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AlUla — 5 days (Old Town, Hegra, Dadan, Elephant Rock & Sharaan)

3.9(15 reviews)5 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Five days in a valley that opened to visitors in 2019. Five days with every site permit booked, a rawi at Hegra and the Sharaan reserve evening included.

Meridian Overland
Runs this trip
Walking / cultural tour
Five days in a valley that opened to visitors in 2019
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • AlUla Old TownFive days in a valley that was closed to outside visitors until 2019 and has been run as a heritage site since.
  • HegraThe same civilisation that built Petra, two hundred years later and five hundred kilometres south.
  • DadanJabal Ikmah is a canyon wall covered in Dadanitic, Thamudic, Minaic and Nabataean script — several centuries of people writing on the…
  • Jabal AlFilSharaan is a rewilding project — Arabian oryx, ibex and gazelle reintroduced into a reserve that was overgrazed for decades.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 4 nights accommodation as listed: hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Transport
  • Airport pickup and drop, private vehicle
  • All internal transfers by private vehicle
  • All transfers in the valley
Meals
  • Breakfast daily plus the meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 10
  • A rawi (storyteller-guide) at Hegra
Permits & fees
  • Hegra, Dadan and Jabal Ikmah permits: all sites here are permit-and-guide only
  • The Sharaan reserve 4x4 and permit
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • Alcohol, which is illegal in the country
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Lunches and dinners not listed on a day
  • International flights and the Saudi e-visa
  • Petra, which is a separate trip in Jordan here
  • Most lunches

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

AlUla Courtyard

Hotel

Days 1–4

What you'll eat

4 breakfasts and 4 dinners across 5 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 5.

  • DinnerServed on days 1–4
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–5

8 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking

Operator

Meridian Overland
3.9 (15)

Based in New Delhi

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
3.9/5
Based on 15 reviews
Review summary
Food
3.8/5
Guide
3.5/5
Itinerary
3.8/5
Transport
3.9/5
Accommodation
3.7/5
Tour operator
3.7/5
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Priya Nair – Chennai2026-03-11 · Verified booking

Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Worth every rupee.

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Divya Reddy – Kolkata2026-03-11 · Verified booking

Too much time on the coach and not enough at the places we'd come for. Guides answered every question, including the daft ones.

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Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.

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Sneha Kulkarni – Hyderabad2026-03-11 · Verified booking

Too much time on the coach and not enough at the places we'd come for. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing.

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Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.

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Farah Qureshi – Kolkata2026-03-11 · Verified booking

Medina Province done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy.

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Tara D'Souza – Chandigarh2026-03-11 · Verified booking

Well paced over 5 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Worth every rupee.

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Owen Clarke – Amsterdam2026-01-12 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Recommended.

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Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.

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Farah Qureshi – Indore2026-01-12 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Would book with them again.

Reply from Meridian Overland

Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.

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Arjun Pillai – Bengaluru2026-01-12 · Verified booking

Medina Province done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Good value for what's included.

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