Roadtrip in Southwest Saudi Arabia: Asir Mountains & Farasan Islands - Overlanding Saudi Arabia Ep.6
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Join us on an epic journey through the breathtaking southwest of Saudi Arabia! In this episode, we take our trusty Tony the Toyota (Landcruiser Troopy HZJ75) to the mountains of Taif, Abha & Fayfan, and venture to the little-known Farasan Islands.
🗺️ Mountain Adventures and Hidden Trails: Our excitement to explore the majestic mountains was met with unexpected challenges. With tourism still developing in Saudi Arabia, finding hiking trails proved difficult. The lack of designated paths and English information, forced us to mainly stick to explorations with the car.
🚢 Farasan Islands: From Jizan, we boarded a ferry to the Farasan Islands, where we embarked on a quest to spot the island's famous gazelles with the help of a local ranger. Between the thrill of off-roading and the tranquility of beach time, Farasan offered a perfect blend of excitement and relaxation.
🚙 Steep Roads and Stunning Views: Back on the mainland, we continued our mountain exploration around Fayfan, tackling extremely steep roads that tested Tony the Toyota's limits. The stunning vistas made it worth it though.
💧 Wadi Lajab: In Wadi Lajab, renowned for its refreshing water pools, we had to make a quick evacuation due to incoming rain. As we drove out, we encountered the fascinating "flower men" of Saudi Arabia, known for their vibrant flower crowns and traditional attire-a captivating cultural tradition that left us in awe.
🏞️ Najran: Our journey concluded in Najran, where we once again found ourselves as a unique attraction, embraced by the local hospitality and rich cultural heritage.
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Saudi is a nice country for overlanding. It is huge and has so many different terrains and views.
Our favourite overlanding country of the trip!
Beautiful 😍😍😍
would you consider giving us viewers gps coordinates of some of those interesting spots, like some twisty roads, "end of the road" spot or even the dunes where you did paragliding..? that would be quite nice if I could pin it to my map.
all in all, really nice vlogs!
happy trips!
@@marcindomik8975 Thanks! Sometimes we "bump" into spots so exact coordinates are hard. The paragliding dune was around 24,0535301, 38,5963416, paragliding organized with Nawaf @fly.nawaf on Insta.
@6:00 I feel the pressure, been there before & its a scary situation lol
@@PSYCHOPATHiO Did you manage?
@@seenbyceline yes but wont do it again :)
Doing great effort guys
Enjoy your travels
Thanks a lot, I appreciate your comment!
Beautiful frames! We're starting to dream of extending our trip to Southeast Asia with a detour to the Arabian Peninsula... 😂🫶
You can add it on the way back 😉
@@seenbyceline haha, yes that was the idea, wasn't so clear though. We'll see how much money there is left 😅
safe travels 💚
Welcome to Saudi Arabia, a large country with a diverse climate and terrain. You have made a great and wonderful effort. May God bless you. Honoring guests is part of our ancient Arab manners. You are in the original home of the Arabs, ancient civilizations and the home of the prophets. I wished you had visited the ancient city of Khaybar, a place where tribes lived. The Arabs and the children of Israel were in one place two thousand years ago and more
@@ahmada2090 you live in a wonderful country with beautiful people!
Amazing 🤩 beautiful sceneries ... i am from ksa and i have never seen some of the places you should in your videos
@@Goldenplaceb You live in a beautiful country. But it is huge so I can understand you have still so much to discover.
Welcome to my city
Thank you!
the island is absolutely beautiful. What time of the year did you go?
It was in March this year.
Our people are hospitable, especially after the opening of tourism. We began to see tourists, and we only want them to be happy. Welcome to our country.
Thank you for being so welcoming!
Great review👍🏻
The video is nice but in my humble opinion your choice of music between the scenes takes the magic away. Either a music that really fits the emotion or complete silence would make it better. Just me two cents. Thanks for the vid.
I guess choice of music is quite personal. It's definitely not easy to keep on finding copyright free music 😅. But glad you liked the video anyway, even if you are not a big fan of the music used.
You guys need to visit Oman/Salalah in September
We knoooow!!! But we were there in April ;-) Now we have a reason to come back.
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i like how you choose your music
@@dammamboy2002 thank you!
One question, did you rent the car or did you purchase it here in saudi?i have travelled the same road from taif to albaha, but stayed mainly on the main road due to the steep offroad track
@@admnovsk88 this is our own car, we drove it from Belgium 😁
what was the price to use the ferry to the island
free
Sadly the ostrich was hunted to extinction in Saudi Arabia