Fujairah east coast day trip

A sample day on the east coast loop

The Fujairah tour runs clockwise: inland to Masafi, south to Fujairah city, then north up the coast to Al Aqah. Drive times are free-flow figures from OpenStreetMap routing. Your driver changes the order on the day if your group wants the snorkel first.

Stop	What you see	Time there	Drive from the stop before
Friday Market	Carpets, pottery, plants and fruit stalls on the Dhaid road	30 min	109 km from Downtown, 1 h 28 min
Fujairah Fort	16th-century fort on a rocky hill above the old town	45 min	41 km, 41 min
Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Fujairah	65 domes and 6 minarets on Mohammed bin Matar Road	15 min, photos outside	in Fujairah city
Khor Fakkan corniche	The bay, the beach and lunch	1 hour	26 km, 26 min
Al Bidya Mosque	Four-domed mosque from about 1446	30 min	14 km, 17 min
Al Aqah beach	Snorkel trip to Snoopy Island	about 2 hours	5 km, 7 min
Back to Dubai	Khor Fakkan Road through the Hajar Mountains		146 km, 1 h 56 min

That is about 341 km in total and about 4 hours 55 minutes at the wheel before traffic. Evening traffic on Emirates Road into Dubai lengthens the last leg, so the drop-off time is an estimate.

The road out through Masafi and Wadi Ham

From Dubai the car takes Emirates Road (E611) to the E88 Al Dhaid road. The Friday Market stands about 5 km before Masafi. Despite the name, its stalls open every day of the week.

Masafi itself straddles the border between Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah. From there the road drops down Wadi Ham, on the E88 and then the E89. Fujairah Tourism calls it the longest wadi in the country, at 30 km from Masafi to the dam. Al Bithnah Fort, built in 1735, stands near this road about 13 km before Fujairah city.

What to see between Fujairah city and Al Aqah

Fujairah Fort sits about 20 m up on a rocky hill in the old town. It has three round towers and one square one, and was restored between 1997 and 2000 with the materials it was first built from: rock, gravel, mud, hay and plaster. Fujairah Museum is close by.

Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Fujairah opened in 2015 and holds about 28,000 worshippers, the second-largest mosque in the UAE. It stands in the same city as the fort, and a photo stop outside the white domes takes about 15 minutes.

Al Bidya Mosque (also spelled Al Bidyah or Al Badiyah) is about 35 km north of Fujairah city on the Dibba road. Its four domes rest on one central column, and the building uses no wood. Two old watchtowers look down over the mosque and the village.

Snorkelling at Snoopy Island

Snoopy Island is a rock island just off Al Aqah beach. Its outline is said to look like the cartoon dog Snoopy lying on his back, and the coral reef around it draws snorkellers, divers and kayakers.

Fujairah Tourism notes that most hotels on the coast can arrange snorkelling and diving. We add a snorkel trip to your day on request. Your quote names the operator on Al Aqah beach, the time slot and the gear it supplies, so you know before you book.

Snorkelling here is in open water in the Gulf of Oman. Each snorkeller should be able to swim. The operator sets its own minimum age, so give the age of every child when you ask.

Why Khor Fakkan belongs to Sharjah

Khor Fakkan is part of Sharjah, not Fujairah, though Fujairah land surrounds it. The town faces the Gulf of Oman with the Hajar Mountains behind it, and its corniche is the lunch stop on this loop.

The drive home uses the Khor Fakkan Road west through the mountains to Emirates Road. Al Rafisah Dam sits beside that road, and a 15 minute stop there breaks the drive. Above the town, the Al Suhub Rest House looks over Khor Fakkan from 580 m above sea level.

Age, health and dress on this trip

• Mosques: Al Bidya still holds daily prayers. Cover shoulders and knees, women bring a headscarf, and plan the stop between prayer times.
• The snorkel: only for swimmers, with the operator’s own age and health rules on the day. Tell us about any heart or breathing condition before we book it.
• Long hours in the car: about 5 hours of driving in one day. With young children, drop the Friday Market or the Fujairah city stop to shorten it.
• Summer heat: from June to September, the fort and the market are best kept short. Carry water for every stop.

Your own car, or a shared seat

This trip runs as a private car for your group, with stops and timings set by you. A shared seat is on request, where a shared departure runs on your date. To build your own east coast day with different stops, book a car with a driver by the hour or day instead.

Group	Car from our own fleet
Up to 3	Lexus ES 300h, with room for 2 large suitcases
Up to 6	GMC Yukon or Cadillac Escalade, three rows of seats
Up to 6 with beach gear	Mercedes-Benz V-Class, with room for 4 large bags
7 to 19	Mercedes-Benz Sprinter: 13 seats with room for 6 large bags, or 19 seats

The private tours page explains how a day like this is planned with you before the quote.

What sets the price of a Fujairah day

There is no fixed tour price on the site. We price each day from these factors and send the quote on WhatsApp.

Factor	Example
The car and its seats	A Lexus ES 300h for 3, or a 19-seat Sprinter for a group
Where you are collected	Dubai Marina adds about 20 km each way over Downtown
Hours on the road	The full loop, or a straight run to Al Aqah and back
The snorkel trip	Quoted with the operator’s own charge
Where the day ends	Back in Dubai, at an Al Aqah hotel, or at FJR

Cancellation terms are written into your quote before you confirm.

Add a transfer, or end the day at FJR

Flying in or out of the east coast? Fujairah International sits about 3 km from Fujairah city and about 45 km from Al Aqah. Our Fujairah airport pickup page covers the arrivals hall and the drive times. For a one-way run from Dubai to a Fujairah hotel, see transfers between the emirates.

More days out from Dubai

Hatta is about 73 km from Fujairah city by road, so the two pair well over a two-day stay. See the Hatta day trip for the dam and the kayaks. For mountains further north, the Jebel Jais trip in Ras Al Khaimah climbs to the viewing decks and the Jais Flight zipline.

From Al Aqah, Dibba is about 25 km north, about 29 minutes. That is where the Musandam dhow trips into Oman start, on a separate day with its own border rules. Our guide to day trips from Dubai compares every emirate on drive time.

Dubai to Fujairah gives the drive from Dubai, and places to visit in Fujairah covers the coast beyond Fujairah city.