Wadi Jinn, properly Wadi Al Baida, is a valley roughly forty kilometres north-west of Madinah known for a road where a vehicle in neutral appears to roll uphill. It is a short, curious outing that families with children particularly enjoy.
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, Madinah — CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Prices are per vehicle in Saudi Riyal, not per passenger, and cover the full journey with your driver.
Thirty to forty minutes each way, with roughly forty minutes in the valley — two hours all told from your hotel and back. The road out passes through black volcanic hills that look nothing like the city you just left.
Drivers who know the spot will stop at the right stretch, put the car in neutral, and let you watch. It is a simple thing, and it is genuinely strange to see.
The effect is a gravity hill: the surrounding slopes and horizon trick the eye into misreading which way is downhill, so a car rolling downwards looks as though it is climbing. Similar spots exist around the world.
Local stories attribute it to jinn, which is where the popular name comes from, but there is no religious basis for treating the valley as a sacred site. It is a visit for interest, not for worship.
Families with children and anyone with a spare couple of hours between prayers. It pairs well with a Madinah Ziyarat tour on the same day if you have the energy, though that means around five hours out in total.
There are no facilities in the valley itself — no toilets, shops or shade — so treat it as a short excursion and take water.
Late afternoon is the most pleasant, with softer light on the volcanic rock and cooler air. Midday in summer is uncomfortable outside the car.
The valley is quiet on weekdays and busier at weekends, when local families drive out for the same reason you are.
Wadi Al Baida, about forty kilometres north-west of Madinah — thirty to forty minutes by car each way.
They appear to. It is a gravity-hill optical effect caused by the surrounding terrain; the car is in fact rolling downhill.
No. Despite the popular name and the local stories, there is no religious basis for treating the valley as sacred. It is visited out of interest.
About two hours from your hotel and back, including time in the valley.
Yes, though allow around five hours in total for both. Ask us and we will quote the combined outing.
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