Northern Emirates

RAKEZ Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone

Aerial view of an industrial business park in Ras Al Khaimah with low-rise warehouses and the Hajar Mountains in the background
The Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) is the UAE's largest free zone outside Dubai and Abu Dhabi by registered company count, formed in 2017 from the merger of RAK FTZ and RAKIA. It combines budget-priced licences with genuine industrial plots and warehouses — a rare combination that puts it on the shortlist for both solo founders and manufacturers.
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Masfout

Sweeping landscape of the Hajar Mountains around Masfout in Ajman at sunset: stark sun-warmed beige and ochre limestone cliffs and ridges with deep V-shaped valleys, a small traditional hilltop fort silhouetted on a rocky outcrop and date-palm groves on the valley floor
Masfout is the mountain exclave of Ajman emirate, set deep in the Hajar Mountains near the Oman border roughly 110 km from coastal Ajman. Visitors come for the restored Masfout Castle, switchback mountain drives, and air temperatures that run 8 to 12 °C cooler than the coast.
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Sheikh Zayed Mosque Ajman

Sheikh Zayed Mosque Ajman at blue hour: a modern white-marble mosque exterior with distinctive blue-and-gold domes and two tall slender minarets, subtly uplit against a deep twilight indigo sky reflected in a foreground pool
Sheikh Zayed Mosque Ajman is the central mosque of Ajman emirate — a 2018-inaugurated white-marble building in Al Bustan with distinctive blue-and-gold domes that set it apart from other UAE mosques honouring the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Free to enter, open to non-Muslim visitors most days, and noticeably quieter than the famous Abu Dhabi grand mosque.
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Al Zorah Beach

Al Zorah Beach in Ajman at golden hour: soft white sand sweeps into shallow turquoise Gulf water, with a low-rise modern beach resort visible in the deep background framed by palms and a few empty parasols on the upper sand
Al Zorah Beach is a quiet sandy beach on the northern coast of Ajman, set inside the 12 km² Al Zorah master-planned community. The Oberoi Beach Resort sits on the sand, the Al Zorah Golf Club is next door, and the mangrove nature reserve is a short drive away.
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Ajman Fish Market

Ajman fish market at dawn: rows of metal-and-tile stalls under a covered hall with hanging fluorescent lights and beams of golden morning light, with glistening wet fish on ice beds across the stalls
Ajman Fish Market is one of the most authentic working fish markets in the UAE — a no-frills wholesale-and-retail seafood hall on the Ajman fishing harbour. Best at dawn for the live auction, with cook-your-catch restaurants next door turning your purchase into lunch.
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Ajman Museum

Ajman Fort housing the Ajman Museum at golden hour: weathered tan-and-beige coral-stone fort with two distinctive watchtowers (one round, one square), thick crenellated walls, and a heavy carved wooden gate
Ajman Museum occupies Al Hisn Ajman, a coral-stone fort built around 1775 that served as the ruling Al Nuaimi family's residence and later as the Ajman police headquarters. Converted to a museum in 1981 and reopened to the public in 1991, it is the smallest of the Northern Emirates fort-museums but among the most atmospheric, with strong weapons, manuscripts, and pearling collections.
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Suwaidi Pearl Farm

Traditional wooden Arabian dhow moored on a calm sheltered creek inlet in Ras Al Khaimah, with green mangroves lining the banks and a network of dark floating buoys and ropes marking the cultured pearl beds in the middle distance, soft early-morning warm light reflecting on mirror-flat water
Suwaidi Pearls is the UAE's first commercial pearl farm, founded in 2004 by Abdulla Al Suwaidi to revive the country's lost pearling trade. Tours run on traditional wooden dhows from the historic village of Al Rams in Ras Al Khaimah.
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National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah

Restored 18th-century mud-brick Al Qawasim Fort housing the National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah at golden hour: tan and beige weathered traditional walls with crenellated battlements, a single round watchtower, a carved wooden door, and low desert scrub framing the foreground
The National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah occupies the 18th-century Al Qawasim Fort in RAK's old town — a former ruling-family residence converted into a museum in 1987. Its galleries cover 7,000 years of regional history, with strengths in Bronze Age archaeology, the pearling economy, and Qawasim maritime power.
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Iceland Water Park

Iceland Water Park in Ras Al Khaimah: a large artificial volcano centrepiece in fibreglass-and-stone with simulated black-and-red lava streaks, with several enclosed water-slide tubes (blue, turquoise, red) winding down its sides into a turquoise pool below
Iceland Water Park is a 75,000 m² volcano-themed waterpark in Al Jazirah Al Hamra, Ras Al Khaimah. Thirty-plus slides, a wave pool, and kids' splash zones make it a budget alternative to Yas Waterworld and an easy add-on to an Al Marjan Island weekend.
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