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Jais road – Highlander Link from Naqat village (Ascent)
Trail Stats:
| Distance: | 2.3 kms |
| Difficulty: | Moderate |
| Elevation gain: | 518 m |
| Elevation loss: | 518 m |
| Max elevation: | 775 m |
| Min elevation: | 238 m |
| Trail type: | One way |
| Moving time: | 1 hour 10 minutes |
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Ras al Khaimah authorities have recently laid a brand new trail on the Jebel Jais road to link the asphalted road to the Highlander trail above the Haqeel plateau. So we decided to explore this route and then extend the hike as possible.
The start point of this hike is here, where you have enough space to park your cars.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/B2PveKFP3GMAYfpn9
25.876226, 56.100300
This particular trail recording is only for the 2 Kms link section till it connects to the Highlander.
The trail is well laid, safe and well visible.
This trail gains about 550 meters of height over a short distance of 2 Kms.
There is a rest shelter at the midpoint and one more at the top junction point with Highlander trail.
The views from this summit are excellent of the Arabian Gulf coastline, Haqeel plateau, RAK town, Rams area, Mangroves and Most of RAK mountains.
In our case, we hiked rightwards from the summit junction all the way to Jebel Rahabah using the Highlander trail and then we descended to Wassab village and further to Jebel Jais view point #3 parking, effectively making it a one way hike.
Our full one way hike is recorded as below.
https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/jais-road-highlander-jebel-rahabah-wassab-village-one-way-162123882
Using this trail you can hike various options.
Listing few possibilities.
1. Hike up and down making it a short but enduring hike, including families.
2. Hike up from here, hike through the Haqeel village and end it Haqeel valley (HL21 end point)
3. Hike up from here, hike through the Haqeel village and end it near Jais road new roundabout (HL 2022/23 end point)
4. Hike up this trail and hike rightwards to Rahabah / View Deck park / Jais summit / Ghaf summit.
5. Hike up this trail and end the hike at Ghazla via Samar trail.
Most of these above options are one way hikes and will need vehicle logistics to be arranged.
Parking Location:
Grade: Moderate
Base Village: Naqat
Range: Jais.
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Haqeel Fields
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