10 nights, Jeddah to Dubai

The itinerary, port by port

8 calls over 10 nights, Jeddah to Dubai. Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.

Getting there: Flights to Jeddah (JED) open around January 2027, about 11 months before you sail. I track that window for booked clients and flag it the moment it is worth booking. When to book your flights →

1. Embark
   Jeddah

   Jeddah is the Red Sea's historic gateway to Mecca, and its draw is Al-Balad, the UNESCO-listed old town of coral-stone merchant houses with carved wooden lattice balconies. Port guide →

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   Jabal Al-Sabaya

   Jabal Al-Sabaya is Saudi Arabia's first private cruise island, a Red Sea beach resort called Saba Beach that opened in December 2024 about 220 nautical miles south of Jeddah near Al Qunfudhah.

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   Jizan

   Jizan is Saudi Arabia's far-southwestern Red Sea port, the regional capital sitting about 60 km from the Yemen border and roughly 40 km across the water from the Farasan Islands.

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   Salalah

   Salalah is the capital of Oman's Dhofar region and the historic heart of the frankincense trade, a coast that a summer monsoon turns green while the rest of Arabia stays desert. Port guide →

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   Muscat

   Muscat is Oman's low-rise capital, a string of white buildings pinned between the bare Hajar mountains and the Gulf of Oman. Port guide →

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   Khor Fakkan

   Khor Fakkan is a Sharjah enclave on the UAE's east coast, facing the Gulf of Oman with the Hajar Mountains rising directly behind a curved bay. Port guide →

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   Khasab

   Khasab sits at the tip of the Musandam Peninsula, an Omani exclave of sheer ochre cliffs dropping into the Strait of Hormuz, the reason it gets called the Norway of Arabia. Port guide →

8. Disembark
   Dubai

   Dubai is the engineered superlative of the Gulf: the world's tallest building, vast malls, man-made islands. Port guide →