Crossing Saudi Arabia - Self Drive Package.

Arrival at DAMMAM International airport, after formalities, you will be able to direct yourself to the Car rental area at the BUDGET car rental counter , or just pick up your car in BUDGET outlet downtown DAMMAM. After the car formalities are done , you will receive the keys , and you will be ready to discover the region. Drive to your hotel. Check in at hotel . Overnight in DAMMAM .

Breakfast at hotel .Start your tour by visiting the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture for a photo stop. It rises 90 meters from the desert, The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture also known as Ithra is situated in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It was built by Saudi Aramco and inaugurated by King Salman bin Abdulaziz on December 1, 2016. Then you will visit the Alfan Sharqy Urban Art Exhibition Bayoniya, Al Khobar. The historic neighborhood of Bayoniya got a makeover in 2018, courtesy of a coterie of young Saudi artists who turned its streets into a giant canvas, complete with an explosion of graffiti. Then we will move on to the next visit to Taybeen Museum, It is a passion project, powered by nostalgia. The the300-square-meter museum in Al Khobar was born of Majid Al Ghamdi’s urge to preserve the vintage finds of his youth, a pastime that grew into a collection of retro toys, board and video games, posters, televisions, cameras, and branded food and drink containers 10,000 pieces are strong. With a cabinet charting the evolution of Coke bottles from the 1970s on, plush Sesame Street character toys and vintage Barbies, there is no better place to relive your childhood. At the end drive to Heritage Village in Dammam, Part museum, part restaurant, Dammam’sturret-topped. it gives visitors a glimpse into a simpler life. The five-story building houses a museum, where troves of jewelry, manuscripts, fabrics, and other artifacts are on display, and a small craft-filled market where Arabic perfumes, incense, woven palm-frond baskets, and wall hangings are sold. But the biggest draw here for many is the restaurant. Curl up on traditional floor cushions and sample delicious local fare, including delectable mezze spreads and platters of grilled meats and rice, for an experience that comes close to eating in a Saudi home. Overnight in Dammam.

Breakfast at the hotel. This morning we will leave, the modern capital of the Eastern Province. We will drive to the Arabian Sea at the old port of Uqair on the beautiful Half-Moon Bay. This old port that included administrative buildings, a fort, and a market, was built by the Ottomans in the 17th century has been partly renovated recently. We will then head towards the desert of Al-Ahsa to explore it , starting with a stunning viewpoint on one of the lakes located just few kilometers east of Al-Hofuf that reveal the vast water resources of the grounds of Al-Ahsa. This special one is called the Yellow Lake because of the color of the surrounding dunes. This landscape made of flat grounds rich with water in between dunes is typical of the Eastern Province and is called sabkha. They are particularly impressive 500 kilometers to the south in the vastest sand dune desert in the world called the Rub’ Al-Khali. We will drive through dunes and sabkhas, before reaching our destination in Hofuf . Set in an expansive oasis with over 2 million palm trees, Al Hofuf ranks among the world's leading date producers.overnight in Hofuf.