You can find Wild Wadi Waterpark next to Jumeirah Beach Hotel; the Mall of the Emirates metro station is the closest, about 5 miles away (approximately a 10-minute taxi ride) from the waterpark.

The Wadi Howar—now just a dried-out riverbed for most of the year—sustained not just fish, crocodiles, and hippopotamuses, but also agriculture and human settlement.

Barbara Howar, whose hit memoir dished on D.C. society, dies at 89 By Harrison Smith The Washington Post,Updated August 7, 2024, 11:04 a.m.