Farasan Island

Farasan
Province	Jizan Province
Area
• Total	686 km2 (265 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	1,000

Farasan Island (Arabic: جزيرة فرسان‎; transliterated: Jazyrat Farasan) is the largest island of the Farasan Islands, in the Red Sea. It is located some 50 km offshore from Jizan, the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia. It is located at around 16°42′21″N 41°59′0″E. The main town on the island is Farasan.

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

Flukas Schedule

After on hour

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