Al Rawan Viewpoint & Visitor Centre | Tourist Attraction

April 30th, 2024 by A_00

Everything closed, the guard asks people to leave

April 11th, 2024 by steyrontour.reislogger.nl

Couldn’t drive to the viewpoint, roads closed off. Ps this is during Eid holiday

April 2nd, 2023 by sarah

During Ramadan the visitor centre and the heritage area are closed - by royal commision, as the security told us. There was no way in.

March 29th, 2023 by Manny

Everything is closed! 😡
A security guard told us that they will reopen it in about a half year…

February 27th, 2023 by @ljfletch

I came here in the afternoon, had to park at the gate and they drove me inside for free, I went to the restaurant to drink tea and watch the sunset, beautiful view. I didn’t eat anything, but main meals were around 80 SAR, my pot of tea was 23..

February 24th, 2023 by magicargol.fr

Entrance is 25€ person. You can ask for a free ticket just to go to the visitor's center, view point and bar restaurant

February 19th, 2023 by romano.germann

Access to the visitor center together with a 1.5h tour now costs SAR 95 per person. The guided tour takes you down to the oasis, palm tree forest and the bottom of the fortress hill. Access to the fortress hill is not possible due to on-going renovation work. It is not allowed to discover the region individually you have to book the guided tour. For photographers: During noon and early afternoon most things are against the sun. The light is better in the morning and early evening.

December 19th, 2022 by paolo.votino

Visited in December 2022, almost bumped into this brand new visitor centre by chance, and it was an absolute pleasure.
The Khayber old houses and fortresses a few km away were still under restoration at the time I visited (staff at the centre told me they expect them to open to the public sometime in 2023) but this visitor centre is perfectly located to see them at distance. Their view on hills atop a valley surrounded by palms is stunning, especially at sunset.
This place is already well known to Saudis (there were dozens of them) but still not to foreigners so I'm posting it on everyone's behalf.
At the time I visited the centre still had no admission fee, and yet they provided an informative staff who explained the context of the fortresses and the history of Khayber in general. They even claimed that they started leading visitors at the base of the (still under restoration) fortresses, via a guided walk through the palm trees, although this was only done in the morning (I came in the afternoon, so I didn't attend to confirm how they were led)
There was a restaurant by the viewpoint (serving light fare and the usual range of tea/coffee choices Saudis are accustomed to these days - prices aren't cheap but not outrageous either) and in the evening they even provided an entratining (if a little tacky) light and sound show.
Highly recommended, whether the Khayber fortresses are already open or not