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1 day
Trip Code: DE1

Sana’a - Manakah – Al Hajarah - Hutayb - Lakamat Al-Qadi - Sana’a.

The excursion takes you to the Haraz Mountains, West of Sana’a, where you will meet the best examples of Yemeni rock architecture.

Brief itinerary:
Excursion from Sana’a to Manakah region. Visit Al Hajjarah stony village and Khoteib, the Ismaili center. Lunch and presentation of traditional dances. Return to Sana’a.

Detailled itinerary:
Leaving Sana’a you will enter into the fertile landscapes of Beni Matar and Haima tribes. Haraz Mountains will welcome you with villages and coffee plantations cling to steep slopes. Manakah, its capital, is an ancient market town full of narrow alleys, suqs and attractive four-story houses. Visit an old fortified village Al Hajarah, and then Hutayb, a center of Yemeni Ismaili and a pilgrimage center for this Shi’a sect. Taste delicious Yemeni dishes and enjoy a traditional Bara'a dance with the locals in Manakah. Return to Sana'a.

 

 
 

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