Yesterday Me with my lovely family went for a trip to Purple island in Al Khor and enjoyed a nice time at Al Thakhira beach.
We started the trip around 8:45 AM from Bin Mahmoud, using our Nissan Sunny car, have one stop at a petrol station then heading through Al Khour coastal road (i thought it wuld be near the coast line and we will enjoy the road trip near the sea) it was a nice road with spead limit of 120 km and almot there was no traffic and a straight forward to Al Khor ... Around 9:45 we reach Al Khor and lucy for us we had all needed water and refreshment ready with us as Al Khor Mall was closed and will not be opened before 2:00 PM ... then continued our way heading through Al Thakira way untill we reached the right turn just before Al Mera which leads to the Purple Island around 5 km asphalt narrow road ended with around 1 km dirt road to reach the parking area at the Purple Island at 10:10 AM ....
There was some cars parking and some people preparing to leave while others preparing to get into the Island, after preparing the backpack with the required water and refreshments and preparing our cameras we started our way into the Island... it was really hot and my watch reads around 45 degree but the scenic view of the Mangroves and the water make you keep walking ... along the way you have to cross two running streams which will add some sort of adventure to the walk specially in our way back the stream was stronger and the water level was much higher than it was in our way in ....
At the middle of the Island - i believe- there was some nice rock formulation which was nice for some bouldering with an amazing view of the Island from the top ... unfortunately having the kids with us under the extreme sunny and hot day limit the time to enjoy the rocks and we had to start heading back to the car before getting a sun stroke....
To conclude about Purple Island it is a very very nice place to visit in Qatar the great Mangroves - the nature green area - along with watching a lot of small fishes, a variety of crabs, and some variation of birds defiantly will make the hike enjoyable for kids and adults as well ... but it would be better to be visited in cooler days as the heat will limit your enjoyable time.
After the Purple Island we had one stop at al Mera to use the rest rooms and buy some food for the rest of the trip to Al Thakhira..
It was a short drive to Al Thakhira and direcly heading to Al Thakhira Cornish which is a very nice place equipped with shades and seats... with a nice view to the sea and the Mangroves tree in the horizon ... the water was warm which make it joyful to play and walk in the water ...and the kids enjoyed playing with sands ... we had a very nice time, enjoyed every moment at this lovely beach :)
In our way back we decided to have a look at Al Khor Cornish but we found it very crowded and doesn't look suitable for a family at that time ...
At the end it was defiantly a very very nice trip exploring some places outside Doha, and for sure we will visit the Purple Island again once the weather is cooler and for sure we will have another visit to Al Thakira to relax on the lovely Cornish ....
A memory stamped lovely day in Qatar :)
We started the trip around 8:45 AM from Bin Mahmoud, using our Nissan Sunny car, have one stop at a petrol station then heading through Al Khour coastal road (i thought it wuld be near the coast line and we will enjoy the road trip near the sea) it was a nice road with spead limit of 120 km and almot there was no traffic and a straight forward to Al Khor ... Around 9:45 we reach Al Khor and lucy for us we had all needed water and refreshment ready with us as Al Khor Mall was closed and will not be opened before 2:00 PM ... then continued our way heading through Al Thakira way untill we reached the right turn just before Al Mera which leads to the Purple Island around 5 km asphalt narrow road ended with around 1 km dirt road to reach the parking area at the Purple Island at 10:10 AM ....
At the middle of the Island - i believe- there was some nice rock formulation which was nice for some bouldering with an amazing view of the Island from the top ... unfortunately having the kids with us under the extreme sunny and hot day limit the time to enjoy the rocks and we had to start heading back to the car before getting a sun stroke....
After the Purple Island we had one stop at al Mera to use the rest rooms and buy some food for the rest of the trip to Al Thakhira..
It was a short drive to Al Thakhira and direcly heading to Al Thakhira Cornish which is a very nice place equipped with shades and seats... with a nice view to the sea and the Mangroves tree in the horizon ... the water was warm which make it joyful to play and walk in the water ...and the kids enjoyed playing with sands ... we had a very nice time, enjoyed every moment at this lovely beach :)
In our way back we decided to have a look at Al Khor Cornish but we found it very crowded and doesn't look suitable for a family at that time ...
At the end it was defiantly a very very nice trip exploring some places outside Doha, and for sure we will visit the Purple Island again once the weather is cooler and for sure we will have another visit to Al Thakira to relax on the lovely Cornish ....
A memory stamped lovely day in Qatar :)
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