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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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Al Marjan Island

Aerial drone view of Al Marjan Island, Ras Al Khaimah: a coral-reef-shaped archipelago of four interconnected man-made islands with white-sand beaches, low-rise resort hotels with bright blue swimming pools, and palm-lined access roads, surrounded by turquoise Arabian Gulf water
Al Marjan Island is a 7.8 million m² archipelago of four coral-shaped islands off the Ras Al Khaimah coast. It is the home of more than ten beach resorts and, from 2027, the Wynn Al Marjan Island integrated resort — the UAE's first licensed casino.
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Jebel Jais

Jebel Jais Mountain Road in Ras Al Khaimah at golden hour: a smooth black tarmac road curves through stark sun-warmed limestone cliffs and rocky escarpments of the Hajar Mountains, with multiple switchbacks visible cascading down the slopes in warm orange and ochre tones
Jebel Jais is the highest mountain in the UAE at 1,934 metres, set in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah on the Oman border. It is home to the world's longest zipline, a mountain coaster, the country's highest restaurant, and a 36 km tarmac road that has become a global cycling and supercar destination.
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