09.00am Our English speaking guide will meet the guests at the hotel lobby & continue tour.

First visit will be to Tree of Life, the tree is a local tourist attraction, as it is the only major tree growing in the area. The tree is visited by approximately 50,000 tourists every year. It is very popular because it is believed to be growing in the middle of nowhere, with no water source and has never been watered once throughout history. In the middle of the Bahrain desert some believe this tree belongs to the Garden of Eden. Next you’ll visit the first oil well and Jabal Al Dukhan where Bahrain’s oil industry began more than 70 years ago. People are often surprised to learn that Bahrain was pumping oil years before Saudi Arabia began its own search for black gold. In fact, Standard Oil, of California, formed the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) in 1929, and Bahrain’s first well was studded in October 1931, with oil found the following year at Jebel Dukhan (Jabal Al Dukhan) Mountain of Smoke”, is Bahrain’s highest hill. It is named in reference to the haze which often surrounds it on humid days.

The mountain is surrounded by a number of caves and is rich in petrol and natural gas, 134 m above the sea level. Then moving to Bahrain International Circuit the only premier motor sport venue in the Middle East region, The spot now hosts the annual Bahrain Grand Prix, a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship. After that driving to the Royal Burial Mounds the largest cemeteries in the ancient world, these archaeological mounds are of great historical importance, going back to the Dilmun civilization in the third millennium BC. Other archaeological mounds, which go back to the Hellenistic period of Alexander, the Great (2500BC) are also found in various areas in Bahrain. Last stop is Aali poteries biggest pottery handicraft centre. Visit their workshop and see the potters in action, using the old-fashioned foot operated wheel, and baking the finished pots in kilns built into the nearby burial mounds; a traditional method passed down through generations. They create beautiful pots and handicrafts of virtually every size and style imaginable, from naturally finished to brightly colored pieces.

After the tour back to hotel