Dubai Desert Bespoke: Red Dunes Safari, Camel Ride & BBQ Options [6579P20]
Experience a thrilling desert adventure in Lahbab with two tour options. Choose the 4-hour option with dune bashing, sandboarding, and a camel ride, or the 7-hour option for a BBQ dinner and additional desert camp activities.
Your safari guide will pick you up in a 4x4 for a 50-minute drive into the desert, offering stunning views of Dubai. The first stop is a desert meeting point, where you can take a 25-minute break and, if desired, enjoy an optional quad bike ride.
Next, embark on an exhilarating 30-45 minute dune drive, navigating the dunes in a 4x4. Stop at a high dune for photos and admire 360-degree desert views at sunset. Try sandboarding before heading to the desert camp.
The 4-hour tour ends here with a return to your hotel. For the 7-hour option, visit the desert camp, enjoy Qahwa (Arabic coffee), dates, and traditional sweets. Experience camel rides, henna tattoos, shisha, and a BBQ dinner. End the night with a belly dance and Tanura show before returning to your hotel.
Your safari guide will pick you up in a 4x4 for a 50-minute drive into the desert, offering stunning views of Dubai. The first stop is a desert meeting point, where you can take a 25-minute break and, if desired, enjoy an optional quad bike ride.
Next, embark on an exhilarating 30-45 minute dune drive, navigating the dunes in a 4x4. Stop at a high dune for photos and admire 360-degree desert views at sunset. Try sandboarding before heading to the desert camp.
The 4-hour tour ends here with a return to your hotel. For the 7-hour option, visit the desert camp, enjoy Qahwa (Arabic coffee), dates, and traditional sweets. Experience camel rides, henna tattoos, shisha, and a BBQ dinner. End the night with a belly dance and Tanura show before returning to your hotel.
ADDITIONAL INFO
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- All vehicles are fully insured and equipped with safety features such as roll bars, seat belts, GPS-tracking, GMS, and a first aid box.
- Our safari guides are licensed and trained professionals with special permits for driving in the Red Dunes desert.
- The duration of this activity is 4-7 hours depending on your selected tour option, which include travel and pick-up time to drop-off back to your hotel.
- Children below 3 years and pregnant mothers are not allowed to participate on this activity.
- Falcons may not be available at the camp during hotter months (mainly in July & August).
- The camp features designated areas for Shisha smoking. An additional charge will apply if Shisha if required at the tables.
- All eligible participants must sign an indemnity form before starting the quad biking part of the tour.
- Limited Henna designs are free — custom designs which take longer time to draw and will be additionally charged.
- Vegetarian options are available at a buffet dinner.
- The tour program is subject to change in case of any religious dates/holy month (e.g. Ramadan, Eid, etc.). Music, belly dance shows and alcohol may be cancelled on such Islamic religious dates.
- Children under 3 years old are not permitted on the tour
INCLUDED
- Welcome greet at camp with Qawha (Arabic coffee), dates & Lugaimat (traditional sweet) (7-hour tour)
- Camp activities featuring henna tattoo, shisha, camel rides, and falcon experience (7-hour tour)
- BBQ buffet dinner (vegetarian choice available) (7-hour tour)
- Desert sunset experience (available in afternoon timeslots)
- 45-minutes dune bashing ride in a 4x4 vehicle
- Experienced desert guide
- 2-3 minutes camel rides
- Picture stop in the desert highest dunes
- Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Sandboarding on the dunes
- Complimentary bottled water
- Special Performances such as Tanura show, Belly Dance, & Fire Acrobatics (7-hour tour)
CANCELLATION POLICY
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
ITINERARY
- Have a thrilling and fun experience in the remote desert area known as Lahbab. Choose between a 4-hour tour option which includes dune bashing, sand-boarding, and a camel ride, or the 7-hour tour option which adds on a BBQ dinner, and all desert camp activities.
- Your safari guide will pick you up from your hotel in a 4x4 vehicle. Your tour starts with a 50-minute drive into the desert. Enjoy stunning views of Dubai from the car window. The guide will answer any of your questions while you learn more about Dubai’s history.
- Your first stop will be at the desert meeting point. Take a 25-minute break as the convoy catches up. While you wait, your safari guide will air down the tires of the vehicle to ensure better driving conditions. You can enjoy an optional quad bike experience if you wish on site.
- Then, take an adventurous 30-45 minute dune drive across the desert. Feel your adrenaline rush as you slide across from one dune to another in a 4x4 vehicle. The drive will take you further into the desert, up to a high desert dune for a photo stop.
- From here, admire beautiful 360-degree views of the desert landscape as the sun slowly sets. Use this photo stop to try sandboarding (sand-surfing), before heading to the desert camp.
- The 4-hour tour program ends here, and you will be returned to your hotel.
- If you've chosen the 7-hour option, your tour will continue with a visit to the hidden desert camp. Arrive at camp and be greeted with Qahwa (Arabic coffee), dates, and Lugaimat (a traditional sweet).
- Your safari guide will brief you about the various activities available at the camp. Hop on a camel for a short ride, try a shisha pipe, decorate your hands with Henna tattoos.
- As the night settles in, enjoy a scrumptious BBQ dinner of kebabs, hummus, and salads accompanied by sodas, water, and additional drinks from the bar. Enjoy a colorful belly dancing show and Tanura performance, where fast-spinning dancers whirl across the stage. Don’t forget to snap some photos with the Arabian falcons that are present at the camp.
- Finally, after the last show, return to your hotel in Dubai.
