Dubai Desert Safari with Transfers, Dune Bashing, Camel Ride & Sandboarding

A half-day Dubai desert safari with dune bashing, camel ride, sandboarding, BBQ buffet dinner, and live shows at a Bedouin-style camp.

Getting started

Your experience begins with hotel pickup in a 4x4 vehicle, which takes you from the city out toward the red sand desert. During the drive, your professional safari guide and experienced driver explain the plan for your half-day desert safari experience and what to expect at the dunes and camp.

Dune bashing and arrival activities

What to expect

The first stop is at the open desert where your dune bashing adventure in the desert takes place over the red sand dunes. After this session, there is time to try sandboarding on the dunes and join a short camel ride on the desert dunes before continuing toward the Bedouin-style camp.

Features

• Ride in a 4x4 vehicle as your professional safari guide and experienced driver handle the dune bashing adventure in the desert across red sand dunes rising around you.
• Try sandboarding on the dunes, sliding down sandy slopes on a board at your own pace.
• Join a camel ride on the desert dunes for a brief, elevated view of the surrounding landscape and a taste of traditional travel.
• Pause at a sunset photography stop in the desert, where you can capture the changing light over the sand.

Inclusions at this stage

• Half-day desert safari experience in a 4x4 vehicle
• Hotel pickup in 4x4 vehicle with professional safari guide & experienced driver assistance
• Dune bashing adventure in the desert
• Sandboarding on the dunes
• Camel ride on the desert dunes
• Sunset photography stop in the desert

Desert camp, dinner, and entertainment

What to expect

After the dune activities, you arrive at a traditional Bedouin-style desert camp, where a traditional Arabic welcome leads you into the evening. You settle into access to traditional Bedouin-style desert camp seating while you enjoy a BBQ buffet dinner with live shows, hot drinks, and soft drinks, along with cultural activities around the camp.

Features

• Enter the camp with a traditional Arabic welcome, then choose from floor cushions or low seating in the common area.
• Explore cultural activities such as henna painting for ladies, Arabic costume photography opportunities, and a falcon photography experience around the camp.
• Watch live entertainment shows, including a Belly Dance Show, a Tanoura Dance Show, and a Fire Show on the central stage as night falls.
• Use clean restroom facilities at the camp throughout your stay.

Inclusions at this stage

• Access to traditional Bedouin-style desert camp seating
• Traditional Arabic welcome at the desert camp
• Delicious BBQ buffet dinner with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options
• BBQ buffet dinner with live shows
• Live entertainment shows: Belly Dance Show, Tanoura Dance Show, Fire Show
• Unlimited soft drinks, water, tea and coffee
• Unlimited soft drinks, water, tea & coffee
• Henna painting for ladies
• Arabic costume photography opportunities
• Falcon photography experience

Wrapping up

As the evening ends, you finish your BBQ buffet dinner with live shows and return to your 4x4 for the journey back to the city. The same hotel pickup in 4x4 vehicle service now becomes your drop-off, bringing your half-day desert safari experience to a close.