Yas Island

Yas Island

Yas Island holds the Yas Marina Circuit, which has hosted the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009. Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi is located on Yas Island near Ferrari World. SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will open in 2022 and will be the first SeaWorld without orcas.

About Yas Island in brief

Summary Yas IslandYas Island is an island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It occupies a total land area of 25 km2 and is a popular leisure island. Yas Island holds the Yas Marina Circuit, which has hosted the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009. Yas Waterworld is a water park located in Yas Island. Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi is located on Yas Island near Ferrari World. SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will open in 2022 and will be the first SeaWorld without orcas. Yas Links is a golf course designed by Kyle Philips, ranked 44th World’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses outside the USA. The du Arena is a large open-air concert venue. The venue opened in 2009, depending on configuration, can hold up to 35,000 people. The re-branding preceded the first Madonna concert, part of her MD Tour region on 3 and 4 June 2012, in the Arab and ThinkNANA region.

The park’s foundation stone was laid on 3 November 2007. The development was completed in a little under three years, opening to the public for the first time in November 2010. It has the Surf’s up! Bubbles’ Barrel slide which is the largest surf-able sheet wave surf in the world. It is organized into six themed lands, Gotham City, Metropolis, Cartoon Junction, Bedrock, Dynamite Gulch and Warner Bros Plaza. As of August 2019, Yas Links Abu Dhabi is managed by Troon International Yas Beach is a beach close to Yas Links. A mangrove tour is launched daily from Yas beach by the Noukhada Adventure Company. Three charter boat companies operate from Yas Marina namely Jalboot Marine, Captain Tony’s and Azure Marine. Seawings operates flights to and from Dubai to Yas Marina and 20 minute Abu Dhabi tours.