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Itinerary
January and February 2020
Abu Dhabi and Dubai
Thur 23
20.00 Flight EY26 Heathrow to Abu Dhabi Flight time 7 hours
Fri 24
Flight arr 07.00 Abu Dhabi
Qasr Al Watan Palace and Gardens (Opens 10am)
Walk to Emirates Palace Hotel and Corniche Beach (past Etihad Towers)
4.30 Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Hilton Capital Grand (2 nights)
Sat 25
08.00 Al Ain highlights tour (10 hours)
Sun 26
09.00 - Taxi Hilton Capital Grand Abu Dhabi to Ramada Hotel, Downtown
Burj Khalifa
Aquarium and zoo (basement of the Dubai Mall)
Dubai Fountain
Ramada Hotel, Downtown, Dubai (1 night)
Mon 27
08.30 City tour (5 hours)
14.00 Board MSC Lirica ship
Cruise Ship
Tues 28
9.00 Taxi to Dubai Miracle Gardens and Butterfly Gardens
22.00 Ship depart
Wed 29
Abu Dhabi
10am 2 hour private tour - Yas Marina F1 Circuit tour
12.45pm Aquarium Restaurant lunch
Abu Dhabi Louvre
Thur 30th
Sir Bani Yas Island - Mini Island Tour (1.5 hours) then beach BBQ.
Fri 31st
Qatar - Introduction to Doha tour (3 hours)
February:
Sat 1
Doha
shuttle bus and walk around park and city
Sun 2
Manama, Bahrain
- Tour Bahrain International Circuit & Al-Fateh Mosque
Mon 3
At Sea
Tues 4
Muscat, Oman - Panoramic Tour of Muscat & Nakhl (8 hours)
Wed 5
Khasab, Oman - Safari Drive to Jebel Harim (4 hours)
Thur 6
Ship dock at 09.00
and disembark
Sir Bani Yas Island
Thur 6
9am Taxi to Marsa Jebel Dhanna Jetty for Sir Bani Yas
Emirates National Auto museum
3pm Ferry to Sir Bani Yas Island
Al Sahel safari villa (3 nights)
Fri 7th
Safari Tour (2 hours)
Sat 8th
Relax and enjoy the wildlife
Sun 9th
09.00 Ferry to mainland
09.20 Taxi to Abu Dhabi airport
Flight 13.40 arr 17.45 Etihad Flight EY17 (delayed by 2 hours)
A mobile shop in Dubai
Al Sahel safari villa
Jumeirah town from The Palm, Jumeirah, Dubai
MSC Lirica
Peacock - a regular visitor to our villa