Watch: Stunning waterfalls to be built in Dubai’s Hatta in Dh46-million project

Watch: Stunning waterfalls to be built in Dubai’s Hatta in Dh46-million project

Coffee shops, restaurants, children's play areas; and stores selling honey, local products and souvenirs will come up around the project

Published: Tue 29 Nov 2022, 11:30 AM Last updated: Tue 29 Nov 2022, 11:56 AM

Dubai authorities have shared new images of the upcoming waterfalls in Hatta, and the project looks breathtaking. The renders show blue water from the waterfall snaking through a canal to a fountain at the other end. A carpet of green grass and trees cover the rugged brown terrain of the mountain enclave. It also shows a Hollywood-style Hatta mountain sign — the second in the area, with the other being on top of the highest peak.

The Dh46-million Hatta Sustainable Waterfalls project’s design is inspired by the hexagonal beehive — a nod to the famous Hatta honey. The project’s four oases are linked with bridges crossing the water canal.

The project will use the slope of the upper Hatta dam to create a natural waterfall. A waterway will be built below the dam. The water gushing down the fall will collect at the end of the stream, get recycled, and pumped back to the top of the dam.

The water canal ends at a lake that forms a diverse biological