Hegra in AlUla: tickets, tours and how to visit

Hegra is visited on a guided tour booked through Experience AlUla, the official travel site of the Royal Commission for AlUla. The Hegra Day Tour costs from SAR 95 a person and lasts about three hours, including the transfer. The Hegra Premium Tour costs from SAR 1,000 for a private vehicle that seats up to seven, and lasts two hours. Both prices include entry to the site, which is Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

What Hegra is

Hegra was home to the Nabataeans, and people lived here from before the first millennium BCE. Experience AlUla says the site has more than 110 well-preserved tombs carved into the desert rock, where the Nabataean elite were buried. Some carry inscriptions describing the person laid inside: perhaps a healer, a military figure or a local leader. Away from the tombs you can see carved stone blocks, or betyls, that stood for the gods, wells and stone-lined water channels, and walls, gates and towers that show Roman influence.

Hegra Day Tour

This is the shared tour with one of AlUla's Rawis, the local guides who tell the site's stories. It starts at the Winter Park bus stop, where parking is free, and travels by air-conditioned coach, with up to 45 people a bus. The tour stops at the Tomb of Lihyan, Son of Kuza, the Diwan halls, tomb facades and rock carvings. It runs in English and Arabic, welcomes all ages and is listed as available year-round. Price: from SAR 95 a person, entry included. It is not suitable for wheelchairs or strollers.

Hegra Premium Tour

The premium tour is a private 4x4 with a driver, a Rawi and a ranger, starting at the Hegra Visitor Centre, where parking is free. One ticket covers the whole vehicle, up to seven passengers, and your guide may be shared with a second vehicle, for a group of up to 14. It lasts two hours, runs in English and Arabic, welcomes all ages and costs from SAR 1,000 a vehicle, entry included. Experience AlUla warns that some areas of Hegra may be closed during your visit because of maintenance and excavation work.

Hegra Geology Hike this season

A limited-capacity walk among Hegra's rock formations runs every Saturday at 4pm from 24 October to 12 December 2026: on 24 and 31 October, 7, 14, 21 and 28 November, and 5 and 12 December. It lasts 1 hour 45 minutes and starts at the Hegra Visitor Centre. Tickets cost SAR 150 for adults and SAR 35 for children aged 6 to 12. The horse-drawn carriage tour of Hegra is listed as "coming back soon", with no date published.

Booking, changes and refunds

All three are booked on experiencealula.com or at an Experience AlUla visitor centre. Cancellations with a refund are allowed up to three days before the booked date, and the date or time can be changed up to one day before, subject to space. There are no refunds or changes on the day itself, and bank card charges are not refunded. If you booked through a third party, its own rules apply.

Visitor centres

There are Experience AlUla visitor centres in AlUla Old Town, at Hegra, at Dadan, at Winter Park and at AlUla International Airport, for bookings, changes and information. The Hegra Visitor Centre is open daily, from 6:30am to 6pm on Sundays and Mondays and from 6:30am to 8:30pm from Tuesday to Saturday; its WhatsApp number is +966 55 979 9839. The Winter Park Visitor Centre is open from 7am to 11pm, on +966 55 495 9799.

What to wear and bring

Experience AlUla asks for comfortable outdoor clothes, closed walking shoes or boots, a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen. All tours depend on the weather and visibility on the day.

Common questions

Can I walk into Hegra on my own? Experience AlUla lists the site's visits as booked tours that include the entry ticket; it does not publish a separate entry-only ticket.

Are children allowed? Yes. Both tours are listed for all ages; the geology hike has a children's price for ages 6 to 12.

How long should I allow? About three hours for the Day Tour, two for the Premium Tour.