Ever since I met Ammr in the UAE, we have been planning to do a trip together with his cars which has stationed in Bahrain. Ammr is an experienced tour guide, who run the trip Travel Duck Adventures and a guy I have done trips with to Nepal and Bangladesh. The plan of our trip was to do a one month trip, divided in two trip legs like this:
1st Leg – 2Weeks
Day 1-3: Bahrain
Day 3-6: Bahrain – Al Hofuf – Riyadh
Day 6-9: Riyadh – Hail – Tabuk
Day 9-12: Tabuk – Al Ula – Umluj Day12-14: Umluj – Jeddah
ITINERARY BAHRAIN (3 DAYS)
Approx Time: 3hrs Distance: 220kms Stop at Al Hofuf
AL HOFUF
Approx Time: 3hrs 30mins Distance: 330kms Stay at Riyadh
RIYADH (4 Days)
Figure 3 EDGE OF THE WORLD
Approx Time: 7hrs Distance: 619kms
Stop for at Hail
HAIL
Approx Time: 7hrs Distance: 674kms
Stay at Tabuk
TABUK (4 Days)
Approx Time: 3hrs 20mins Distance: 297kms Stop at Al Ula
Al ULA
Approx Time: 3hrs 50min Distance: 311kms
Stay at Umluj
UMLUJ (4 days)
Approx Time: 4hrs 46min Distance: 491kms (Along coastal line)
Stay at Jeddah and transition to Second Leg
JEDDAH (3 Days)
Figure 8 Floating Mosque-Jeddah
2nd Leg – 2Weeks
Day 1-2: Jeddah – Asir Mountains
Day 2-6: Asir Mountains – ABHA
Day 6-9: ABHA – Jabal Sawda – Al farasan Island Day 9-11: Al farasan Island – Fayfa – Najran
Day 11-13: Najran – Riyadh
Day 13-14: Riyadh – Bahrain
ITINERARY JEDDAH (1 DAY)
Approx Time: 1hr 15mins Distance: 90.5kms CAMP at ASIR MOUNTAINS
ASIR MOUNTAINS(2 Days)
Approx Time: 8hrs Distance: 676kms Stay at ABHA
ABHA (5 Days)
Approx Time: 40mins Distance: 31kms
Stop for at Jabal Sawda
JABAL SAWDA
Approx Time: 5hrs 35mins Distance: 296kms
Stay at Al Farasan Island
AL FARASAN ISLAND (4 Days)
Figure 3 Al Farasan Island
Approx Time: 4hrs 10mins Distance: 169kms Include Ferri
Stop at Fayfa
FAYFA
Approx Time: 4hrs 50min Distance: 254kms
Stay at Najran
NAJRAN (3 days)
Approx Time: 9hrs
Distance: 945kms
Option to stop Halfway at Oroug Bani M’aradh Wildlife Sanctuary
Stay at Riyadh
Riyadh (2 Days)
Approx Time: 4hrs 50min Distance: 477kms
Bahrain(1 Day)
I really can’t wait for Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to open up so that we can do a road trip through the Arabian Deserts together!