Al Mataf
Al Mataf is the name of a suburb of Ras Al Khaimah.
Al Mataf is the name of a suburb of Ras Al Khaimah.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Al Mataf
- Airports
- Ras Al Khaimah (RKT), 26 km · Sharjah (SHJ), 75 km · Fujairah (FJR), 88 km
- Sharjah → Al Mataf80 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · AED19–26
- Fujairah → Al Mataf88 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · AED23–32
- Dubai → Al Mataf109 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · AED24–33
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Al Mataf
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Al Mataf. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundDubai taxis are allowed to ferry passengers back from Dubai to RAK, and the charge to RAK City is around 250-300 AED; be aware of the different types of Dubai taxi - it is more expensive to take the "limo" type of taxi rather than a standard taxi, and you have to be careful at taxi stands that you ask for the regular cream coloured taxis for the cheapest rates.
- Get aroundA few tour operators (mainly in the international hotels) organize Ras al Khaimah city tours.
From Wikivoyage: Ras al Khaimah, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Al Mataf
Al Mataf is 8 km from Ras Al Khaimah, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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