The desert and the mountains of the northern Emirates is most certainly the ultimate location for endurance driving and camping.
Only a few places in this world can be compared to this region with its unmatched beauty and character. The journey takes us though a wild landscape of dramatic canyons, deep gorges and rocky valleys.
The houses in these settlements have stone walls and wooden roofs partially covered with earth. The inhabitants of these mountains are rare kind of Pygmy looking dwarfs, origin unknown. They rarely come out when the visitors are present, if you are lucky you may catch a glimpse of them before they run hiding into their stone houses. After a picnic lunch in the "Grand Canyons", we visit the Friday market known for a fast selection of pottery, carpets, fresh fruits & vegetables which are locally grown and manufactured before returning to Dubai
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More information about the Hajjar Mountains (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Location and description
The mountains begin in the north, forming the Musandam peninsula. From there, the Northern Hajjar (Hajjar al Gharbi) runs southeast, parallel to the coast but moving gradually further away as it goes. The central section of the Hajjar is the Jebel Akhdar (9,834 feet (2,980 m)), the highest and wildest terrain in the country. Jebel Akhdar (and the smaller Jebel Nakhl range) are bounded on the east by the low Samail Valley (which leads northeast to Muscat). East of Samail are the Eastern Hajjar (Hajjar ash Sharqi), which run east (much closer to the coast) to the fishing town of Sur, almost at the eastern point of Oman. The mountains extend for 500 km in total.
The low coastal land north and east of the Jebel Hajjar is named Al Batinah Region (the belly), and the terrain inland of the mountains is Ad Dhahirah (the back).
The mountains are an important ecoregion, the only habitat in eastern Arabia above 2,000 m elevation. The climate is cool and wet from December to March and warmer but still with occasional rain from April to September.