AlUla: Dadan & Jabal Ikmah Guided Tour

Explore AlUla's Dadan Heritage Site and Jabal Ikmah in one guided visit with expert commentary and on-site transport between the two.

Getting started

For the Dadan & Jabal Ikmah Tour – Meeting Point, make your own way to the designated meeting point to begin your official shared guided experience. Once your group is assembled, your professional guide in Arabic or English introduces the route and checks everyone in. You then board the official on-site transportation that first takes you to the Dadan Heritage Site.

What to expect

Dadan Heritage Site

This stop focuses on the ancient capital of the Dadanite and Lihyanite kingdoms, set amid AlUla's sandstone landscape. You explore with your group before continuing on to Jabal Ikmah using the included on-site transport.

Features

• See the remains of the ancient capital of the Dadanite and Lihyanite kingdoms and walk among rock-cut features that outline how this valley was once a key center in northwestern Arabia.
• View the iconic Lion Tombs carved into sandstone cliffs and observe how their sculpted lion figures mark elite burials and signal the importance of the site.
• Join an official shared guided experience at Dadan, with a professional guide in Arabic or English explaining key points of interest and answering questions as you move through the site.
• Make use of official on-site transportation between Dadan and Jabal Ikmah, staying with your group while bottled water is provided during the visit.

Jabal Ikmah

Your second major stop is Jabal Ikmah, often called AlUla's open-air library for its dense concentration of inscriptions. You arrive here by the official on-site transportation from Dadan and explore the rock faces on foot.

Features

• Walk through Jabal Ikmah, known as AlUla's open-air library, and stand close to rock faces that document life and beliefs in northwestern Arabia before the Nabataeans.
• See hundreds of ancient inscriptions, petroglyphs, and rock art in different scripts and styles, noticing how they cluster across the cliff surfaces at varying heights.
• Continue the official shared guided experience at Jabal Ikmah as your expert Arabic and English-speaking guide points out selected inscriptions and explains what researchers have learned from them.
• Benefit from entry to Jabal Ikmah within the same visit, with bottled water included to keep you comfortable while food and beverages beyond this are not part of the experience.

Wrapping up

At checkout, choose between the Meeting Point Guided Tour, Make Your Own Way There option or the Guided Tour with Private Hotel Transfer Included, which adds private hotel transfer to your official shared guided experience between Dadan Heritage Site and Jabal Ikmah.