The Little Explorer

The Ha’ir Lakes Park is a park about 25KM outside Riyadh.  It is the 5th zone of Wadi Hanifah. The park itself is still…

The Farasan Island is one of the gems of Saudi Arabia.  A beautiful island with some truly spectacular scenery an…

However you spell it, Faifa is among the most beautiful of places you will visit in Saudi Arabia.  Located in S…

On our way to Faifa I saw a small area of water on Google Maps.  To be honest, we were sceptical because most o…

We stayed a night in Ajloun to see the Ajloun Castle, also known as Salahudden’s Castle.  The castle was built in…

So, Petra.  This post is going to be controversial for some.  Let me begin by saying that if you’ve visited Madai…

Jerash, known as the Roman city of Gerasa, has some of the most spectacular Roman ruins in Jordan in my opinion.…

Umm Qays is another beautiful city which also has some Greek Hellenic ruins known as Gadara.  Gadara was consider…

One of our first stop on our recent road-trip in Jordan was Pella.  Before I speak about Pella, just a comment on …

I don’t think it would be any exaggeration to say that Jabl Sawda (Saudah, Soudah, Sawda, however you want to spel…

Where do I start with Yanbu?  I’ve been on 3 different occasions and I still haven’t discovered all of the beauti…

Wadi Lajab is one of those hidden gems of Saudi Arabia.  I have visited the South of Saudi Arabia before but on…

Duba and Gayal aren’t really close by but I couldn’t write a Little Explorer’s Guide without mentioning these two…

Habala, also known as the ‘Rope’ or ‘Hanging’ village is located in the Asir region.  It is named as such because …

On our way from Jazan to Jabl Saudah, we decided to stop over at Wadi Beesh.  Again, we weren’t too optimistic ab…

Eid-ul-Adha 2017 was the second year in a row that we went on one of those crazy 5,000+KM road trips and it was a…

So you’ve had an amazing time in Haql and Alwasel, what do you do next?  How about visiting a shipwreck?  What?! …

I’ve written about Al-Ula before and this was my third trip here.  It’s always a pleasure visiting Al-Ula.  Not o…

If you fancy a trek, visit Wadi Tayyib Ism.  At the opening, you are literally on the coast.  A beautiful spot to…

Al-Bad’ is where it is claimed that the well of Musa (AS) can be found.  The well of Musa (AS) is from the story …