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Hislo

Stories better told.

Sector
Technology
First launched
2014
New chapter
2023
Website

01 The company

The Kingdom, told by those who know it.

Hislo is an application for discovering places, following routes and booking local experiences across Saudi Arabia.

It first launched in 2014 to help people explore historical locations. In 2023 it entered a new chapter as a social experience, with a wider audience and a wider purpose: places, routes and local experiences, in one application.

Its vision: a new definition of experiencing and sharing remarkable stories.

300+
Experiences published
140+
Active hosts
50+
Routes recorded
1,000+
Locations added

Figures from the Hislo Profile, 2026.

02 The application

One application, four ways in.

01

Discover

Locations, routes and experiences around you, on one map.

02

Search

Historical and cultural routes and places, and the best experiences nearby.

03

Engage

A community of like-minded explorers who share their trips and tell their stories.

04

Manage

For hosts, with Hislo+: bookings, attendance, reports and growth, in one dashboard.

Hislo screen: a map of Makkah with places marked
Hislo screen: a walking tour of north Khobar
Hislo screen: an abseiling experience in AlUla

03 On the ground

Every place has someone who knows it best.

Hislo invites people to go deeper into local stories, to know the places around them, to live the moment and to tell it.

Date palms seen from below, their fronds against the sky
A group of walkers in helmets on a green trail
Orange tents pitched on a meadow below a rocky outcrop

04 Hislo+

For the hosts behind every experience.

Hislo+ is the platform hosts use to run their experiences: bookings, attendance, reports and revenue in one simple dashboard.

It gives every host full visibility and control, so they can decide well, grow, and scale what they offer.

The Hislo+ dashboard: revenue, bookings and upcoming experiences

05 The story so far

From a guide to a community.

2014

Hislo launches, as a guide to the historical locations of the Kingdom.

2023

A new chapter: a social experience for places, routes and local experiences.

Dec 2023

An updated identity, and a strategic agreement with ICOMOS Saudi Arabia.

2026

Hislo+, a platform for hosts to run and grow their experiences.

Continue to the company

Your next story is nearby.

Find places, follow routes and book local experiences on Hislo.

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