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Private North Of Qatar Tour | Zubara Fort | Purple Island | Mangros Colony
Badge of ExcellenceDoha, Qatar
- 4 to 5 hours
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Many visitors to Qatar never see its northern reaches, which offer up historical buildings, traditional ports and sweeping beaches. Get to see its best bits without a self-drive car on this private tour to ensure you don’t miss out. With a driver-guide delivering navigation and commentary on route, visit the former pearling hub of Al-Khor Harbour, explore UNESCO-listed Al Zubara Fort and observe the wildlife-filled mangroves at Al Thakhira beach. Hotel pickup and drop-off make your trip super-easy.
- See and learn about north Qatar’s highlights on a private tour from Doha
- Visit various sites with ease and dig deeper into them with a driver-guide
- View mangroves, see Al Khor’s “dhow” boats and explore Al Zubara Fort
- Relax with private air-conditioned transport and hotel pickup and drop-off
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Air-conditioned vehicle
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
Doha City: Pick-up service from your residential address or preferred location in Doha city, 5 Minutes before the tour's actual starting time. -Hotels: Pick-up is available from Any hotel lobby within or near the Doha city zone, 5 Minutes before the tour's actual starting time. -Doha Airport or Hamad international airport: Pick-up exit D4, 5 Minutes before the tour's actual starting time. -Doha Cruise Port: We will contact our customers to arrange the pick-up service. -If you are outside the pick-up areas, We will contact you to inform you of the nearest meeting point
What To Expect
Doha
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Al Khor
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Purple Island - Al Khor Island
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Al Zubara Fort
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Al Jumail
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Operated by Golden Adventures Qatar
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Reviews
4.5
152 reviews
Kaushik_S, Dec 2023
Junaid was our driver and guide. He was fun, cool and very experienced in his knowledge of Qatar. His vibe was cool and he made the tour go by so quickly. We highly recommend him as your next guide :)
Andrey_M, Nov 2023
We did the tour in November 2023. It was quite an educational experience. We gained a lot of new and interesting information about Qatar's culture and history. An extra benefit is the beautiful urban and natural scenery of the country during the drive through the north. Special thanks to our guide Bilal. He was very welcoming, open, and insightful. Chatting with him gave us great pleasure.
Paul_G, Jan 2023
Hate to be a spoil-sport, but I will preface this with the fact that I have traveled around the world A LOT, have been to the Middle East (pretty much every country in the Islamic world) on several trips, and have had hundreds of guided tours on every continent. So, take my view on this with a grain of salt.
First, this possibly could have been interesting IF the guide had been interesting or interested in being interesting. Because he offered nothing freely, I had to pull information out of him on Qatar, the culture, the history, etc...something he should have been able to tell me about but he seemed either not motivated or unable to do...just a pleasant guy who drove; NOT really a tour guide.
Second, there is absolutely nothing remarkable to experience on this long trip...The stops were: 1) a ho-hum modern fish market, 2) a walk on a raised boardwalk through a windswept nature area (not beautiful and nothing to see except that you are told 2,000 years ago there USED to be a purple dye industry here long since gone without a trace)...and finally, 3) a fairly standard "stone" fort at the top of the country that has obviously been newly rebuilt with the same "plastic" inauthentic plastered look of so many of the futuristic, albeit, ersatz developments in the city of Doha...a cross between a mall themed restaurant (Olive Garden?) and poor-mans Disney World.
There is a brief exhibit on the pearl fishing industry of long-ago Qatar, but you could just as well have read this on the Internet since the topic is only barely associated with the fort's location nearby to an archeological site that cannot be seen or visited.
Unfortunately, the tour is a mish-mash of (sorry, Qatar) really unremarkable places in a country that does not really even have much of a history until recently.
Joseph_W, Sep 2022
Our guide, Shahzeb made it obvious that we were an inconvenience to him. He spent the entire tour either texting or talking on the phone even while driving. He explained very little and generally answered questions with a single word. At a couple of stops he never even left the vehicle let alone explained what we were seeing. I would never recommend him as a guide.
AbeC, May 2022
Highly recommended!!! Shabbir was amazing!!! He was very punctual and very patient as I was running late. He was very knowledgeable about this tour. Speaks English very well and an awesome photographer! The SUV was very clean and very comfortable. Snacks were served the entire tour. Thanks Shabbir!!!
Marjorie_H, Apr 2022
Imran was a great tour guide - full of information about the interesting sights we saw and the country of Qatar in general. Our favorite part of the tour was the mangroves where we saw native birds. But we also enjoyed the historical sights.
UlrichGeorg_T, Mar 2020
The level of attractions in Qatar is moderate. however we had a fine day due to our driver: Ibrahim Said was more a host than a driver. He told us so many interesting things about his country and his people, he was very polite and respectful. The large SUV was very fine. Thanks again from Germany! Ulrich & Katharina
bdbeck, Jan 2020
This was not a particularly interesting tour. We didn't learn a lot. Your time would be better spent at the Museum of Islamic Art or the National Museum of Qatar.
malcolms675, Jan 2020
There's not a lot to see in Qatar, it is a small, dusty desert sheikdom that is currently a very large building site. Nevertheless our guide Shabir did a great job showing us the north of the country from fishing harbour to desert fort in a comfortable Mercedes 4WD.
Kathleen_R, Dec 2019
Perfect trip if you have a long layover. Our guide was lovely, pity I was full of flu so I felt a bit rough.
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