When you approach Taif from the East, you don’t see any mountains coming, you don’t notice any rise, but if you watch the height, you are getting higher up and up until you are at 1,700 metres in Taif. The height is what makes this town so popular. We saw many holiday parks, uncountable playgrounds …
We wanted to visit the giant Al Wahbah crater, but first took an off-road track through an area full of volcanoes until we reached one we could enter with our camper. This volcano had another little one inside which we could climb. The bottom was of bright mud and green areas, which were a fascinating …
We were keen to explore a little bit of the vast Saudi Arabian desert on a tour which took us on simple tracks through endless desert landscape, to giant monoliths and through narrow valleys. It was a long drive along the R30 to the south-west, and we had to find a place for the night, …
North-west of Riyadh are 2 towns, which lie on a former pilgrim’s route to Mecca, where the old mud brick houses have been partly restored during the last years and are interesting to visit. On the way we stopped at a supermarket, but soon were friendly asked to leave, as it was praying hour and …
The border crossing from the Emirates to Saudi Arabia went smoothly. We had an e-Visa for Saudi Arabia, and paid car insurance at the border. The camper was scanned and we could go. Of course, in total, it took us about 3 hours. We chose the direct route to Riyadh, with a stop for the …
