and north trip - Very nice and experienced driver Javid, patient with tourists answering all questions about Qatar, habbits, people.
Excellent time management.
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G6417xzmichellea
May 8, 2024
Wonderful adventure - We really enjoyed this tour. Tour guide, Junaid is very friendly and spoke English very well .. Car was air-conditioned and very comfortable...This tour gives you a great look at the area outside the city of Doha ...I would recommend this trip.
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Annemarie_t
May 3, 2024
J’avais, our tour guide... - J’avais, our tour guide and driver, was amazing! Very knowledgeable and took the time to answer all our questions. I highly recommend this tour to see what Qatar has to offer outside of Doha.
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782ghanshyams
May 3, 2024
Good Experience North of Qatar with Javid. - Again our north tour with Javid we had a great experience in this tour & Mr Javid explained everything in good manners. He has good knoledge of Qatar History. We highly recommend this tour with Javid. Special thanks to Falcon Tour.
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166valtern
Apr 30, 2024
North tour with javid - A Unesco World Heritage site from Qatar. The trade of Pearls. Very interesting to see how people do and live centuries ago. Tour eita nice car and driver Javid.
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B_rbels230
Apr 28, 2024
North and zekreet tour with javid - The trip with Javid was great, we have seen of the country. Javid gives a lot of information and drives very good to all the different places. The food was great and we had enjoyed it lovely.
We Recommend the trip with Javid.
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55rose555
Mar 28, 2024
Nice trip out of Doha - It was a good trip getting out of the city. We went mid day so not much happening at mangroves or the fishing port. Interesting to drive across the desert, especially when it was windy (so much sand & dust in the air). Bilal was our guide and he was friendly, interesting and knowledgeable. But what was the highlight for us was after Fort Zubara, we asked Bilal, if it was possible to take us to the art installation nearby (shadows traveling on the sea of the day). He agreed. We loved it.
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Meredith_e
May 4, 2024
Interesting to see this part of Qatar - This was a very interesting part of Qatar and I was glad to see some of the history of the area and to experience a different part of the country. The fort was very impressive and the interpretive boards there were very informative. We visited the National Museum of Qatar the following day and found that much of the tour provided good context for the museums displays.
The guide was a little disappointing. While he was polite and efficient, he would more accurately been referred to as a 'driver'. He provided only minimal and superficial information about each area. I would have liked to have heard more about Qatar and its people generally. It was a long drive to sit in silence when all these interesting things were passing us by outside the car.
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Cathy_m
Apr 28, 2024
Not a good experience - Unfortunately this was not a good experience. Our guide Bilal was more of a driver than a guide. We would arrive at a location and he would tell us to read the signs. He only spoke to us in the car when we would ask him a direct question. The locations on the tour could have been fun and interesting had the guide been more engaged. Hopefully he was just having a bad day.
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