Dhahran Things to Do

Sunset beach is an exclusive residence and resort community. Inside there is a big waterpark, a bowling alley, arcade, pool hall and dining facilities. The water park is fun with numous slides, a lazy river, paddle boats and a nice beach by the lagoon. There is an entrance fee and it is only for families.

Go out to Half Moon Bay and rent an ATV and cruise up and down the dunes. Negotiate a price and then take off. No silly things like helmets, gloves or protective clothing (so bring your own if you need to). You can cruise all around for an hour and drive through the desert. Be careful going down the dunes.

It is interesting and a good idea to go out to the smaller local communities and do some shopping. Most people are real friendly and you find things you can't find in the big cities of Dammam and Khobar. Hofuf is a neat little town that you can easily walk around in a morning. An old fort is a site to see but it is the shopping that draws people to the town. All kinds of curios to get in the market.

Many locals go out to the beach in the late afternoon and drive their cars up and down the dunes. Normally these are SUVs but sometimes you see old Chevy Caprice's going up and sometimes coming down in reverse!

I wouldn't recommend getting too close as you don't know exactly where these cars are going to come down.

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Going to the beach is a popular pastime. The beaches have soft light-tan sand with no rocks and very little waves. Perfect weather for sailing and motorboating.

A popular location is Half Moon Bay: South and East of Khobar and East of Dhahran and Dammam. There are numerous private and public beaches.

There is not good visibility in the Arabian Gulf-you need to go to the Red Sea for good diving and snorkeling.

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The Aramco Community in Dhahran has an area for BMX and skateboarding. It looks to be done up prettty well, although I have not personally participated in this activity and neither has my children. They have the dirt hills and jumping ramps.

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The Aramco Community in Dhahran has numerous parks. Our favorite is Dhahran Hills Park. It has been recently redone and is beautiful! We have spent a lot of fun family time at several of the parks here and will continue to do so. There are numerous smaller parks throught the community as well, and they are all very nice.

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Picnic's are a lot of fun. It is a way to relax and enjoy yourself and your surroundings. We have had several in the parks here in Dhahran, as well as out in the desert while looking for sand roses. I reccomend only doing a desert picnic in cooler weather though, not in the summer heat!