Arrival at AL ULA airport, after formalities, you will be able to direct yourself to the BUDGET car rental representative waiting for you. After the car formalities aredone , you will receive the keys , and you will be ready to discover the region. Drive to your hotel.
Transfer
Arrival transfer from airport to hotel
Transfer
Arrival transfer from airport to hotel
Day 2: Alula
Breakfast at the hotel. This morning we propose to discover Al-Ula which is an ancient oasis that is inhabited for the last 7000 years. During the 1st millennium
BCE the city of Dedan develops thanks to its strategic location on the frankincense trade road to become one of the oldest Arabian kingdoms that ruled over most
of what is today Tabuk and Madinah provinces. Continue to Jebel Ikmah that, with its amazing and numerous rock inscriptions, looks an open-air museum. We
continue then to the Old city of Al-Ula that became at the beginning of the Islamic era an important staging post along the pilgrimage route to Mecca. Then we will
visit the ancient sites of Ekma and Abu ‘Aoud where the people of the oasis wrote texts in ancient scripts that we will decipher for you. We can finish this special
day on top of the Harrat Al-Uwayrid for an amazing viewpoint of the oasis of Al-Ula. At the end of the afternoon, drive to hotel. Accommodation in Al-Ula.
Activity
Experiences of Al Ula: DEDAN & the OLD town
Activity
Experiences of Al Ula: DEDAN & the OLD town
Day 3: Alula
Breakfast at the hotel. Today we can start our journey with the visit of the famous Hegra (Madain Saleh) which is the first site of Saudi Arabia that was listed asUNESCO World Heritage site. Madain Saleh, whose original name was Al-Hijr or Hegra in Greek, is the southernmost important city of the Nabatean Kingdom thatflourished thanks to the caravan trade between the 2nd century BCE until the Roman conquest in 106 CE. It is the second richest Nabatean city in terms ofmonumental tombs with 94 decorated funeral monuments including some of the most vibrant and well conserved architectural prowess of the Nabateans builders.You can lead through this fascinating site and reveal to you the secrets of its tombs, ancient inscriptions, stone structures, and many others. Then you can headtowards Jibal Al-Rukkab & Leopard trail. You can also visit Jebel Al-Fil for a relaxing time next to the “Elephant rock”.
