Al Ain Oasis & Al Ain Zoo

Al Ain Oasis is the UAE's largest UNESCO World Heritage site, containing 147,000 date palms irrigated by a 3,000-year-old falaj water system that still flows today, outperforming #7-ranked Al Jahili Fort in historical significance. Al Ain Zoo, just 10 minutes away, ranks as the best in the Middle East with a 400-hectare space housing 4,000 animals, including a rare Arabian oryx herd of 30 individuals. Visitors can feed these oryx by hand, an opportunity 50% more intimate than the typical zoo encounter.