Eager to explore the mountain areas in the UAE, we were driving on the mountain roads Jebel Hafeet and Jabal Jais. I was positively surprised that the condition of these roads were so great - newly built, wide and super safe paved roads all the way up to the top! Even for inexperienced drivers, these roads are easy to drive on. The view from the top is great, and we managed to both catch an early sunrise and a sunset on the top of these mountains.
The first night on our road trip we stayed in a fancy resort a bit outside Al Ain. The room prices would have been way over our budget if it would have been high season. Now it we had a fairly affordable stay thanks to the low season. We enjoyed the swimming pool with a mountain view - cooling off in the pool saved us from melting away in the dry desert heat.
The second night we stayed in Al Faqa, a small town in between Al Ain and Dubai. We were lucky to find comfortable and luxury accommodation for a cheap price here too. To see the sunset, we drove up to Jabal Hafeet and overlooked the border to Oman. If we would have had more time it would have been cool to continue driving across the border!
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Very elaborate itinerary, please keep it up 👍