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Difan Village to Wadi Baghel, Fujairah. (Descent)

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Distance
3.12 mi
Elevation gain
351 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
1,864 ft
Max elevation
2,435 ft
TrailRank 
57
Min elevation
816 ft
Trail type
One Way
Moving time
one hour 36 minutes
Time
2 hours 23 minutes
Coordinates
911
Uploaded
September 11, 2022
Recorded
September 2022
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near Şidaqah, Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)

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Itinerary description

Difan village is situated on the mountains above Wadi Baghel in Tawean area of Fujairah.

This trail recording is only for descent segment, so you can hike up this same trail in reverse mode.

This area is also called as Sidaqa, although the Sidaqa village is geographically in Omani territory of Musandam.

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We a few friends hiked this pretty straight forward trail of Difan village.
This is a functional village with local residents.
There are some farmlands and animals too.

The path is initially 4 Kms of somewhaat flat Wadi, but with some boulders.
So bouldering skill will be helpful.

Then the trail moves leftwards towards the mountain with well visible trail that is used by humans/ donkeys of the village for daily use.

The mountain section is quite steep and enduring but thats the fun part.

Once you reach the top village, you can enjoy a well deserved break and explore the village and meet friendly villagers and farmhands.

There are many options to extend the hike further towards Yibir mountain, Jebel Tila, Sili village, Samarat, Wadi Naqab and other villages.
Due care is needed for those trails.
Few trails towards those villages is recorded in my wikiloc profile.

The start point is basically at the base of Jebel Yibir, but closer to the Musandam borderline.You can park somewhere here, please make sure you do not block the access roads of the village / any house or property as this is an active village.

The parking spot is at the end of the drivable Wadi section and just where the boulders appear and block the Wadi.
25.613913, 56.159001
https://goo.gl/maps/RrhCQxgsQQAZijwW6

You will need a good AWD / SUV to reach the start point.
There will not be any phone network, so please do download the trail while you have network before you start hiking.

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Do Not Try Any Mountain Hikes If You Do Not Understand The Mountain Terrains, Dangers From Wildlife, First Aid, Hydration And Snacks, Your Own Fitness, Remote Activity Preparations, Communication Tools, Mountain Geography, Topography, Risk Factors, HSE Requirements, Hiking Risks, Fitness Level Of The Group Members.
Study All Above Matters Well Before Following Any Trails That You Find Online. Please Do Not Over Estimate Yourself.
Better Be Safe Than Put Yourself / Group In Danger And Regret Later.
Lately We Have Seen A Lot Of Unwanted Hiking Incidents That Could Have Been Avoided With Better Preparation.
Wish You All The Best.
Wikiloc, Only For Reference. There Can Be Errors On The GPS Recording Due To GPS Jumping In The Wadi Sections or Erroneous Recording.

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    You can or this trail