The deserts in Saudi Arabia are top tourist spots in the fall and winter, attracting people from all over the country and even foreign tourists. Saudi Arabia is a major global destination for desert tourism, offering diverse and vast desert areas, covering about 28% of the country's total land.
The desert regions in the Kingdom are diverse, which makes the tourism experience in each region different from the other. Each of them has terrain and characteristics that distinguish it and make it a unique attraction. Speaking of these regions, we mention one of the largest deserts in the world, which is the Rub’ al-Khali desert, which extends over about 650 thousand. km², and is located in the south, expanding to the United Arab Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman and Yemen, and is characterized by the presence of diverse terrain that includes sand dunes and salt flats in addition to plains of gravel and gypsum, which provides various activities and adventures for visitors to that destination.
The Great Al-Nofouz Desert is one of the largest and most famous deserts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is famous for its charming sand dunes, reaching a height of more than 700 meters above sea level, extending over an area of about 103 thousand square kilometers in the governorates of Hail, Al-Jawf, and Tabuk. It is an important tourist destination for many desert activities.
Al-Dahna Desert is located east of Riyadh along the Dammam Expressway. It represents a bridge between the Great Al-Nofouz Desert and the Rub’ al-Khali Desert, extending over an area of 45 thousand square kilometers, and an altitude between 300 to 600 meters above sea level. It also represents about 7 % of Sand dunes in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Dahna Desert is located east of Riyadh along the Dammam Expressway. It represents a bridge between the Great Al-Nofouz Desert and the Rub’ al-Khali Desert, extending over an area of 45 thousand square kilometers, and an altitude between 300 to 600 meters above sea level. It also represents about 7 percent of Sand dunes in Saudi Arabia
This diversity in the Kingdom’s desert destinations provides exceptional entertainment experiences for adventure lovers, who are waiting for the fall season to enjoy the activities these areas offer, as the Saudi desert is considered the country’s most important tourist attraction.
