Ras Al Khaimah · Mountains & adventure
Jais Flight, the longest zipline
2.83 kilometres off the summit of Jebel Jais, face-down, at up to 150 km/h. Certified as the longest in the world.
2 hoursAED 400 from
Neighbourhood · Ras Al Khaimah
Jazirat Al Hamra
Jazirat Al Hamra is a pearling village on the Ras Al Khaimah coast whose residents left in the 1960s, and it was never demolished or rebuilt. Coral-block houses, a mosque and a market still stand — one of the very few places in the Gulf where a pre-oil town can be walked through rather than reconstructed.
What marks it out
- Coral-block houses, roofless and still standing
- The village mosque and the old market lanes
- Best in the last hour of light, and not at all at midday
Getting there
Fifty minutes from Dubai on the coast road, signposted off the E11.
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25.7050, 55.7940
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Experiences in this emirate
Ras Al Khaimah · Mountains & adventure
Drive to the top of the country
A sealed switchback road climbing towards 1,934 metres, with viewing decks near the summit. Take a jacket; it is genuinely cold up there in winter.
Half dayFree
Ras Al Khaimah · Heritage & forts
Open an oyster at Suwaidi Pearl Farm
A working farm run by a pearling family, on the water. They explain the trade that built these towns, then open a shell in front of you.
2 hoursAED 175 from
What's on
What is on in this emirate
Adventure
Jebel Jais season
November to March
The mountain's own season: trail running, via ferrata, the zipline and cold enough nights for a fire at the top.
Free entry · elements ticketed
The summit road and the viewing platforms are free. The zipline, the via ferrata and the sledder are ticketed activities.
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