Kuwait City Highlights Tour

3 nights, 4 days 24 Jan, 2027 – 27 Jan, 2027

Start Date

24 Jan, 2027

End Date

27 Jan, 2027

Duration

3 nights, 4 days

Price

695

Following on from our Socotra Tour and linking directly to our Saudi Arabia Tour, this is the ultimate pit-stop for country collectors.

We spend a day exploring Kuwait City, from its Andalusian influenced Grand Mosque to the Al-Qurain Martyrs House which covers in detail the Iraqi invasion of 1990, which is still fresh in people’s memories. 31 young men who took a collective oath to defend their native land used this house to resist the invasion. The destruction has been left untouched.

We then begin the highlight of the tour by boarding a ferry to Failaka Island - located 20km offshore of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf. The island name meaning 'outpost' when Alexander the Great used it as a strategic position of the mighty ancient Greek army. During the Iraqi invasion, the Iraqis forced the island's 2000 residents back to the mainland and Saddam's military began mining the beaches and using the island's facilities and buildings for target practice.

Bullet-riddled villages, an abandoned resort, and tank graveyards involving Soviet tanks & artillery are left behind for us to explore!

We conclude our tour by visiting the must-see sights of the capital. This tour can be completed directly before our Saudi Arabia tour.

Tour Highlight

Bullet-riddled, an abandoned resort, leftover Soviet tanks & artillery are left behind for us to explore!
Prepare for a shock at the Al-Qurain Martyrs House which mostly details a tragic battle during the Iraqi invasion
Visit the main sights of Kuwait including the Grand Mosque and a museum of Bedouin culture

Included

All accommodation in a 4 star hotel
Lunch on Failaka Island
All entrance fees to sites mentioned
Transport to complete the tour
Local Kuwaiti guide and YPT guide

Excluded

Visa fee if applicable
Travel to and from Kuwait City including airport transfers
Single supplement ($120)
All meals except lunch on Failaka island
Personal spending
Tips for the guides

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Sunday 24th January – Kuwait City

Arrive at your convenience into Kuwait City – the capital city of Kuwait which is well connected from many countries within the Middle East, most of Europe and Asia.
Self transfer to our centrally located hotel in the city
Group members meet at the lobby of our hotel at 7:00pm
Head out for a stroll in the city and enjoy a dinner!
Overnight at hotel

Monday 25th January – Kuwait City

Morning

Our first stop of the day is the Kuwait Towers with great views of the city and Kuwait’s most iconic landmark!
We will then explore Kuwait’s central fish market and Dhow Harbour
After, we will make a stop at Kuwait’s Grand Mosque – a dress code is required for women visiting, which can be borrowed from the gatehouse. This enormous mosque is fairly unique in the region for its Andalusian architectural influence.
Visit the National Museum which houses the knowledge of the Arabian peninsula, the geography, history and civilization.
Visit Sadu House – a traditional Bedouin Kuwaiti house and culture

Afternoon

Lunch in the city at Souq Al Mubarakeya – one of the oldest souqs in Kuwait, and was the centre of trade prior to the discovery of oil.
Make a special visit to the Ahmad Al Jaber Oil & Gas Exhibition – named after Kuwait’s 10th ruler from 1921 to 1950, it was during his reign that the birth of Kuwait’s oil industry began. The exhibition explains and shows in great detail the formation of oil, to its discovery and all of the ways that oil products are produced today.
Visit the must-see museum of Kuwait, which is not for the faint-hearted, the Al-Qurain Martyrs House which depicts the Iraqi invasion during the Gulf War. One of the documents on display is an official order found in an Iraqi vehicle instructing troops to “burn and destroy all homes on which there were slogans hostile to our leadership.”
Dinner in town
Overnight at hotel

Tuesday 26th January – Failaka Island

Morning

Breakfast at hotel and pick up in our private transport to the ferry dock
9:00am (subject to change) departure on ferry for an hour cruising along the harbour front of Kuwait before reaching the forgotten Failaka island
Visit the Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Palace – the eleventh ruler of Kuwait, built out of sea rocks and mud. Portraits of all the former rulers of Kuwait are displayed in the majestic foyer.
We’ll then head to the location where the Failaka battle took place
Explore around an old resort on the island damaged during the war and completely abandoned

Afternoon

We’ll have lunch on the island at a nearby cafe
Visit what remains of the former Bank al Watani – one of the most war damaged yet standing buildings on the island
Head to the tank graveyard. Discarded Soviet tanks, APCs, artilleries, military trucks and vehicles left behind by Saddam’s military.
Drop by the heritage village to see how villagers lived on the island before the invasion
Board the 4:00pm ferry back to mainland and dropped off at hotel
Head out downtown for dinner
Overnight at hotel

Wednesday 27^th January – Kuwait City

Breakfast at hotel
Tour concludes. For those joining us onwards to Saudi Arabia, The group flight is Saudi Airways SV513 departing Kuwait at 10:40am and arriving in Riyadh at 12:05pm. Flight cost not included in tour cost.

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