Hiking near Fujairah Adventure Park
This is a small circular trail of about 5 km located close to Fujairah. You can spot the local airport from the higher points, complete with old, parked airplanes. While I’ve never seen planes flying from here, the airfield is enormous.
The trail runs either near or directly on the mountain biking tracks (as the park also caters to cyclists). The elevation gain is minimal, making it suitable for kids. There’s only one small section where you must climb slightly uphill over the stones of a dried-up stream.
The route’s highlight near the end is the chance to walk through a covered aqueduct tunnel and an artificial canyon for a few hundred meters. These structures were built to channel overflow water from a nearby reservoir during rains or overfilling. Judging by the dry marks, it’s been long since any water flowed here. The reservoir is also half-empty, as are most similar bodies of water in the region. This autumn-winter season has brought very little rain.
GPS: 25.136323, 56.299488
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Photos: 1, 2, 3
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