Inside the Qatari royal family’s US$400 million superyacht: the 124-metre luxury Katara comes with a helipad, pools and a beach club – and is even longer than a Fifa World Cup field

Dec 3 , 2022

The Katara superyacht is believed to be owned by the the Qatari royal family. Photos: @superyachttimes, @julien_hubert, @j_b_photography__/Instagram

The Lürssen mega yacht is believed to be owned by Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar, and was designed by Espen Øino and Alberto Pinto

Dubbed the ‘floating palace’, the vessel is known to be shrouded in mystery as there’s barely any outdoor space, meaning the pools are likely indoors for privacy

You may take Katara out of Qatar, but you can’t take the Qatari affluence out of the extravagant Katara! The US$400 million mega yacht is believed to be the floating palace of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar, per Superyacht Fan.

The Katara mega yacht is estimated to be worth US$400 million. Photo: Superyacht Fan

The name is derived from the pages of history, dating back to 150AD when “Catara” was the first name designated for the Qatar Peninsula. Catara was replaced with a “K” in 18th-century French maps and, according to reports, that’s how the beautiful boat got her name.

Take a look at the voluminous and lavish 124-metre giant that grabbed headlines as the 23rd biggest yacht in the world at her launch in 2010, as per Yacht Bible.

The Katara superyacht, the floating palace of the high seas

The Katara superyacht is packed with all the luxuries you can imagine for a lavish trip at sea. Photo: @superyachttimes/Instagram

Ultra stylish, voluminous, decked up and packed with luxuries: those are just a few ways to describe Lürssen’s unrestrained Katara yacht built in 2010, reportedly for the Qatari royal family. Everything associated with the House of Thani immediately brings to mind an image of luxury, and the Katara motoryacht is no different.

A floating city for its royal owners

The Katara mega yacht weighs about 7,922 tonnes, according to reports. Photo: Superyacht Fan

Of course, the 7,922-tonne superyacht offers more than enough room to create a floating city for its royal owners, according to the Superyacht Times. Designed by Espen Øino with elegant interior styling by Alberto Pinto, the beauty brings more to the plate than just extraordinary volume, per Yacht Bible.