Southwards. The 450 years old restored fort, Fort Koran, stands overlooking the sea. It has three towers and a large courtyard and took ten years to build. The courtyard was big enough to provide shelter for the villagers, who would inside for protection whenever the town was threatened with invasion. An escape tunnel travels underground from the largest tower and surfaces 200 m away outside the fort into what was then a dwelling. The entrance to the tunnel inside the watchtower is still there but the exit in the village has been blocked for safety. It is marked by a metal drum next to a food store to the east of the fort.

The towers have the usual openings for guns and for pouring oil onto the enemy. In the walls are small bore holes that could be filled with dynamite and lit to warn the villagers of an impending attack and to call them to assemble in the fort.

The largest watchtower has bars of wood to help in climbing the tower from here there are magnificent view over the town, the sea, and the lagoon of Khawr al Hejarah and Khawr a Gharamah. These lagoons were once haven for pirates. This area is also the site where the Portuguese first landed.

Ras al Hadd is a green turtle nesting site. The mothers come ashore all year round (but especially during October & November) to dig a pit where they each then lay about one hundred eggs, cover them, and return to the sea. This is hard work and they return to the water exhausted.

About 55 days later the hatchlings dig up through the sand (up to 3 feet!) to make a careful run to the water. Everything happens during the cover of darkness because the mothers want to protect their freshly laid eggs, and the new hatchlings are delicious food for foxes and seagulls.