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near Yinas, Raʼs al Khaymah (United Arab Emirates)
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8.64 miElevation gain
1,690 ftTechnical difficulty
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2,365 ftTrailrank
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9 hours 48 minutesCoordinates
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February 9, 2021Recorded
January 2021Ausra Osi All rights reserved
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MAKE SURE TO CHECK MY BLOG POST (LINK BELLOW) FOR ALL THE IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT THIS HIKE (https://www.theroadreel.com/best-uae-hikes-wadi-naqab/). Wadi Naqab is a place like no other in the UAE. This is an intermediate level hike with part suitable for beginners.
Lots of bouldering along the way, seasonal pools, narrow gorge, steep climb up and down to ancient Al Sanat village. Some balconies and ledges, and ropes added for assistance-nothing major or technical but need to be taken into consideration.
NOTE1:Begginers skip WP3 and continue walking in the wadi till WP6. WP3-WP5 is a balcony walk with no clear path to climb down, so if not experienced, just stick to the wadi.
NOTE2: skip WP10 to WP12 and head from WP9 to WP13. There is a way to Al Sanat village at WP10, but it is not clear, and it is better first to complete wadi koob part and head up from the end of wadi Koob, and return back down from the village to WP10.
Click the link below to my post with all the details about this beautiful hike. From the app www.theroadreel.com/best-uae-hikes-wadi-naqab
Lots of bouldering along the way, seasonal pools, narrow gorge, steep climb up and down to ancient Al Sanat village. Some balconies and ledges, and ropes added for assistance-nothing major or technical but need to be taken into consideration.
NOTE1:Begginers skip WP3 and continue walking in the wadi till WP6. WP3-WP5 is a balcony walk with no clear path to climb down, so if not experienced, just stick to the wadi.
NOTE2: skip WP10 to WP12 and head from WP9 to WP13. There is a way to Al Sanat village at WP10, but it is not clear, and it is better first to complete wadi koob part and head up from the end of wadi Koob, and return back down from the village to WP10.
Click the link below to my post with all the details about this beautiful hike. From the app www.theroadreel.com/best-uae-hikes-wadi-naqab
Nothing complicated but should be approached eith caution as there is no proper trail at this spot, you have to find your safe way around.
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JSIP Feb 28, 2021
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I completed this trail in late February (the temperature started at 23° and finished at 27°). It was sunny but not extremely hot. I drank 2L of water. It took me 3:40 hrs (lunch break included).
You can drive to the trailhead with a sedan.
Very nice and accurate description about this trail. Plus, it was nicely marked all the way.
There was just a little bit of water in the last pool of Wadi Koob. Overall, very beautiful hike!
Elie Abdo Mar 20, 2021
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Amazing trail
Mohammed Saleh Mar 24, 2021
Thanks for the heavy info, I'm really so excited to go this trail on weekend, .. 😆😆
Mynameismean Apr 7, 2021
Dear Ausra...I am very excited to do this trail this weekend, but I am only going to do till the pink wall. How long did it take you to reach it?
Ausra Osi Apr 9, 2021
Hi Mynameismean, not sure what you call pink wall, but if that is the red/orange wall, then it will be a very short hike. Should not take more than an hour to reach it if you park as far as you car can reach by your car. It is even less probably (taken you are not going on a balcony that leads behind the red wall
Mynameismean Apr 9, 2021
Oh yeah red wall 😄 Thank you for the info. Last question, is the first picture here the red wall?
Ausra Osi Apr 10, 2021
Hey Mynameismean, the first picture is inside wadi koob, you have to hike there quite a bit, with bouldering and passing through balconies on the mountain. Please read my blog post that I shared here for full details: https://www.theroadreel.com/best-uae-hikes-wadi-naqab/
If you only want to go to the red wall, then in this post I describe how to get there. Note that parking now is much closer than I previously indicated in my post (they dug the road in the wadi): https://www.theroadreel.com/red-wall-hike-in-wadi-naqab/
eralyilmaz Dec 17, 2021
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Beautiful trail. The roped section on the way up to Al Sanat Village is scary if you don’t like heights and narrow ledges. There is also a short section there where you have to walk along a narrow ledge and there is no rope either.
Call me Ann Jan 7, 2022
Hi Eralyilmaz how was your hike on this trail? How many hours did it take you to finish the loop? Did you follow only wikiloc? Sorry for the questions, planning to go tomorrow with few friends.
Ausra Osi Jan 7, 2022
Hey Ann, it should take you around 6 hours to complete the loop. Check my blog post here for all the info: https://www.theroadreel.com/best-uae-hikes-wadi-naqab/
Call me Ann Jan 8, 2022
Hey Ausra thanks for your reply.
Call me Ann Jan 8, 2022
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Done the loop to Al Sanat village. It was a good hike and challenging. One you should not underestimate. We finished the full loop till we back to our car at exactly 6hrs in total.
Ausra Osi Jan 9, 2022
Well done Ann, I hope you enjoyed!
Meer Waheeth Jan 22, 2022
Hi ausra, I have did this trail till that big boulders and returned.
While walking on left I even saw the balcony which will bypass this boulders and going straight.
But I missed the the path to enter the balcony and I cannot find it, where is the route for balcony
Ausra Osi Jan 22, 2022
Hi Meer, at the WP6, when walking through the wadi look out for a massive rock onnthe right which had arabic writing sprayed in red. At that point look to your left, you should be able to notice some other sprays pointing to the balcony you have to climb. If I remember I even saw proper metal signs placed higher up. Note that we climbed up another balcony almost immediately at the start of the hike. And then we had to climb down, and get on to the original balcony which passes the red wall. In the description I have mentioned that as well. All the balconies are on the left side of the wadi. I hope yiu can find it next timw:)
Meer Waheeth Jan 22, 2022
Thank you, today I found the balcony. But after some distance it was very narrow, so I returned and continued in wadi. I reached till big boulders, so cross this big boulders only way is to pass through balcony.?
Ausra Osi Jan 22, 2022
I am assuming you call red wall the big boulders? as that is the place where there is no way to pass without additional equipment at least. So, to what I know, the only way to pass the red wall is through the balcony walk on the left-hand side. You don't need to reach the red wall in order to start the balcony walk. You just have to look for that big stone with Arabic writing. Have you read my blog post about this hike? maybe it will help you to find the correct balcony. t is narrow at part but not that narrow, you can easily walk around the mountain. The only thing that could potentially be difficult if a person suffers from fear of heights, otherwise it is not technical, and doable.
Meer Waheeth Jan 22, 2022
Thanks today I reached the balcony, but as i was alone and afraid I returned back.
Next time will go with group and complete it.
Maitha Malek Feb 4, 2022
Hello, i am going tomorrow for this trail…my first hiking experience 👌..looking forward
Ausra Osi Feb 4, 2022
Hi Maitha, this is brave of you (well my first hiking experience was Sheri Village which at that time was jumping straight into the complete wilderness with 0 hiking experience, but I made it safely up and back). Just be careful, and hope you are going with somebody who has done similar things before as this is not an easy hike.
Maitha Malek Feb 4, 2022
Thanks Ausra. I am going along with my CrossFit coach…never hiked before but fit enough to go for it :) thxx again
faseemt Feb 22, 2022
Followed this trail. It had all the necessary details which made the hike much easier than what it should have been. Thanks Ausra!
Sajjad Mamdani Mar 14, 2022
Hi Ausra
Want to take a community Mosque group out here and level is BEGINNER/ EASY.
We did Rafisha To Suhub last weekend so want some relatively easier yet exciting hike especially for the kids and some slightly elder explorers.
This one looks like the ONE.
Where do you suggest we start and finish. Hike start time 6:30 - & want to be back in DUBAI by 2-3pm latest.
Ausra Osi Mar 15, 2022
Hi Sajjad, for your event you could do part of this trail until Red Wall and back. it is not exactly an easy trail as it has lots of boulders along the way, although nothing extremely hug for the starting part. By following just the wadi to Red Wall should be doable for all age groups. You can park beyond the new dam, just keep on driving until you can with a sedan car, there will be also signs and boards indicating the trail. It should be 4 km hike in and out same way to the red wall.