Discover the colourful Yemen

Itinerary

Day 1 – Cairo (Egypt) – Seiyun (Yemen)

• Afternoon departure to Seiyun from Cairo International Airport. The Yemen Airways flight leaves at 9:30 and arrives in Seyun at 14:00 local time.
• Upon arrival, we go through customs and meet our local Yemeni guide.
• We’ll make a stop in Seiyun to buy local Yemeni clothes at the market.
• We head to a viewpoint to enjoy a magnificent sunset over Seiyun, the biggest city in Southern Yemen.
• After sunset, head to our hotel in Hawta.
• Overnight stay in Hawta.

Day 2 – Hawta – Seiyun – Avnat – Tarim

• We drive to Seiyun, the biggest city in Southern Yemen.
• Highlight: Visit the Sultan Palace Museum and the Al-Falas Palace.
• Wander around the Al-Handal Souk and the well-known fruit and vegetable market if open.
• Continue towards Aynat, to see several historical shrines in the village.
• We’ll stop in Tarim, a historical village built in mud. Here we pay a visit to a small market and see the Al Mihdar Mosque.
• Drive to Shibam, in Wadi Hadramaut (Hadramaut Valley).
• Highlight: Sunset over Shibam.
• Return to Hawta.
• Overnight stay in Hawta.

Day 3 – Hawta – Shibam – Wadi Doan – Haid Al-Jizil

• Drive to Shibam, also known as the Manhattan of Arabia, located in Wadi Hadramaut.
• Highlight: Explore the inside of the city of Shibam, with its incredible mut houses.
• Climb one of the houses and see the area from the top.
• Leave the Hadramaut valley and head for Wadi Doan (Doan Valley). A picturesque place with incredible scenery.
• Visit the villages of Sif and Hajjrain.
• Highlight: We’ll go to the best place for an incredible panorama view of the valley, the Haid Al-Jizil Hotel.
• Overnight stay in Haid Al-Jizil.

Day 4 – Haid Al-Jizil – Wadi Doan

• Join a 1h trek to Hawfah Village and Buqshan.
• Highlight: See the incredible Buqshan Palace, a colorful building that is a famous sight in Wadi Doan.
• Drive to the town of Ribad. From here we walk to Qarht Bahumaish.
• We drive further down in Wadi Doan, and along the way we make various stops at the villages and towns.
• Highlight: See the photogenic village of Musainah and Ribad.
• Along the way we stop at small villages like Qarn Majed, to experience local life in the valley.
• Visit Al Khuraiba, a beautiful town along the way.
• Stop at the former palace of Osama Bin Laden’s family.
• Overnight stay in Haid Al-Jizil.

Day 5 – Haid Al-Jizil – Al Mukalla

• Jump in the car for a long drive to Al Mukalla, a major port city located at the Golf of Aden. For years this city was not accessible for tourists, but recently they re-opened again.
• On our way out we visit Khoor Mukhalla & Al-Ghawizi Fort.
• Highlight: Upon arrival in Mukalla, we check in at the hotel before heading to the Old Town and its Old Market. Here, you’ll find an interesting mix of shops selling goods from all over Yemen.
• Visit the fish and vegetable market in the afternoon, right next to the sea.
• Overnight stay in Al Mukalla.

Day 6 – Al Mukalla

• We catch the flight back from Mukalla Airport to Cairo (Egypt) with Yemen Airways. The flight leaves at 12:00 and arrives in Cairo at 15:45 local time.
• End of tour.