Tour
Banana Island Day Escape
A crescent-shaped resort island off the Doha coast
Tour
A crescent-shaped resort island off the Doha coast
Hop on a catamaran to Banana Island — a serene resort escape just off Doha. Spend the day on pristine beaches and pools, try water sports, or simply unwind with the Gulf breeze and the Doha skyline on the horizon.
Getting there sets the tone. The catamaran leaves from the mainland port and crosses in around twenty-five minutes, and by the time Doha's skyline has shrunk to a strip on the horizon the day has already changed pace. The island appears as a low green crescent with a beach curved around the inside of it.
What you do with the day is genuinely up to you. There is a long stretch of calm, shallow beach on the sheltered side, a set of pools if you would rather not deal with sand, and water sports for anyone who came to move rather than to lie still. There is also a good case for doing none of it and reading under a parasol until lunch.
It works particularly well for families, because the beach shelves gently and there is enough on the island to keep older children busy while the adults do not move. Couples come for the opposite reason. Either way you are back on the mainland by evening with the whole day behind you.
Board the catamaran from Doha for the short, scenic crossing to the island.
Enjoy the beaches, pools and activities at your own pace.
Try water sports, book a spa treatment, or simply relax by the Gulf.
Catch the catamaran back to the mainland.
Around twenty-five minutes each way on a comfortable catamaran, with seating inside and out. It is a short, calm crossing rather than a sea voyage.
Effectively, yes — the sailing times bracket it. You get the better part of a day on the island, and we choose the crossing pair that gives you the most of it.
Very. The beach is shallow and calm and the island is entirely self-contained, so there is no traffic and nothing to walk to. Under-threes come free.
The island is a resort as well as a day destination. If you would rather stay the night, tell us and we will quote the stay instead of the day pass.
Yes. The crescent beach and the Doha skyline across the water make it one of the better shoots in Qatar, and we run it as a package — day pass plus a photographer for part of the day.
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