It is very hard to find some really good places to visit in vicinity of Kuwait.Last December, however i got an opportunity to find a very nice and peaceful piece of world named as Failika island.
Failaka Island is located in the northern part of the Persian Gulf. Springtime on Failaka Island is regarded as particularly special by Kuwaitis. Failaka has quite a different ecosystem to mainland Kuwait, and its budding flowers and changing temperatures are much appreciated. Although the island's infrastructure remains poor, Failaka is beginning to develop a local tourist industry; it provides fishing, boating, swimming, sailing and water sports.
Last December when my family was not in kuwait, i decided to visit Failika island with one of my friend. Tickets to Failaka island are available from back side of Marina Mall. You can find a small cabin , from where you can buy return tickets to Failaka island for around 12KD per person. It also includes intercontinental lunch at Failaka Village restaurant.
We started our journey at around 12:00 PM in afternoon. At the start of journey sea seemed to me very calm and quite. We both very happy to see and feel such calmness of weather.We spent some time at deck of ship ( Umm-ul-Khair which means mother of peace ) but soon asked by crew to go inside and remain be seated as sea was becoming rough.
And soon , we realized that it was a wise advice , as ship started to swing due to rough and huge waves of sea. It was expected to arrive at Failaka island in 45 minutes , but it took around 1:30 hours to reach there due to bad weather.Journey also cost me , at least three vomits , due to huge swings of vessel.
Once you reach the peaceful island of Failaka, you really forget tiredness of whole journey.I would suggest you to go to Failaka island in some pleasant weather.Better months to visit Failaka island would be from October to March, when there are little cold breeze and sun is not so warm . Although Kuwaiti Government has planted lot of trees in whole island , still there are places without trees.
You can hire a small sports car from Island for around 10 KD per hour through which you can ride through whole island. Proper cars are also available through rental services.
On the west side of island , you will find some ruins of Kuwait-Iraq war. Iraqi forces really destroyed whole island. There was a very big glass factory in island before war, but iraqi forces destroyed it completely before leaving island.
Govt has built a very beautiful but small children theme park. You can also visit meuseum and old houses of island.
A very few people now actually lives in island , although before war there were too many people. You can also visit their traditional houses and purchase traditional herbal medicines, iturs ( Arabic perfumes )and other gifts from them.
By the way , if you want to spend a peaceful and calm night in island , you can take double bed room in Failaka heritage hotel for 35 KD per night.
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