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Chilling in the Hatta Mountains on the Black hiking trail and enjoying the view!
Little movie clip we made of three hiking trails in Hatta – blue, red and green!
Red difficulty Hatta trails
Black Hatta Hiking Trail
Blue Hatta Hiking Trails
End of black Hatta Trails – climbing
More are coming!
Do not attempt to go off the hiking trails without special training, especially of it`s the black one! For the safety reasons we cant film while climbing.
Video from our lovely Hatta trip few weekends ago. We did absolutely all hiking trails from green to black. The one thing the shocked us the most if that some of the black difficulty trails is actually climbing! There is no warning signs or anything or maybe we went to the place we doesn’t supposed to go 🙂
And again, attempt black trails only if you have special training!
The crazy part is that bus from Dubai costs only 6,5$. The Hatta prices itself also incredibly cheap. We had a big meal for two for just 8$! The hiking trails are free if you go without the certified instructor.
Comment below, where you want us to go next? Or maybe start more blogging style of videos with talking behind the cam.
Surrounded by the Hajar Mountains, Hatta is covered in undulating peaks and troughs perfect for hiking. You can trek along the winding wadis at the foothills of the mountains, near the border with Oman. Here you’ll see the varied terrain, from sandy patches to sharp rocks. Hiking offers a sense of peace and adventure for all types and ages with lots to explore along your journey. Discovering Hatta by foot is the best way of truly experiencing Dubai’s largest national park.
Little info:
Hatta (Arabic: Øتا) is an inland exclave of the emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Formerly an Omani territory, its ownership was transferred to Dubai in or around 1850.
Previously known as Hajarain, Hatta became a dependency of Dubai during the reign of Hasher Bin Maktoum after the Omani Sultan Turki bin Said transferred the territory, finding himself unable to defend it against the Na’im of Buraimi, who had settled neighbouring Masfout (today a part of the emirate of Ajman). The village was still called Hajarain as recently as 1906.
The old village of Hatta includes two prominent military towers from the 1880s, a fort from 1896 and the Juma mosque, which was built in 1780 and is the oldest building in Hatta. Some ancestral burial chambers from the Hafit period (3200-2500BC) can be found in the east part of the village. Some of them have been completely rebuilt. The traditional water supply was through the falaj system, which also has been restored. Since it is located in the mountains, traditionally it was the summer habitation of Dubai-based families escaping the heat and humidity of the coast and trying new outdoor activities.
Since the early 1980s, Hatta has been a popular vacation destination for western expatriates and local families alike for ‘wadi bashing’ through the tracks between Hatta, Mahdah and Al Ain.
So what is hiking?
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century. Religious pilgrimages have existed much longer but they involve walking long distances for a spiritual purpose associated with specific religions.
“Hiking” is the preferred term in Canada and the United States; the term “walking” is used in these regions for shorter, particularly urban walks. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the word “walking” describes all forms of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps. The word hiking is also often used in the UK, along with rambling, hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England).
The poet Petrarch is frequently mentioned as an early example of someone hiking. Petrarch recounts that on April 26, 1336, with his brother and two servants, he climbed to the top of Mont Ventoux (1,912 meters (6,273 ft), a feat which he undertook for recreation rather than necessity. The exploit is described in a celebrated letter addressed to his friend and confessor, the monk Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro, composed some time after the fact. However, some have suggested that Petrarch’s climb was fictional.
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Chilling in the Hatta Mountains