Ya’lla Tours USA has added tour packages to five new destinations on the Arabian Peninsula: Oman, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain and Qatar.
The Portland, Ore.-based tour operator said that demand for extended stays and luxury travel to these destinations drove the company to create the packages, with departures starting in late 2013.
“We felt that all of these countries were deserving as their own unique destination, rather than just as a stopover,” Ronen Paldi, president of Ya’lla Tours USA, said in a release.
Most of the packages have been developed as extended three- or four-day stopover tours, with the exception of the eight-day Wonders of Arabia tour offered out of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, including four nights in Dubai, one night in Arabian Desert and two nights in Abu Dhabi.
Ya’lla Tours has partnered with Emirates and Qatar Airways to provide flights to the region. Package prices range from $1,200 to $6,400 per person, based on double occupancy, not including air.
Packages include hotels, breakfast daily, two lunches and one dinner, private transfers, and daily private touring in an air-conditioned car or van with a licensed, English-speaking guide.
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