5-Day Adventure To The Empty Quarter
Overview
Your passion for adventure is filling up your heart and the thirst for adrenaline rush overgrowing day by day!?Have a deep desire to break your life routine? Then time to hit the road with Ghamra to the Rub’ al Khali ( the Empty Quarter).
A one of a kind trip in which you unlock a new level of adventure, open a time capsule that takes you back in time to a land of sand where you can enjoy the virgin nature and have a break from the city hustle and bustle.
In this trip we explore and traverse the desert of the empty quarter in a 5-day program. Indulge ourselves with its nature and scout every aspect of its beauty .
In this trip we will be enjoying a bunch of extraordinary activities, we will go star gazing at night, have outstanding dinner parties around the bonfire, we will even do sandboarding on the high dunes to keep the adrenaline rushing.
On the second day, we will visit Um Al Hish lakes where we can have a swim to shake off the desert heat and chill our bodies in its cool water & enjoy some water activities.
Information
- Day 1- 05:00: Time to start our journey to the land of mysteries the Rub ’ al Khali and you know what they say, the early bird gets the worm, so we will kick off early to enjoy every single bit of our journey! We will Gather at Ghamra s office by 5 am. Hit the road leaving behind all life worries,and getting ready to have a blast. We start our journey of 800 km by cars on concrete road till we reach our destination the empty quarter and we will kill some time by getting to know eachother more and break the ice in Ghamra s fun ways. By 4 pm we will reach our camping site, get familiar with the place. Then we set up our tents and get ready for our first night in the desert. The place that revives souls by its Divine beauty. After our camping site is set up and everyone setteled, We have dinner, then its time to get some rest and a good sleep to be ready to start our adventures on the next days.
- Day 2- 07:00: On our 2nd day, we will wake up early, to catch the first sun rays breaking its way through darkness in a magnificent breathtaking sunrise view. A remarkable view you do not see every day. We will drink our coffee while we share in breakfast preparation. While having breakfast, we will explain the daily program. After we are done, it’s time for some fun. We hit the road for 3500 km in the depth of The empty quarter. That is where all the fun begins. We will drive over the sand dunes and have some adrenaline rush, then we will stop to enjoy the view Of the dunes. Roll over the dunes with our sandboards and have a blast of fun before we kick-off to our new camping site. By 4 pm We will reach our new camping site, set up our tents, we share in the dinner prepration and enjoy the bonefire along with the miraculous sky filled with stars. You can even get to see the milky way. That’s where we can get some magnificent photos. We get to chat and sing around the bonefire before we get some rest to be ready for our next adventure
- Day 3- 07:00: On this day we will wake up early, as usual, have our breakfast and indulge ourselves with the freshly made coffee, and off to a new adventure. We start our road to the new adventure, a unique one of its own kind. We will be visiting the hidden heaven of The Empty Quarter “ Umm El Hish ”. We will chill out by this lake of spectacular beauty in the middle of the desert. And have a swim in it to ditch the heat and cool our bodies. Umm El Hish is made up of a number of lakes, each one has something that makes it unique. There is one that has sulfur water which is known to have healing powers for bones, joints, and skin. Another one is Salty enough that you will float with no effort at all. We will have some nice shots there. And we have a surprise for you there to enjoy your time even more. After we got enough fun, we will head to our new camping site where we have our dinner party and get some nice sleep.
- Day 4- 07:00: We wake by 5 am, recharge energy with food and coffee. Then we will go on our final expedition. We hit the road to explore more of The Empty quarter. We will look for the Qulumah’s of Fatma and Osaikera. A Qulumah is the bedouin word for source of water. We will explore the different aspects and the terrain of this desert on the last day
- Day 5- 07:00: This is our last morning in The Rub ’ Al Khali. We will enjoy our coffee and share in the preparation of breakfast. Enjoy our last meal and then head off back to Riydah. Enjoy our route and get a last glance of the beautiful sand dunes before we reach Riydah by 10 pm
- Consultation before the program.
- The necessary permits from the Ministry of Tourism and the concerned authorities.
- Professional organizing team.
- 4x4 wheel drive
- First Aid Kit
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Individual Tent
- Any Personal Expanses
- Flight Ticket
- Any Meals not mentioned
- Trip equipment and personal clothing