Farasan Island is the largest island of the Farasan Islands

Farasan Islands

Farasan Islands is a large coral island group in the Red Sea, belonging to Saudi Arabia. It is located some 40 km offshore from Jizan, in the far southwestern part of the country. It is located at around . It is a protected area and was home to the extinct Arabian gazelle and, in winter, migratory...

, in the Red Sea

Red Sea

The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...

. It is located some 50 km offshore from Jizan

Jizan

-Ethnography:The inhabitants of Jazan, are made up of Arabs. Islam is the religion of almost the totality of the inhabitants of the city and the province.-External links:*http://www.jazan.gov.sa* *http://krwetatnt.com/vb/...

, the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

. It is located at around 16°42′21"N 41°59′0"E. The main town on the island is Farasan

Farasan (city)

Farasan is the largest town of the Farasan Islands, in the Red Sea. Islands are a part of the Jizan Province, far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia. It is located on the Farasan Island at around .- External links :* * * * * *...

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Farasan General Hospital

Farasan General Hospital was built in September 1986 by the Saudi Government.
Dr. Ahmed Kamal

Jizan to Farasan

The total distance between Jizan and Farasan is 50 km. Both transport ships and flukas are used on this route.

Ship

The ticket of Ship is free of Cost. This ship carries 35-40 cars and The flukas are also used on this route. more than 60 people. With the arrival of a new ship in 2006, the travel time between Jizan and Farasan was improved from 3 hours to 1.5 hours.

The Saudi Government Replaced the old ships with 2 new temporary faster and larger ferryboats , the journey takes about 90 to 120 minutes and 2 trips daily each way

Ship Schedule

Farasan-Jizan 7:00 am
Farasan-Jizan 3:00 pm

Jizan-Farasan 7:00 am
Farasan-Jizan 3:00 pm

Flukas

The flukas are also used on this route.This flukas carry up to 12 passengers . The ticket price is SR50 per person each way . The fluka take 1hour on this route ,there is no fixed schedule for this kind of transportation , it can be hired at any time as long as you pay the cost of the minimum number of the passengers which is 6 or SR 300

External links

Official

• Farasan Islands Website
• Saudi Aramco World: Dreaming of Farasan
• Protected Areas in the Arab World

Photos

• Photo of the beach on the Farasan Island
• Photo of Farasan Island's antiquities
• Photo of Farasan Island's antiquities
• Farasan Island, a diver's paradise, Splendid Arabia: A travel site with photos and routes