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The coast to the far west of Abu Dhabi is the last frontier as far as unspoiled, natural open beaches in the UAE are concerned – a few holiday villas, and long stretches of white sandy beach! The waters are calm and strikingly clean, and a few rock pools dot the coast, with a deeper reef further out.
Here is a video review of the Audi Q3:
Download the KML file for your GPS by clicking here. Once downloaded, you can import the file into your GPS device and take it on the road, or double-click that file and it will open automatically in Google Earth if you have that installed (all adventurers should! Google Earth).
And here is an interactive map of the routes, with the area between waypoints 002 and 003 offering the best beach.
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Find out more about the biosphere here and see this podcast to learn more about these endangered sea mammals, closely related to elephants!
A poitkje pot, a cast-iron witch’s cauldron, is excellent for slow cooking on the beach. In the photo is a camel meat stew, slowly bubbling throughout the afternoon, to be ready for a hearty sunset dinner.
In the heat of the UAE, when beach camping, shade is a top priority, quickly followed by water for both drinking and washing. Besides our central gazebo, for the lounging, eating and cooking area, we also set up a toilet and shower tent, in order to assure privacy as well as convenience. A little bit of planning makes camping a wonderful experience for all, and leaving the campsite clean afterwards is simply a nice way of saying thanks for the hospitality, and see you again next time!
Please take due care when driving on the fast highway to Sila; particularly just out of Abu Dhabi, the truck traffic can be slow and clogging the inner lane, but once the road opens up into three lanes the going gets much more pleasant. My disclaimer is here.
Greetings! This is my first visit to your blog!
Can you please tell me if this Audi is 4×4? The photo is off the road, did the car damage in any way to do this driving?
The Audi Q3 is all-wheel-drive, and there was absolutely no problem or damage going off-road like in the photo. We also drove on the sandy beach and had no issues at all. Plenty of power, enough ground clearance (that’s what we were worrying about, but it turned out it’s not as low as it seems).
See here for details on the Audi Q3: http://www.audi-me.com/me_partner/p_aeau000004/home/models/q3/q3.html
awesome beach for camping…thanks for posting.
Perfect, just what we were looking for. Planning a trip with the family already. Thanks again.
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Another great trip Paolo – I’m very happy that we have taken part of it – Sila is a beautiful location and not to far.
Great pictures
Thanks buddy – it was our pleasure to spend time with you. And here’s to many more adventures together!