Jebel Jais Road - Jebel Naqat - Ghazla one way hike

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Trail Stats:

Distance:	13 kms
Difficulty:	Moderate
Elevation gain:	1366 m
Elevation loss:	834 m
Max elevation:	1439 m
Min elevation:	249 m
Trail type:	One Way
Moving time:	4 hours 40 minutes

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.

I recently was in the Jais road looking for a camping spot and I came across a trail which was well laid and visible.
I contacted Mr. Fadi of Adventurati group RAK and got to know from him that this link trail has been recently created.

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 initial trail of 2 kms link connects to the Highlander trail.
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.

We hiked rightwards from the summit junction all the way to Jebel Rahabah using the Highlander trail and then we descended towards Wassab village (but didn’t enter) and further rightwards to the Nayt village at lower area and then leftwards to the Jebel Jais road at Ghazla, effectively making it a one way hike.

Using this trail you can hike various options.
Listing few possibilities.
1. Hike up and down the 2 kms link trail 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:

25.876226, 56.100300

https://maps.app.goo.gl/B2PveKFP3GMAYfpn9

Grade: Moderate

Area Villages: Naqat village, Haqeel plateau, Wassab village, Nayt village

Range: Jebel Jais

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