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Stop At: Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital, Sweihan rd, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The first and only institute in the world that is dedicated for the welfare of falcons is a place where the prized falcons of UAE go for their monthly checkups, beauty routines or to cure an ailment. This is the place to be if you want to see a falcon passport too. The 2 hour falcon hospital tour gives you a good opportunity to observe falcons while they are at rest and during flight.Since its opening in 1999, the hospital has helped and treated more than 42,000 falcons. First, stop at the in-house museum where you can learn about the history of falconry and observe some well-preserved traditional falconry tools. Next, go to the treatment room where you can observe falcons getting treated. See them receive pedicures at the examination room. The best part of the tour is saved for last, when you enter the free flight aviary. You will feel the same pride UAE feels for the bird as you witness it gracefully flying about; its agile body and large wings moving through air with minimum effort.finally, freeze the memory by posing for a picture with a falcon perched in your arm, if you’re brave enough to risk one. The abu dhabi falcon hospital aims to nourish a love for falcons in the hearts of its visitors. You will be conquered by the beauty, loyalty and pride of this majestic bird.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital, Sweihan rd, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
The Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH) is the first public institution in the United Arab Emirates providing comprehensive veterinary health care services exclusively for falcons. Established by Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi and opened on 3rd of October, 1999, Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital has become the largest falcon hospital in the UAE and in the world with a patient influx of more than 110,000 patients since its opening.
Yearly around 11,000 falcons are received for examinations and treatment. Since its inception, the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital has emerged as one of the most reputed falcon hospitals in the Gulf region and as the largest falcon hospital in the world and leading center for falcon medicine world-wide. Over the years, the ADFH has established a loyal and a wide patient-base not just in the UAE, but also in countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain.
From being established as a purely veterinary facility, the ADFH has expanded in the fields of education and awareness, training and research. Due to the huge demand for providing our experience to other avian species, we have opened the falcon hospital became a fully-fledged specialized avian hospital for all kinds of birds and poultry species in 2006.
In 2007, ADFH opened its doors to an award-winning tourism program. In recent years, ADFH has highly successfully entered the field of leisure and MICE tourism by tremendous increases in tourists who have joined Falcon World Tour. Through its award-winning tourism program, ADFH had proven its importance as one of the major tourist attractions in the Abu Dhabi Emirate and continuously promotes Abu Dhabi as tourist destination
Duration: 2 hours