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Secret Lake 20-30 km near Riyadh

Last activity 04 November 2017 by Collin224

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azfar789

I heard there is some "secret lake" near Riyadh. its about 20-30 kms far from the city.

Does any one has some idea where all the lakes in Riyadh are located?

aftabv

May be this will be helpful to you...

http://www.blueabaya.com/2012/12/the-secret-lake.html

azfar789

She is not sharing the coordinates of the location :nothappy: . I have checked the website. asking to buy her book...  :idontagree:

vtec23

its hidden valley..al kharj road..

aftabv

I think it was their earlier ... but it has been removed and now pay to know the co-ordinates....  :)

If you find it, please let me know... The last update from the blog was in 24th January mentioning that its full of clean water... Me too interested going there...  :thanks:

vtec23

You can go there. It's risky though coz of stippy rocks..not recommended for kids..

azfar789

Thank you for the information... :-)

azfar789

vtec23 wrote:

its hidden valley..al kharj road..


It will be great help if you could provide the GPS co-ordinates :-)

Saim89

I have gone there.. May be you are talking about a cave.. Al Heet Cave.. it is a good adventurous place. I have its pictures as well

azfar789

Saim89 wrote:

I have gone there.. May be you are talking about a cave.. Al Heet Cave.. it is a good adventurous place. I have its pictures as well


no.. i heard this lake is different.. :-)

TheLocalOne

it won't be a secret if i told you :P

but if that what you mean , it is located close to thumamah, when you drive thumamah road (west) the last circle go left , drive about 2 km it is somewhere around there, i went with a friend and was surprised , hope you find it

azfar789

Thank you.. i will try to go this weekend.....  :one

azfar789

TheLocalOne wrote:

it won't be a secret if i told you :P

but if that what you mean , it is located close to thumamah, when you drive thumamah road (west) the last circle go left , drive about 2 km it is somewhere around there, i went with a friend and was surprised , hope you find it


but it hope you are not talking about kharraj lake.  :)

skhurram007

So far it seems the location of this lake is outside North of Riyadh. Kharaj is outside South of Riyadh.

TheLocalOne

am not sure if you are familiar with riyadh, because kharj is not even remotely close to thumamah, it's on the very opposite sideز

this one is what u talking about : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGzhdnJb-U

or just copy and paste this بحيرة الثمامه to YT

javedakb

25.521064°  46.441405°  the one in Thumama

skhurram007

:top::top::top:

azfar789

javedakb wrote:

25.521064°  46.441405°  the one in Thumama


I went there yesterday followed these coordinates... It was an awesome place... But that lake is not there...i heard The secret lake i m talking about is 20-30 kms from defence quarters

azfar789

TheLocalOne wrote:

am not sure if you are familiar with riyadh, because kharj is not even remotely close to thumamah, it's on the very opposite sideز

this one is what u talking about : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGzhdnJb-U

or just copy and paste this بحيرة الثمامه to YT


nice link....  :top:

Naveed Nawaz

24° 24′ 20.63″ n 46° 14′ 43.45″ e

azfar789

Naveed Nawaz wrote:

24° 24′ 20.63″ n 46° 14′ 43.45″ e


wow! thank you... did you pay blue abaya for these coordinates? i hope this is the lake that she talks about in her website... :D:D:D

Naveed Nawaz

azfar789 wrote:
Naveed Nawaz wrote:

24° 24′ 20.63″ n 46° 14′ 43.45″ e


wow! thank you... did you pay blue abaya for these coordinates? i hope this is the lake that she talks about in her website... :D:D:D


Not Exactly do lemme know if the coordinates are perfect so i can arrange a trip too.

nada hayah

if you managed to find the lake, pls share ur photos here. I am very intrigued with this "secret lake" . Hope u ill find it ;)

azfar789

nada hayah wrote:

if you managed to find the lake, pls share ur photos here. I am very intrigued with this "secret lake" . Hope u ill find it ;)


yeah... Sure... I hope this Friday I will follow these coordinates... I wish I will reach there... :)

Abdulkareem179

You can Google Earth the coordinates ....check it out

Naveed Nawaz

azfar789 wrote:
nada hayah wrote:

if you managed to find the lake, pls share ur photos here. I am very intrigued with this "secret lake" . Hope u ill find it ;)


yeah... Sure... I hope this Friday I will follow these coordinates... I wish I will reach there... :)


Hey Hi:

Did you find that lake??? please confirm if GPS coordinates were correct. :p

azfar789

Naveed Nawaz wrote:
azfar789 wrote:
nada hayah wrote:

if you managed to find the lake, pls share ur photos here. I am very intrigued with this "secret lake" . Hope u ill find it ;)


yeah... Sure... I hope this Friday I will follow these coordinates... I wish I will reach there... :)


Hey Hi:

Did you find that lake??? please confirm if GPS coordinates were correct. :p


I could not go there yet...  :( will definitely confirm once i go there...

Fred

javedakb wrote:

25.521064°  46.441405°  the one in Thumama


I just pasted that into google maps.
Works a treat.

cooldudell

Just don't forget to feed us with lots of beautiful pictures (that is if you succeed in finding this lake with water)  :P

azfar789

cooldudell wrote:

Just don't forget to feed us with lots of beautiful pictures (that is if you succeed in finding this lake with water)  :P


If you want to see some water/lake in the city... you can try wadi namar. Its a beautiful place.

omran.khalid

24.657130, 46.451496
may be this one

cooldudell

I went both Secret Lake/Blue abaya lake (24.657708N, 46.450631E near Dhahrat Al Laban) and Kararah Lake (24.406145N, 46.244322E near Muzahmiya) last week and it's completely dry.

Secret Lake/Blue abaya lake:
===========================
It is located in the mountain area. You'll find lots of butchers selling meat. All are Sudanese/Ethiopians. When asked about Secret Lake, one of them told me that water gets collected ONLY when it rains but as of now there is no such lake (only rocks). I don't recommend this place to visit because of the dangerous driveway. I forgot to take pictures but I'll upload a similar picture just to make you understand how the roadway is.
http://www.automoblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/4-Atlas-Mountains-Road-Morocco.jpg

Kararah Lake :
===============
There are traces of lake existence but it is completely dry. Although this place is being used as desert safari for FJ's and Land Cruisers. I saw a lot of families visiting and to be frank I loved this place.
https://s17.postimg.org/f8vc7fwbj/Whats_App_Image_2016_09_27_at_1_24_15_PM.jpg

azfar789

How did you add a picture in the message...? lol.. I have pictures of secret lake which I want to share but when I click on add image button.. it asks for the link...  :sosad:

cooldudell

azfar789 wrote:

How did you add a picture in the message...? lol.. I have pictures of secret lake which I want to share but when I click on add image button.. it asks for the link...  :sosad:


First of all, we have to upload our picture to a third party image hosting site (eg; postimage[dot]org).
Once successfully uploaded, you'll be provided with a link.
Paste that link in this forum. As simple as that.  :cool::one

azfar789

cooldudell wrote:
azfar789 wrote:

How did you add a picture in the message...? lol.. I have pictures of secret lake which I want to share but when I click on add image button.. it asks for the link...  :sosad:


First of all, we have to upload our picture to a third party image hosting site (eg; postimage[dot]org).
Once successfully uploaded, you'll be provided with a link.
Paste that link in this forum. As simple as that.  :cool::one


oh.. ok...thank you... :thanks:

This is the pic took in feb 2016. One of my relatives went there. He bought the coordinates from blue abaya.
https://postimg.org/image/p7a6vb2l3/

cooldudell

azfar789 wrote:
cooldudell wrote:
azfar789 wrote:

How did you add a picture in the message...? lol.. I have pictures of secret lake which I want to share but when I click on add image button.. it asks for the link...  :sosad:


First of all, we have to upload our picture to a third party image hosting site (eg; postimage[dot]org).
Once successfully uploaded, you'll be provided with a link.
Paste that link in this forum. As simple as that.  :cool::one


oh.. ok...thank you... :thanks:

This is the pic took in feb 2016. One of my relatives went there. He bought the coordinates from blue abaya.
https://postimg.org/image/p7a6vb2l3/


Oops!  :dumbom:

This is the right way to do it  :P

https://s15.postimg.org/4adyqn4k9/IMG_20160312_WA0009.jpg

azfar789

cooldudell wrote:
azfar789 wrote:
cooldudell wrote:


First of all, we have to upload our picture to a third party image hosting site (eg; postimage[dot]org).
Once successfully uploaded, you'll be provided with a link.
Paste that link in this forum. As simple as that.  :cool::one


oh.. ok...thank you... :thanks:

This is the pic took in feb 2016. One of my relatives went there. He bought the coordinates from blue abaya.
https://postimg.org/image/p7a6vb2l3/


Oops!  :dumbom:

This is the right way to do it  :P

[img align=C]https://s15.postimg.org/4adyqn4k9/IMG_20160312_WA0009.jpg[/url]


:D:D:D:D:D

@ppleberry

Wow! I wanna visit this lake...

nada hayah

So u found the lake..congrats! Hope to see more pics of the lake. How do we get there? Mb u can share useful tips to come there.

azfar789

nada hayah wrote:

So u found the lake..congrats! Hope to see more pics of the lake. How do we get there? Mb u can share useful tips to come there.


I didn't go there yet. I heard it is dry now... and my friends who went there told me its a boring place... so I dropped the plan to go there as if now... check out my Instagram page to see the pix of Riyadh.

www.instagram.com/azzy.doon  i hope you will like them... :)

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