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THE BEST FROM YEMEN

The most beautiful and the most diverse country of the Arabia

PROGRAMME – CUSTOM-MADE TRIP

(Difficulty: modest)

17 – 24 days

2 weeks or 3 weeks = 2 possible alternatives

YEMEN IS possibly THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF ARABIAN PENINSULA. The country where wealth and poverty meets. PARADISE THAT TOURISTS HAVE NOT FIND OUT YET. Worldwide UNIQUE MOUNTAINS WITH TOWNS – „EAGLE NESTS“ build up on mountain peaks are here combined with UNUSUAL „EARTHERN“ ARCHITECTURE almost middle ages desert towns and UNIQUE WADY. Virgin beaches without tourists and hotels and NATURAL PARADISE, island Suqutra with „TREES OF DRAGONS BLOOD“, which is called „GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS of an INDIAN OCEAN“. If you were ever collecting stamps then you remember that the ones from Yemen were the most beautiful ones. Only few countries can offer more"

1.-2. day: departure to SAN´A, capital of Yemen  – the PEARL of ARABIA. Visit of town with unique EARTHERN „SKYSCRAPER“. Straight away to exotic place. ACCOMMODATION IN AN OLD TOWN.

3. day: VISIT OF MEDINA with beautiful architecture of TOWER PALACES with aureate facades and ALABASTER WINDOWS, ancient market and JEWISH TOWN.

4. – 8. day: Fort town THULA, crossing of bastioned mountain MASWAR, HADŽDŽA, KOHLAN with one of the biggest fort complex in Yemen, trip to ŠHARA, walking trip across ŠHARA MASSI, tour to SÁDA return to San´a.

9. day: Transfer and visit of former capital of Sába kingdom MARIB which was in ancient times THE SEAT OF THE QUEEN FROM SÁBA, ruins of the SUN AND MOON TEMPLES.

10. day: We will go on the new road TO ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN YEMEN" WADY HADRAMAWT. The biggest wady of the Arabian peninsula is also called THE GREEN VALLEY OF DATE GROVES and belongs to the most remote places of Arabia. Wady Hadramawt was until unification of Yemen in the year 1990 very isolated. Thanks to that the ATMOSPHERE OF THE OLD YEMEN had remained here.

11. – 12. day: WADY DOÁN, an expedition to a PLACE WHERE CIVILIZATION HAS NOT REACHED SO FAR, village HADŽADŽARAJAN and TOWN MADE OF UNBURT BRICKS situated in large wady, a visit of ŚIBÁM, called „MANHATTAN OF THE DESERT“. Thanks to its EIGHT STAIRS HIGH EARTHERN SKYSCRAPERS.

13. – 14. day: visit of SAJÚN, former sultan palace, TARIM, town with 354 MOSQUES, beautiful places „THE GREEN VALLEY OF DATE GROVES“. Return to San´a

15. day: last moments in „HAPPY ARABIA“ (Arábia Felix), EVEN ROMANS WERE ENVIOUS OF ITS WEALTH, free day, SHOPPING FOR SOUVENIRS AND GOLD, eventually one more visit of an old town or of the NATIONAL MUSEUM IN SAN´A.

16. – 17. day: return back home

Optional:

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS OF AN INDIAN OCEAN

1. – 2. day: from San´a to town ADEN, through bath HAMAM DAMT with a LAKE HIDDEN HIGH IN CRATER OF AN EXTINCT VOLCANO, visit of the Aden.

3. – 7. day: From Aden by airplane to SUQUTRA ISLAND, called GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS OF AN INDIAN OCEAN. We will see „TREES OF DRAGON BLOOD“, we will visit RESERVATION HUMHIL with KADIDLOVNÍKY (INCENSES), sand-dunes in EHER, THREE-KILOMETRES LONG CAVE with stalactical decoration HOQ, UNDERSEA RESERVATION DIHAMRI, plateau DIXAM, CANYON DRAHER** and fishermen villages forgotten by God. We will return to Saná by plane.

Price includes: all the transport in place including off-road cars rental, all the accommodation, organizing all permits and fees, Czech speaking guide, if it is necessary also local guide, information materials.

Price is not including: food, visas, NP entrance fees and fees for historical sites entrance, airtickets or airport taxes on departure from Prague, Vienna and San´a, fees for taking photographs, all the insurance (cancellations, medical expenses, luggage etc.).

We are glad to answer your requests on tel +420 606 711 712, e-mail, post or personally in our office.

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