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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Hannah Stephenson

Dubai’s neighbour that offers visitors untamed nature and wild mountains

The mangroves of the Suwaidi Pearl Farm and Hajar Mountains in background in UAE’s Ras Al Khaimah - (Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority)

In the middle of the Al Wadi desert, an elegant white Arabian oryx, the national animal of the UAE, approaches our group.

It’s ringed pointed horns are almost as tall as the beast itself.

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