Photographer & videographer in Fujairah

Everyone arriving from Dubai brings a sunset plan, and it does not work here. The east coast looks out over the Gulf of Oman, and the Hajar Mountains stand directly behind it, so the sun comes up over open water and disappears behind the ridges a good half hour before the official sunset. The session to book is the sunrise one: the beaches of Al Aqah and Dibba lit from the front, and the mountains behind them catching the first light.

The second difference is the water. The east coast is clearer and rockier than the Gulf side, with coral off Snoopy Island and dhows anchored off Dibba, and it is the part of the UAE where a beach session can look like somewhere else entirely. Inland, the old Fujairah Fort and the mud-and-stone Al Bidyah Mosque — the oldest in the country still in use — give the heritage frames. Most visitors fly into Dubai and drive about ninety minutes across the mountains; Fujairah’s own airport has few passenger flights.