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Edge Of the World and bats cave with 4x4 vehicle
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 5 to 6 hours
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Witness a stunning sunset from the Edge of the World for unparalleled views of the Saudi Arabian desert on this afternoon tour. On the way to the mountain, pass the heritage village showcasing the local culture. Arrive at the Edge of the World and take a scenic 2-hour hike arriving at the summit for sunset. Enjoy a coffee or tea at the cafe before heading back to Riyadh.
- Watch the sunset from the Edge of the World
- Take a 2-hour hike to the towering cliff
- Learn about local culture at the heritage village
- Round-trip transfers from central Riyadh are included
What's Included
- Water
- Dinner
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- CarrefourIrqah Governerate St, 'Irqah, Riyadh 12543, Saudi Arabia
We will be in the front of the supermarket gate Carrefour Irqah
Start time
02:30 PM
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Edge of The World
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Sadus
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Most travelers can participate
- we don't recommend for infants
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
Operated by Riyadh off road
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.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Reviews
4.0
65 reviews
Erin_M, Apr 2024
Fantastic guides. They were patient and helpful throughout the journey. Everything from the old village to the cave to the edge of the world was great.
Only one thing, in the old village there were several dead goats that had been there a long time. That was a bit uncomfortable to see so if there was someone consistently going in to clean the area that would have been nice
Sarah_H, Apr 2024
I essentially got a private tour and guide with Ibrahim who was the only saving grace of this trip. His father’s friend or whoever was the original driver I was assigned should not interfere with the seating of customers or have more thought and place the solo female traveller in the front seat especially when the other european tourists are clearly racist and have no manners. Essentially they all expected me to sit at the back because apparently they feel entitled and lack manners to offer the front seat to a woman. Worse the driver tries to arrange this telling me there’s no room at the back aka for the oversized people - like just because I’m skinny does not mean I should have to sit in the back - other vans manage with all large customers so don’t make that an excuse. The driver tells me that I have to sit there or wait over 30 minutes for the next car. So it’s like I did not even have a choice and of course the old entitled white man grabs the front seat even though there is in fact another male with “long leg” - no one cares like plenty of tall males sit in the back of this type of trip and don’t complain he was just a narcissist type. The energy and hateful manners of the tourists in that van was so dense that the only seat I would take in the front one away from the bs of those ugly and racist europeans. So essentially they drive off and I simply go to an nearby cafe as I wait for the 30 minutes. It feels much better not to be around that group of people that the driver clearly had no leadership skills over to properly manage and create a good environment for all instead of just kowtowing to the old white man (vomit). The other van of people I noticed also had “tall white men” and even women yet they all sat in the back seats and let the two younger and shorter European women sit in the front and front row seats. Maybe because they are all white so there was no racism and telling them to “get in the back” can you imagine how racist these people are to actually tell me this in these exact words. Rude af and actually racist (I am a Chinese female who joined this trip solo) something I’m sure that confused their little minds to no end. So I get myself some iced tea at the cafe and generally accept that this is better as never or very rarely have I encountered such outright hateful and nasty people. One guy was also sick kept coughing and blowing his nose (like stay home if you’re sick?) can you imagine if that was me coughing and sneezing everyone would be blowing up with and making a big deal out of it (has happened before any time I cough it’s like people look uncomfortable since most of the masses can’t think for themselves and are very susceptible to racist thought and prejudice to feel better) it’s so lame - but what can you do about low vibe people. So once the typical caucasian tourists headed off in their nastiness vibes van - immediately I felt better and this also was followed by a pleasant drive and guide with Ibrahim all is good and essentially got a private tour as a result of those nasty people’s behavior so was a blessing in disguise. As per usual these people hog the sunset view areas and sit their fat asses down and don’t move once at the site - but I just continue my hike and get to enjoy my trip without the total lack of courtesy and consideration from these typical caucasians. They look boring as hell and don’t even seem to be enjoying themselves almost abusing the drivers themselves with their arrogant attitudes so many of that type on these type of cheaper tours. Now upon the return back apparently Ibrahim the only saving grace of this trip is tasked with driving the dinner going patrons while the other driver (original one I was assigned) was taking lo and behold the four most evil and racist people on the tour that day who were NOT going to dinner (I did not opt in for this nor want it for “100 riyal extra” and so I reluctantly return to this van with these people who IMMEDIATELY are hostile and start telling each other to take the front seats. I ignore this and climb in to the second row and the old white (Dutch?) woman aggressively asks me ARE YOU CRAZY YOU HAVE TO SIT IN THE BACK. Then a separate couple another white woman judging starts aggressively pointing her water bottle in my face and scolding me to get in the back - literally 3 hours of peace from this crap and then the moment I am assigned to get back in this van this total strangers actually BEHAVE THIS WAY TO A GROWN WOMAN. Can you say racist much like holy crap. The old white man surprise surprise is still at the front seat. The women are so upset because apparently they had to sit in the back on the drive there even though I didn’t even get a seat and HAD TO WAIT 30 minutes FOR THE NEXT. Yet this old white man is at the front AGAIN and yet there is another brown male also lanky who he did not switch places with logic please- yet these women are complaining actually RAGING to me literally verbal assault and physically threatening to me to sit in then back because they had to on the way here I WAS NOT EVEN IN THE VAN ON THE WAY HERE- I point to the white Dutch male in the front and say he can go to the back. They look appalled like it’s unheard of and he turns to me and says in his barely legible English ‘you on drugs?’ The others start laughing out of spite and then get in an uproar when i reply “where do you come from?” Barraging me with their noisy nonsense (the type of women who get so infuriated and start yelling at the top of their lungs any thing because they can’t manage their emotions it’s like you know what kind of background these people come from poor and uneducated probably - these two vile women and the narcissistic white male at the front were the most evil people I have ever encountered on tour. The gall they have to actually demand me directly to “get in the back” and verbally assault me threaten my space like that yet the driver doesn’t curtail their behavior. He should have kicked them off the tour there and then but he seems to lack a backbone. Typically loser who tries to gain approval of racist type of people. He then tells me to go to the other van (Ibrahim) who was my driver here anyway now also housing two other tourists sitting in the second row. So I happily climbed in the front seat again away from the whackos of the other van. The dumbest thing was the blond younger woman of the two who was yelling and pointing her bottle in my face wanted to feel avenged telling me “get out” and “you can WALK” like what a nasty piece of work that one was. Like actually looney. Those two woman and the Dutch male in front had the most oppressive and ugly energy that one could feel from 20 feet away. This is the gamble you take when joining these type of tours where most of these people never really travelled in their life just took up space with their lumbering bodies and made others around them miserable
Response from Host, Apr 2024
It wasn’t our fault that you didn’t like the people in the car, we changed the car for you and you still didn’t like the people in another car too. You should order a private car next time for yourself if you don’t like to be with anyone.
Literally, everyone was complaining about you
neil_t, Apr 2024
what a great trip this is and what a sight the edge of the world is😀on the way we fed camels and went down into a cave and then we arrived at the main event.walk the last 15 min to this incredible sight.we made our way up onto the best place to see the sun setting over this magical land.our guide was very patient with all of us as we probably took longer than planned taking photos.then a drive back across the arabian desert in the dark cant recommend this tour highly enough👍😀👍
Romel_B, Apr 2024
The place is so amazing. I really love the experience, heaven feels. Kudus to whole team (local travel tour; Riyadh Hiking), they are very accommodating.
Niels_H, Apr 2024
The Guides were very helpful and caring. It was a great trip in a fantastic landscape. Pick up and return without problems and everything like in the tour description.
Madeleine_T, Mar 2024
The trip was outstanding. Instructions from tour operator was very clear and met up right on time. Comfortable car and driver did a great job getting us there and back. Provided us with water, soft drinks, coffee and excellent food.
The Edge of the world was stunning.
Thank you for a great day out and well worth the price we paid.
Would recommend.
Balasubramanian_U, Feb 2024
It's an exciting trip that will stay with us for a lifetime. Yes, we will refer to our friends and try for another trip.
Ioannis_O, Feb 2024
Good organisation and car. Ride was comfortable. It would, however, have been good to have a driver who could speak English.
MIYUKI_K, Feb 2024
nothing special.
it was good.
but it would be helpful if you give us more information, such as what we should wear, espacially shoes...
Petr_D, Feb 2024
It was an enjoyable tour, rather basic, but for me, personally, it was a great experience.
The tour is offered in two variants - with (70 USD) or without (40 USD) a dinner, both organized by the same company.
I was interested only in seeing the Edge, so I chose the cheaper option without a dinner, which was supposed to also include a short spot at a "heritage village" along the way and soft drinks to be provided.
At the meeting spot, people were sorted in two groups with different wristbands ("Dinner" "No-Dinner") and we jumped in 4x4 SUVs to get to the Edge of the World.
On our way, the convoy blitzed through the place where the "heritage village" was supposed to be, our driver was not even aware he was supposed to stop there and thus we continued. As mentioned, I wanted to get to the Edge so I didn´t really care too much.
Once at the gate of the Natural reserve, the road turns into dusty gravel path, so be prepared for some bumpy ride and kind of "Rallye Dakar experience", which I personally rather enjoyed.
At the cliff site, we were free to roam around, without anyone to give any sort of guided tour, but I didn´t mind, being preoccupied with the views. The Edge of the World is indeed worth the money. The cliffs are spectacular, especially in the afternoon and even though it could be somewhat crowded, it is a large enough area to find a nice spot for yourself and enjoy the views in peace.
The only slight issue was that the organizers initially told us that as we didn´t have the dinner included, we should leave earlier than the rest, even before the sunset, which we collectively (and rather sternly) refused and thus they agreed to stay till dark.
On our way back, when we asked about the drinks that were supposed to be included, the driver said he didn´t know anything about that and he had none for us, but when shown on the reservation, he took it upon himself to purchase each of us a bottle of water at the gas station. We got dropped off at the same location where the tour started.
Overall, You get what You are paying for... the cliffs were absolutely amazing, our driver was a genuinely nice guy and one hell of an off-road driver, but I felt kind of a "second-class citizen" treatment from the organizers towards those who chose the cheaper option (older car, no drink, skipped the Heritage village, wanted us to leave early...) which left a bit of a sour feeling.
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