On this women-only adventure around Saudia Arabia’s dramatic landscapes and UNESCO World Heritage sites, you’ll spend 12 days learning about the country’s deep history, sampling the local cuisine and getting to know the local women. With a desire to tell their own story, they will introduce you to the world of the diverse and severely underrepresented women of Saudi Arabia. Tour a citrus farm with sisters who transformed their father’s vision into a multigenerational business, take a cooking class and pottery workshop, get to know the Holy City of Madinah with a local female guide, cruise and snorkel the Red Sea and meet Saudi Arabia’s first-ever female guide in Jeddah.
Activities
Riyadh – Traditional Saudi Dinner
Riyadh – Complimentary Airport arrival transfer
Riyadh – Pottery workshop visit with female artist
Riyadh - Traditional Home cooked meal with female hosts
Diriyah – UNESCO Site
Riyadh - Souq Al-Zal Market visit
Ushaiger - Heritage Village
Buraydah - Cooking class with female chef
Buraydah - Date market
Unaizah – Al Musoawkaf Traditional market
Hail - Female only Salon visit
Alula - Historical Old town and Al Jadidah Area
Alula – Elephant Rock (Jabal AlFil)
Alula – Abeya shop
Alula - Citrus Farm Tour & Lunch
Alula - Madain Saleh (Hegra) Tour with local guide
Dissah Valley - 4x4 Excursion and bedouin style picnic
Madinah - City Tour & Dar Al Madinah Museum with local female guide
Madinah - Sunset Saudi Picnic with female local guide
Madinah - Market visit & lunch
Madinah - Hijaz Railway Terminus Station
Al Balad - UNESCO Heritage walking tour with female guide
Jeddah - Ladies only beach
Jeddah - Red Sea Boat & Snorkelling trip
Highlights
Tour a local, family-owned citrus farm with the sisters who run it, explore Wadi Disah (Valley of Palm Trees) and see Alula’s remarkable rock formations with giant tombs from the Nabatean era.
Visit Madinah – the second holiest site in Islam, after Mecca – with a local female guide. Enjoy a Saudi-style picnic of local bread and peppermint tea with views over the Holy City.
Take a bullet train to Jeddah’s Al Balad – a UNESCO World Heritage site – and meet with Saudi’s first female guide Abir. Wander the narrow streets, meet friendly vendors and sample local delicacies.
Cruise the Red Sea on a boat on your final day – snorkel, swim and end it all on a private women-only beach for sunset.
This trip is designed to support local women and entrepreneurs, so you’ll join a cooking class with a local chef, meet with a pottery artist, get pampered at a women-owned salon, join a host family for a home-cooked meal and stay in a female-owned boutique hotel.
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