FUTAISI ISLAND

About twenty minutes by boat to set foot on the private territory of Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan, the collector of crazy and colourful cars: 50 km² of sand and mangroves, rocks and architectural fantasies.

Abu Dhabi, at the end of the horizon, seems far from this vast sanctuary developed according to the owner's pleasures, with a replica of a life-size 19th century fort, bungalows as if taken from the world of Narnia, the swimming pool, Tahitian parasols, gazelles. We come here for the day of swimming or to stay longer away from the hustle and bustle. Local attractions, the Uromastyx microleptis lizard, a kind of desert iguana, and ancient cisterns discovered by archaeologists.