Experience the great ancient art of falconry at dawn with morning safari
Four thousand years ago somewhere on the plains of central Asia a man captured a Flacon to test her predatory spirit. He tamed her, fed her and then set her free, in search of prey she soared higher and higher from far above the clouds she spotted her quarry and made her kill, but then she did not fly away from the man instead she share her catch with him. On this occasion long ago was born the art and science of falconry. Through history falcons were held in great esteem by nomadic hunters, the privileged classes and royalty. The art of falconry rose in popularity from antiquity to the middle ages. When its influence spilled over into daily life and politics. Contact for Marina Dhow Cruise ! Laws were created to regulate falconry and even stealing a flacon became punishable by death. In many cases kings and princes were so preoccupied with falconry that they neglected their official duties. In eighteenth century Persia falconers swore on their lives to protect a Shiakh’s flacon ...