Full-season allocation
Vehicles reserved against your programme for the whole season: arrival, Makkah, Mashaer, Madinah, departure. One coordinator holds the schedule end to end.
6–9 monthsTypical lead time
Hajj transport, from arrival to the last day of Tashreeq.
Fleet coordination for Hajj groups — airport reception, Makkah hotel transfers, the Mashaer movements to Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, the Madinah leg and departure. Planned with your operator months ahead, with standby vehicles held for the days that cannot go wrong.
- Allocation held in writing
- Standby vehicles on Mashaer days
- One coordinator per group
Service at a glance
- Next season
- Hajj 1448 · expected mid-May 2027
- Group sizes
- 20 to 1,000+ pilgrims
- Vehicles
- Coasters, 49-seat coaches, support cars
- Movements
- Airport · Makkah · Mashaer · Madinah
- Plan ahead
- 6 to 9 months for a full programme
- Basis
- Quoted per programme, invoiced once
Proposals returned within one working day.
Start a proposal- TGA-licensed operator
- 120+ vehicles under direct control
- Reserve capacity held through the season
- One invoice, reconciled to the manifest
What we handle
Every movement your group makes on the ground.
Take the whole programme or the legs you are short on. The standard does not change either way — the same fleet, the same drivers, the same coordinator.
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Arrival reception at scale
Jeddah or Madinah, staged across multiple flights and terminals, with a vehicle for each batch rather than four hundred people waiting on one coach.
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Makkah hotel transfers
Hotel to Haram and back on the days before Hajj begins, timed around your group's Tawaf and prayer schedule rather than a fixed shuttle clock.
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Mashaer movements
Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, coordinated with your operator and run against the allocation and schedule your group holds for those days.
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Tawaf al-Ifadah shuttles
Movement between Mina and the Haram across the Tashreeq days, sequenced so sub-groups go and return without the whole camp emptying at once.
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The Madinah leg
Makkah to Madinah for the post-Hajj stay, Ziyarat while you are there, and the run to Madinah airport with time built in for a large group's check-in.
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Support vehicles for your staff
Cars for group leaders, medical staff and guides that move independently of the coaches, so your people are not stuck with the pilgrims they are managing.
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Luggage and Zamzam movements
Separate vehicles for baggage where the group size warrants it, so pilgrims are not travelling with suitcases on their laps between Makkah and Madinah.
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Standby and replacement cover
Reserve vehicles held through the season. If one fails on a Mashaer day, a replacement is sent — not explained after the fact.
How Mashaer movements actually work
Transport inside the holy sites during Hajj is regulated, and movements run to the schedule and allocation the authorities and your Hajj operator set — not to a timetable a transport company invents. We plan around your allocation, put the right vehicles against it, and tell you early when what you are asking for will not work. We will never claim to control a permit we do not hold.
The days that decide the season
Five days where nothing can be late.
The ritual days are fixed: 8 to 13 Dhul Hijjah. Everything we plan works backwards from them. In 1448 they fall in mid-May 2027, with the exact dates confirmed on the sighting of the crescent.
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Before
Arrival & Makkah
Airport reception across staggered flights, hotel transfers, Tawaf al-Qudum movements.
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8 Dhul Hijjah
To Mina
The whole group moves to the camp. Staged by sub-group so boarding does not take four hours.
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9 Dhul Hijjah
To Arafat
The movement that matters most. Vehicles positioned the night before, drivers briefed on the route.
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9 Dhul Hijjah, night
To Muzdalifah
After Maghrib, in heavy traffic and darkness, on a schedule set by the authorities.
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10–12 Dhul Hijjah
Mina, Jamarat & Ifadah
Back to Mina, then shuttles to the Haram for Tawaf al-Ifadah, sequenced by sub-group.
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After
Madinah & departure
Makkah to Madinah, Ziyarat, then the airport with a large group's check-in time built in.
Ways to work with us · four formats
Take the whole season, or the gap you cannot fill.
Most operators start with one of these. Lead times below are typical — the earlier you commit, the more of the fleet is still uncommitted.
Single group programme
One group, every movement it makes, from the terminal to the departure gate. The usual choice for agencies running one or two groups a season.
3–6 monthsTypical lead time
Mashaer day support
Extra capacity alongside the allocation you already hold, for the Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah days when your own vehicles are stretched thinnest.
2–4 monthsTypical lead time
Standby & replacement cover
Reserve vehicles held on call for the days you cannot afford a failure, whoever is running your main movements. Insurance you hope not to use.
1–3 monthsTypical lead time
Capacity · owned, not brokered
Enough vehicles to hold a reserve.
Al Fajar owns its fleet rather than sub-contracting it. That is what makes a standby commitment on 9 Dhul Hijjah worth anything — a broker cannot hold back capacity it does not own.
| Vehicle | Seats | Bags | Typical Hajj use |
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| 49-seat coach | 49 | 49 | Mashaer movements, Makkah–Madinah |
| Toyota Coaster | 30 | 30 | Sub-group shuttles, hotel transfers |
| Toyota Hiace | 11 | 10 | Small groups, Ifadah shuttles |
| Hyundai Staria | 9 | 7 | Guides, medical staff, families |
| GMC Yukon XL | 6 | 5 | Group leaders, VIP pilgrims |
| Toyota Camry or Hyundai Sonata | 4 | 3 | Staff moving independently |
A group of 400 typically moves on eight to nine coaches with two Coasters and a support car. Send the headcount and we will size it precisely rather than approximately.
How a season is planned · four stages
Agreed on paper long before anyone lands.
Hajj is not a booking that can be improvised in the week before. This is the sequence every programme runs through with us.
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Stage 01
Programme and headcount
Group size, arrival pattern, hotels, which legs you need and what allocation you already hold.
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Stage 02
Allocation held in writing
Vehicle numbers, types and days reserved against your programme, with the price fixed at the same time.
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Stage 03
Pre-season briefing
Manifest, sub-group split, boarding points and driver briefing agreed with your ground team weeks ahead.
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Stage 04
Season and reconciliation
Daily contact through the ritual days, then a trip log that reconciles to the manifest, line by line.
Why operators rebook the season
Judged on five days, not fifty.
An operator's whole reputation with a group can turn on whether the coaches to Arafat left on time. That is a narrow window to be judged in, and it is the reason we plan Hajj the way we do — capacity reserved early, drivers briefed on the route before the season, and a person you can reach at any hour of those five days.
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The fleet is ours
120+ vehicles under direct control. Nothing about your season depends on a third party honouring a handshake in the week it matters.
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Reserve held, not promised
Standby vehicles are kept out of the schedule on purpose. A replacement on a Mashaer day is a plan, not an improvisation.
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Drivers briefed before the season
Employed, not hired for the week. Briefed on your camp, your boarding points and your sub-group split before 8 Dhul Hijjah, not on the morning.
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One coordinator, all season
The same named person from proposal to reconciliation. Not a rotating inbox, and not someone learning your programme during it.
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Paperwork your finance team can file
One invoice against the programme, a trip log that reconciles to the manifest, and documentation that survives an audit back home.
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Honest about what we do not control
Permits, allocations and Mashaer schedules sit with the authorities and your operator. We will tell you what is possible before you sell it to pilgrims.
References
Ask the operators who ran last season with us.
For a programme this size, a reference from someone who has been through a season with us is worth more than a paragraph on a website. We will put you in touch.
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Reserved for an approved client quote. Published only with the client's written consent.
Hajj enquiry · proposal in one working day
Tell us the programme.
Headcount, arrival pattern and which legs you need is enough to start. Nothing is charged at enquiry and no capacity is committed until you sign.
Request a Hajj proposal
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Enquiry received
A coordinator will come back with a costed proposal, normally within one working day. For anything urgent, call us on +966500000000.
Hajj transport questions
What operators ask before committing.
Anything not here, ask our team directly — someone answers at any hour, in season and out of it.
How far ahead do we need to book?
Six to nine months for a full-season allocation, three to six for a single group programme. Standby and Mashaer day support can often be arranged closer in, but the ritual days are the first capacity to go every year.
Do you operate inside the Mashaer during Hajj?
Movements inside the holy sites are regulated and run against the allocation and schedule your Hajj operator and the authorities hold. We coordinate with that, put the right vehicles against it, and never claim to control a permit we do not hold.
What group sizes do you handle?
From 20 pilgrims to programmes above 1,000. A group of 400 typically moves on eight to nine coaches with two Coasters and a support car; we size it precisely once we have your headcount and sub-group split.
What happens if a vehicle fails on 9 Dhul Hijjah?
Reserve vehicles are held out of the schedule for exactly this. A replacement is sent from the standby pool rather than pulled off another group’s movement, which is why owning the fleet matters.
Can we use you for only some of the legs?
Yes. Many operators bring us in for the Mashaer days or the Makkah–Madinah run alongside their own arrangements. The service level does not change for a partial programme.
How is Hajj transport priced?
Per programme, not per seat, based on vehicle numbers, types and the days they are committed. The price is fixed when the allocation is confirmed in writing, and invoiced once with a trip log that reconciles to your manifest.
When exactly is Hajj 1448?
The ritual days are 8 to 13 Dhul Hijjah, expected in mid-May 2027. Exact Gregorian dates are confirmed on the sighting of the crescent, usually a day or two beforehand, so programmes are planned with that flexibility built in.
Do you handle Hajj visas?
No. Hajj visas are issued through official channels and quotas held by approved operators and national Hajj missions, and we do not represent ourselves as part of that. We handle ground transport. For Umrah, our Umrah Visa Services team can assist separately.