Ajman · Coast & islands
Dawn with the flamingos, Al Zorah
Paddle mangrove channels while greater flamingos feed, among more than sixty recorded bird species. First light is the whole point.
3 hoursAED 150 from
City · Ajman
Ajman city
Ajman is the smallest emirate by area, and its city is the closest thing the country has to a beach suburb of Dubai — under an hour up the coast at a materially lower room rate. The creek still has a dhow yard on it where hulls are built by eye, and the museum occupies an eighteenth-century fort.
What marks it out
- Ajman Museum, in the fort that was the ruler's residence
- The dhow yard on the creek, still building by hand
- A long public beach with no ticket gate on it
Getting there
Forty minutes from Dubai outside the peak, and ten from Sharjah city.
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25.4052, 55.5136
Ajman
Experiences in this emirate
Ajman · Heritage & forts
The dhow builders of Ajman
One of the last working yards on the coast. Hulls are still shaped by eye and joined by hand, for owners across the Gulf.
2 hoursFree