• Menu
  • Menu
  • News
  • Subscribe now
    Digital subscription Print subscription
  • Logout
Digital subscription
Print subscription
Trending
UAE holidays 2021 Golf in UAE Expo 2020 The Kurator Year of the 50th
  • Latest News
  • UAE
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Government
    • Year of the 50th
      • News
      • UAE's Progress
      • Photos
      • Videos
      • People
      • Culture
      • Milestones
      • Future
    • Health
      • Better Health
      • Why Worry
    • Transport
    • Science
    • Weather
    • Reader Complaint
    • Ask the Law
    • Games
    • UAE's Hope Probe
  • Living In UAE
    • Visa+Immigration
    • Housing
    • Phone+Internet
    • Banking
    • Transport
    • Health
    • Education
    • Relocate
    • Ask Us
    • Safety+Security
  • UAE Success Stories
  • Special Reports
  • Business
    • Banking
    • Aviation
    • Property
      • Cityscape
    • Energy
    • Analysis
    • Tourism
    • Markets
    • Retail
    • Company Releases
    • Gulf
  • Your Money
    • Saving and Investment
    • Budget Living
    • Taxation
    • Expert Columns
    • Community Tips
    • Cryptocurrency
  • Food
    • Cooking and Cuisines
    • Guide to Cooking
  • Games
    • Daily Crossword
    • Weekend Crossword
    • Sudoku
    • Word Search
    • Play
  • Parenting
    • Pregnancy & Baby
    • Learning & Play
    • Child Health
    • For Mums & Dads
    • Ask Us
    • Games
  • World
    • Gulf
      • Bahrain
      • Kuwait
      • Oman
      • Qatar
      • Saudi
      • Yemen
      • Games
    • Mena
    • Europe
      • Brexit
    • Africa
    • Americas
      • US Presidential Elections 2020
    • Asia
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • Philippines
    • Oceania
    • Offbeat
    • Court and Crime
    • Coronavirus
    • Infographics
    • Games
  • Photos
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • Readers' Photos
    • Lifestyle
    • Business
    • Sports
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • Letters
    • Off the Cuff
    • Cartoons
    • From the Editors
  • Sport
    • Tokyo Olympics
    • UAE Sport
    • Horse Racing
      • Dubai World Cup
    • Cricket
      • IPL
        • Chennai
        • Delhi
        • Punjab
        • Kolkata
        • Mumbai
        • Rajasthan
        • Bangalore
        • Hyderabad
        • Schedule
        • Live Scores
        • Point Table
        • Top Scorers
      • ICC
    • Football
    • Motorsport
    • Tennis
      • Dubai Duty Free Tennis 2020
    • Golf in UAE
      • UAE
      • World
      • Photos & Videos
      • Course Reviews
      • Eagle Eye
      • Learn to Play
      • Gear
    • Rugby
  • Entertainment
    • Hollywood
    • Bollywood
    • Pakistani Cinema
    • South Indian
    • Arab Celebs
    • Music
    • TV
    • Books
    • Theatre
    • Arts+Culture
  • Expo 2020
    • News
    • Photos
    • Pavilions
    • Visit the Expo
    • Experience the UAE
    • Entertainment
    • Videos
  • Going Out
  • Auto
    • News
    • Test Drives
    • Car Culture
    • Auto Care
  • Lifestyle
    • Health+Fitness
    • Community
    • Fashion
  • GN Reach
  • Jobs
  • Tech
    • Electronics
    • Gaming
    • Media
  • Videos
    • How-To
    • Best Of Bollywood
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • Business
    • Sport
    • Community
    • Technology
  • Travel
  • GN Focus
  • The Kurator
    • Share
    • Dare
    • Flair
  • Bayat Chapters
  • Gold-Forex
  • Notifications
  • Gold/Forex
  • Prayer Times
  • Cinema Listing
  • Subscribe to Newsletters
  • About Gulf News
  • Contact us
  • Work with us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Gulf News store
  • Advertise with us
  • Reach by GN
  • GN Focus
  • Gulf News epaper
  • Sitemap
  • Have your say
    • © Al Nisr Publishing LLC 2021. All rights reserved.
    Photos: New Bear Grylls outdoor adventure camp on Jebel Jais

    Photos

    Login / Sign Up
    Logout
    Monday, September 27, 2021
    Gold / Forex

    Photos News

    • News
    • Entertainment
    • Readers' Photos
    • Lifestyle
    • Business
    • Sports
    All Sections

    Photos: New Bear Grylls outdoor adventure camp on Jebel Jais

    Ras Al Khaimah has partnered with survival instructor to offer a new outdoor experience

    Published:  October 09, 2020 12:28 AP  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor
    1 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    Jebel Jais Mountains: The northern-most sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates hopes a new adventure camp showcasing its wide-open spaces, fresh air and socially distanced mountain peaks can aid in reviving its tourist industry amid the coronavirus pandemic. And if that doesn't work, there's the bug eating _ a hallmark of the British adventurer whose name graces the course. Image Credit: AP
    2 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    Ras Al Khaimah has partnered with survival instructor Bear Grylls to offer a new outdoor adventure camp on Jebel Jais, a mountain that has the highest point in the oil-rich UAE. Image Credit: AP
    3 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    The former Special Air Service trooper offers a can-do attitude in his televised treks into the unknown with a camera crew in tow. His outdoor witticisms pepper the course offered in Ras al-Khaimah, which can last for several hours or include a full overnight experience with courses in knifemanship, knot tying and eating far beyond the norms of room service on a beachside vacation. Image Credit: AP
    4 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    "People want to be put out of their comfort zone now and that's what we try to do," said Martin Norton, the lead instructor of the Bear Grylls Survival Academy. "We try to take everyone to their sort of limit where they feel like they're uncomfortable and we can, you know, push them. And people then believe after the course they're capable of a lot more than what they think they are." Image Credit: AP
    5 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    On Thursday, participants on Jebel Jais rappelled down the sheer face of a mountainside, a herd of goats bleating above them. Several grimaced through the dried worms, which tasted to one journalist like bulgur wheat until an instructor helpfully noted they leave a long-lingering aftertaste. Image Credit: AP
    6 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    Already, Grylls' adventure camps have sprung up in his native United Kingdom, as well as 10 locations in China. The Ras Al Khaimah camp marks his first in the Middle East, on a mountain also home to a palace of the emirate's hereditary ruler, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi. Image Credit: AP
    7 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    The Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah _ or "Top of the Tent" in Arabic, otherwise known for a ceramics factory bearing its initials RAK, has worked to increase tourism, offering itself as a secondary destination in the UAE or a quick holiday for the country's millions of expatriate workers. Russia, Kazakhstan and other nations once part of the former Soviet Union represent most of the tourists coming from abroad. Image Credit: AP
    8 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    Ras Al Khaimah had reported reaching 1.12 million visitors in 2019. But then came the coronavirus pandemic, which saw worldwide aviation halted and robbed the entire UAE of its crucial tourism market. Image Credit: AP
    9 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    The fresh air, the space while clambering over rocks in a wadi, or valley, and the austere style of the Bear Grylls camp appears for now to offer the opposite of 'staycation'. There are plans to build overnight sleeping cabins out of shipping containers for guests. A model cabin stood open Thursday, with plywood-styled bunk beds and a small electrical generator chugging away near the rising mountainside. Image Credit: AP
    10 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    Alison Grinnell, the CEO of RAK Hospitality Holding, a state-owned hotel operator, said that travelers want "escapes" like those offered by the new adventure camp. "We're never going to go back 100% to how we were," Grinnell said of how the pandemic changed tourism. "I think people have got used to more space." Image Credit: AP
    11 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    Ras Al Khaimah now offers free coronavirus nasal-swab tests for international travelers as well, said Raki Phillips, CEO of the Ras al-Khaimah Tourism Development Authority. "It's something that's subsidized by the Ras Al Khaimah government to ensure that we welcome tourists, they know they're safe and we can take care of that burden on them," Phillips said. "There is no easier way to social distance than to be on a mountain." Image Credit: AP
    12 of 12
    Emirates Bear Grylls gallery
    Martin Norton, lead instructor of the Bear Grylls Survival Academy rappels down a rock mountain during a survival trial at the Jebel Jais. Image Credit: AP

    Trending

    • Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

      Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

    • Sheikh Mohammed visits Expo 2020 Dubai operation room

      Sheikh Mohammed visits Expo 2020 Dubai operation room

    • Readers' photos: Sandstorm in the UAE

      Readers' photos: Sandstorm in the UAE

    • Top 15 millionaire YouTubers

      Top 15 millionaire YouTubers

    Latest In

    • Dubai: 6-day exceptional holiday for public sector

      11 minutes ago

    • Sydney COVID lockdown to end sooner for the vaccinated

      25 minutes ago

    • Choppy crypto prices hints at more unstable days ahead

      40 minutes ago

    • Sharjah energy company takes aim zero gas flaring

      54 minutes ago

    • Polish airline is heading for Dubai

      54 minutes ago
    Go back to top
    Network links:
    • Baby & Child
    • Friday
    • Inside Out
    • Watch Time
    • Wheels
    • getthat
    • GN Tech
    • Jobs
    • About Gulf News
    • Contact us
    • Work with us
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Gulf News store
    • Advertise with us
    • Reach by GN
    • GN Focus
    • Gulf News epaper
    • Sitemap
    • Have your say
    Find us on Social
    © Al Nisr Publishing LLC 2021. All rights reserved.
    This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to improve your experience and provide more personalized service to you. Both on your website and other media. To find out more about the cookies and data we use, please check out our Privacy Policy.
    Share on Facebook
    Share on Twitter
    Share on Whatsapp
    Share on Mail
    Share on LinkedIn
    Close
    Gulf News

    Get Breaking News Alerts From Gulf News

    We’ll send you latest news updates through the day. You can manage them any time by clicking on the notification icon.

    Subscribe No Thanks
    Continue reading Gulf News
    Dear Reader, please register to read gulfnews.com

    Dear Reader,

    This section is about Living in UAE and essential information you cannot live without.

    Register to read and get full access to gulfnews.com

    Create your account
    or login if you already have one
    First name is required.
    Last name is required.
    Please enter a valid email address.
    Password should have minimum 7 characters with at least one letter and number
    Passwords do not match

    By clicking below to sign up, you're agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

    Login your account
    New to Gulf News? Sign up now
    Please enter your email address.
    Please enter your password.

    Forgot password

    or