Today, we were lucky and had lovely weather. We drove from Karongi towards Nyungwe Forest National Park. The road was perfect tarmac with some occasional bumpers. We made many photo stops and really enjoyed great views of Lake Kivu and local villages dotting steep hills. The road was...
We took a beautiful scenic route from Kabale around Lake Bunyonyi towards Kisoro town. The road is well paved, and it took us just 2.5 hours to get there with all our photo stops. The road has many sharp curves and stretches that immediately rise to a hill and drop down a steep incline...
We arrived at the charming 15th-century stone village of Dana, which dangles beneath the King’s Highway on a precipice, commanding exceptional views of the valley below. That valley and the surrounding area make up the Dana Biosphere Reserve. The village of Dana has been occupied...
Cliffs of The Edge of the World (1131 m) dramatically rise from the desert just around 80 kilometers northwest of Riyadh. The Edge of the World (Jebel Fihrayn) is an unexpected and dramatic geological wonder in the rocky desert. It earned its nickname because you have an uninterrupted...
We followed Dakar Rally to Yanbu via road #328, then drove to visit our friends in Umluj. From Umluj, we took a more exciting road, #8888, back to Al Ula. So, the photos in this gallery are from several days of driving through this western region of Saudi Arabia.
Finally, we took a trip to the Musandam Peninsula, an enclave of Oman within the UAE. We drove around the stunning coastline and enjoyed some of the region’s most breathtaking views. We made several stops to take photos, so it took us more than an hour’s drive down gorgeous...
From Jebel Samhan Plateau, we drove around Baobab Grove to Mirbat. After a short visit, we drove east along Highway 49, passing rugged mountains on our left and the coastline of sandy beaches on our right. We slowly drove around fishing towns and windswept cliffs fringed by the cerulean...
We took the challenging Sarfait road in the morning, which links Salalah with the Yemeni border. It is one of Oman’s many impressive engineering projects. Zigzagging nearly 1000m from the Salalah Plain, it reaches the top of the cliff via 14 steep bends. A few kilometers beyond the...
We thought we already saw all the crazy mountain roads carved into hills in Saudi Arabia, but today we realized how wrong we were. We took route #1801 from Wadi Lajab toward Jazan through the Faifa Mountains. After a few kilometers, crazy unmarked ascents started, and just in the middle...
Bordered by Soudah Mountain (3015 m), Saudi Arabia’s highest peak, reaching Rijal Alma, was a considerable challenge. This zigzag road (also called the obstacle of death or the snake) is listed amongst the most dangerous roads in the world – stiff, curvy, and narrow with the...