Qatar Heritage Tour: Zubara Fort & Purple Island

Explore Qatar’s history and nature: Zubara Fort, Purple Island’s mangroves, and Jamaliya’s culture. Discover hidden gems and authentic experiences.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Doha - Pick-up from your chosen hotel, location, or airport.
  • Al Khor - Al Khor is a coastal city in northern Qatar, situated 50 kilometers north of Doha, the capital. It is one of Qatar’s largest cities and hosts many oil industry employees due to its proximity to Qatar’s northern oil and natural gas fields and Ras Laffan Industrial City. It…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Meals
Additional Information

A trip to the northern region of Qatar offers an enchanting mix of history and natural beauty. Start your adventure at Zubara Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage site that highlights Qatar’s rich archaeological past and its 18th-century pearl trading legacy. Then, visit Purple Island (Al Khor Island), a natural treasure featuring lush mangroves, picturesque…

Location
Doha
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sightsee30519996944
Feb 22, 2026
Excellent - Thanks to Saad Ahmed, our guide, he was perfect.
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913jayveers
Feb 20, 2026
Tour - Very good tour overall! Everything was well organized and ran smoothly from start to finish. The guide was fantastic—super knowledgeable, friendly, and made the whole experience both fun and informative. You could tell they genuinely cared about making sure everyone had a great time. Highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting
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Traveler225943
Feb 16, 2026
North Qatar - I had a wonderful time with my tour guide Saad. He was knowledgeable and informative about Qatar. He is courteous and engaging and I had a great outing with him. A fun tour of North Qatar.
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Babu89
Feb 8, 2026
Northern Qatar Tour with Saad - Thank you Saad for the pleasant adventure. Guided tour with experience and lots of information and curiosities. Really recommended
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Annagidari
Feb 8, 2026
Northern Doha Tour - Experience absolutely to try. Saad excellent guide, nice, sociable, helpful and prepared for all questions and curiosities. Thank you very much for the pleasant adventure.
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Gutes
Feb 7, 2026
Beautiful tour to the north - Beautiful tour. All very well explained by our tour guide Saad. Absolutely friendly man. Spacious vehicle. Also pickup and return trip was everything perfect. Thank you again.
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Nicolinai2019
Jan 25, 2026
Nicely organised tour - It was a great tour! We saw everything listed and the guide Abdul Rehman was excellent! He was knowledgeable, polite and on time! The Zubara fort is nice and the abandoned village next to the sea is beautiful at sunset. The mangrove was cool to see.
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561jeffreyb
Jan 25, 2026
Well worth the money. - Got off to a slightly rocky start when I wasn't picked up at my hotel as they "weren't aware" of my booking (made 2 weeks prior). However, after that delay, everything was back on track and it was a wonderful tour of Al Khor, the mangroves and Al Zubara. Our guide Abdul Rehman was very knowledgeable and gave us a running commentary. Despite the blip on the pick-up, it was an excellent tour, which lasted over 4 hours.
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8benedictt
Jan 18, 2026
A tour close to nature and to the past - The tour was educational and all the sites we're breathtaking in themselves. It shows the culture and natural beauty around Qatar. Abdul Rehman was knowledgeable and answered questions posted during the tour. Was clear and concise with what to expect. This tour is recommended for anyone who would like to take a trip outside the usual city lights of Qatar. Grace & Benedict
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Binbin
Jan 3, 2026
Saad is an amazing tour guide. - Saad was our tour guide and we had an amazing experience. We learned a lot about the historical sites we visited and enjoyed the hospitality.
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up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).