Musfur Sinkhole || Qurayn Abu Al Bawl || Faraway Beach Saudi Border || Qatar || Explore Qatar
Last weekend, the we are five family minus 1 (Sam Daddy, since he just became a father, and had to stay back to do daddy duties) had the opportunity to check out its depths of the musfir sink hole one sunny afternoon! Driving from Doha, The Musfur Sinkhole is one of Qatar's most well-kept natural wonders. Believed to have been formed 325,000 to 500,000 years ago during the mid-Pleistocene Era, this mostly-unexplored cave system has an opening of about 40 feet across by 16 feet high. If you are visiting this place it's best to equip yourself with a GPS app so that you'll not get lost and reach the location before sundown! But, if you're feeling old-school and are up for a challenge, then it's accessible 40-45 kilometres from the capital heading west on Salwa Road for about 13 miles until you see the signboard for Umm Ash Shubrum. From there, our advice would be to sacrifice the heroism and just trust Google Maps -- as you need to go off-road and the path to the actual sinkhole is as bumpy as they come!
Next, we travelled a little south of Qatar to The highest point in Qatar. Is known as Qurayn Abu al Bawl at 103 metres (338 ft)[88] in the Jebel Dukhan to the west, a range of low limestone outcroppings running north-south from Zikrit through Umm Bab to the southern border. The Jebel Dukhan area also contains Qatar's main onshore oil deposits, while the natural gas fields lie offshore, to the northwest of the peninsula. Unfortunately when we visited, there was a police checkpoint saying that the are is closed and under the army for safety. So please check before you visit this place if its still accessible or not
Faraway beach, also known as As Salwa beach. It is a beautiful place to watch the sunset in Qatar. You can go for a coffee at the newst open destination beach resort, located on three million square meters of prime coastline close to faraway beach is the Salwa Beach Resort by Hilton. With sweeping views of the Arabian Gulf, this ambitious 362-key property will feature a wide range of remarkable facilities, including three kilometres of private beach, a luxury marina and yacht club, a themed water park, a dive centre, cinemas, a shopping mall, an Arabian village, a 2,800 square meter spa and health club, and much more
These 3 are great places to visit for a day-trip, the Musfur Sinkhole is dubbed as the largest and deepest of the still accessible caves in Qatar, the highest point in Qatar, see the sunset at Faraway beach. With that, please do your research, gather up a few friends and plan a long drive this weekend.
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MUSFUR SINKHOLE QATAR | The Natural Wonder (Best Place to Visit in Qatar)| EP:16
The Musfur Sinkhole is one of Qatar's most well-kept natural wonders. Believed to have been formed 325,000 to 500,000 years ago during the mid-Pleistocene Era, this mostly-unexplored cave system has an opening of about 40 feet across by 16 feet high.
The deepest down you can safely reach is more than 325 feet, and some scientists suspect an even larger cave system exists further down -- so it's logical for the sinkhole not to house any form of water underneath it!
Some of the most interesting features of the Musfur Sinkole are its rock and sediment layering, traces of small mammals, and hundreds of nesting birds, but not Bruce Wayne's fellow nocturnal friends! We won't lie, we also expected nocturnal mammals hanging off the sinkhole's ceiling, but all we saw were migratory birds, insects and, of course, lots of rocks to climb and hang on!
Unlike mountain hiking, the ultimate goal when exploring an enclosed piece of nature such as a sinkhole, is to reach the bottom. And while the way down isn't that steep, visitors still need to ensure extra vigilance and mindfulness as most of the stones making up the entire cave system are extremely sharp. You can easily injure your toes if you're not wearing the correct footwear, so prioritize wearing hiking shoes or boots if climbing down the Musfur Sinkhole is on your bucket list. Also, pieces of rock from both the dolomite and limestone layers occasionally fall, and larger sections of the roof might collapse one day, so be extra extra careful -- we can't stress this enough!
Just because there's no other way to the fence-protected Musfur Sinkhole but via off-road, after a 35 kilometre drive on a smooth road, a 4x4 is still more advisable over a 5-seater sedan. Not only is the ground rocky, caravans of camels also occasionally cross the desert so it's always a good thing to keep your eye on the road and drive a vehicle with more muscly wheels to help you get through. But what we discovered during our visit broke the 4x4 theory: many visitors -- most of them sports enthusiasts -- actually prefer driving to the sinkhole on their bicycles! And, mind you, they came from Doha!
Photographers of all sorts are always on the lookout for fresh content to upload on their Instagram accounts. Some of them believe that the more remote the area is, then the higher their chance of accumulating a bigger social media following. The Musfur Sinkhole falls easily into this category. It's downright gorgeous at first glance, especially when you reach the bottom and you look up to witness the now-tiny hole you passed through to get inside. Framing and silhouette shots are just some of the few techniques that you can liberally practice inside this natural gem, so yalla, take that camera down with you!
There's a large chamber opening up and extending below and, as you dig down the sinkhole, daylight will be scarce -- so if you have a friend who's claustrophobic, don't urge him or her to spelunk with you! What you can do is: let your claustrophobic friend hold the camera, set the zoom, and instruct them to document your descent for you! Safety is always first!
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MALDIVES - Mount Villingili
QATAR - Qurayn Abu al-Bawl
BAHRAIN - Mountain of Smoke
SINGAPORE - Bukit Timah
KUWAIT - Unnamed point
PALESTINE - Nabi Yunis
BANGLADESH - Saka Haphong / Tazing Dong / Keokradong
ISRAEL - Mount Meron
CAMBODIA - Phnom Aural
BRUNEI - Bukit Pagon
JORDAN - Jabal Umm ad Dami
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Jebel Jais
SOUTH KOREA - Hallasan
CYPRUS - Mount Olympus
SRI LANKA - Piduratalagala
THAILAND - Doi Inthanon
NORTH KOREA - Paektu Mountain
SYRIA - Mount Hermon
LAOS - Phou Bia
PHILIPPINES - Mount Apo
TIMOR-LESTE - Tatamailau
SAUDI ARABIA - Jabal Sawda / Jabal Ferwa
OMAN - Jebel Shams
LEBANON - Qurnat as Sawda
TURKMENISTAN - Aýrybaba
VIETNAM - Fan Si Pan
IRAQ - Cheekha Dar
YEMEN - Jabal an-Nabi Shu'ayb
JAPAN - Mount Fuji
TAIWAN - Yushan
ARMENIA - Mount Aragats
MALAYSIA - Mount Kinabalu
MONGOLIA - Khüiten Peak
UZBEKISTAN - Khazret Sultan
RUSSIA - Klyuchevskaya Sopka
INDONESIA - Puncak Jaya
TURKEY - Mount Ararat
IRAN - Mount Damavand
MYANMAR - Hkakabo Razi
KAZAKHSTAN - Khan Tengri
KYRGYZSTAN - Jengish Chokusu
AFGHANISTAN - Noshaq
TAJIKISTAN - Ismoil Somoni Peak
BHUTAN - Gangkhar Puensum
INDIA - Kangchenjunga
PAKISTAN - K2
NEPAL and CHINA - Mount Everest
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MUSFUR SINKHOLE - QATAR’S NATURAL CAVE
MUSFUR SINKHOLE - QATAR’S NATURAL CAVE
Musfur Sinkhole is one of Qatar's most well-kept natural wonders. Believed to have been formed 325,000 to 500,000 years ago during the mid-Pleistocene Era, this mostly-unexplored cave system has an opening of about 40 feet across by 16 feet high.
It's accessible 35-40 kilometres from the capital heading west on Salwa Road for about 13 miles until you see the signboard for Umm Ash Shubrum.
You can also use waze to find thelocation. Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes. It's open 24 hours and no entrance fee.
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