Ramhan Island

What is Ramhan Island?

Ramhan is a natural island in the coastal waters of Abu Dhabi, between Yas Island and Saadiyat, which Eagle Hills is building out with resort villas.

It is not reclaimed land, unlike most of the emirate’s new islands. The shoreline, the lagoons and the mangroves are its own, and the building is fitted into terrain that already exists.

The format is villas only, from three to seven bedrooms, each with its own pool and direct access to either the beach or the lagoon. The masterplan contains no apartment buildings.

That one decision shapes everything else: the entry price, the circle of buyers and the way the island will live after handover.

Who is the developer?

The developer is Eagle Hills, the company of Mohamed Alabbar, the founder of Emaar. It runs the entire masterplan of the island.

As on other island projects, that means one standard and one managing party, rather than dozens of developers on neighbouring plots.

When will the villas be handed over?

The project is sold in phases. The first are due for handover from the end of 2026 and through 2027, and the later ones by 2028.

The phases are spread over several years, so the words "Ramhan Island" in a listing say nothing about when the keys arrive. The date for a particular villa is the one in the contract with Eagle Hills, and that is the date to go by.

Today the island is a construction site, not a lived-in community.

Where is it, and how do you get there?

Ramhan lies between Yas Island and Saadiyat, and for now the connection with the mainland is limited: the bridge is still under construction.

On the map the island is well placed: about ten minutes from Yas Island and its theme parks, and roughly a quarter of an hour from Zayed International Airport. Saadiyat, with its museums and beaches, is next door.

The link to the mainland is the main question. Handover dates for the villas and the opening date of the bridge should be checked together: a house without a permanent road is not yet a house you can live in.

Once the bridge opens, Ramhan will be part of the same road network as Yas and Saadiyat, minutes from the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed highway. Central Abu Dhabi is about half an hour away, and Dubai a little over an hour.

What is for sale on the island?

Only villas. Three-bedroom villas are the entry format, and the range runs up to large six- and seven-bedroom houses on waterside plots. Eagle Hills includes the finish in the price: natural marble, engineered wood flooring and stone.

The difference between the beach line and the lagoon line is the main one in price. A villa with its own access to the open beach costs noticeably more than a lagoon villa of the same size, and it is easier to resell. Prices on the island are only worth comparing within one line.

Sales are on a developer payment plan: a small share on booking, part during construction and the bulk at handover. For an assignment of the contract before handover, what matters is how much has already been paid and on what terms the developer will approve it.