Take a 4x4 adventure across the sands on an afternoon and evening safari, where you’ll catch a spectacular desert sunset and enjoy dinner around a campfire. Along the way, go on a camel ride, experience the adrenaline of sandboarding and get a henna tattoo. A barbecue dinner and belly dancing complete your evening under Abu Dhabi’s desert stars.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Desert safari with English speaking Professional licensed and trained drivers
✔ Hotel pickup and drop-off with 4x4 wheel luxury air conditioned Jeeps.
✔ Henna Tattoo design
✔ Belly dance live performance
✔ BBQ Buffet Dinner with soft drinks and water
✔ Arabic Coffee and Shisha (Arabic water pipe).
✔ Sand boarding & Camel ride
✔ Roller coaster Dune Bashing in the Abu Dhabi Desert
✔ Camel farm visit
✖ Gratuities
✖ Alcoholic beverages (available to purchase)
✖ Quad bikes are available at the camp at extra charge
What To Expect
Leave your central Abu Dhabi hotel in a comfortable, air-conditioned 4x4 and enjoy the views as you travel deep into the desert surrounding the city.After a while, pull up at a desert camel farm to discover more about these hardy animals, traditionally used as transport by the UAE’s original, semi-nomadic Bedouin peoples. Snap photos of the camels and with instructions from your guide, take a camel ride across the sands. Enjoy the desert views from your perch and try your hand at other desert activities. Hop on a sandboard to ‘surf’ down the dunes, enjoy a stint of dune bashing as your expert driver steers your 4x4 up and down the sandy slopes, and perhaps get an intricate henna tattoo painted on your hands or feet. Arrive at a torchlit desert camp and sit down to a mouth-watering Arabian barbecue dinner. Absorb the enchanting setting and after dinner, enjoy a belly dancing show around the crackling campfire. If you wish, puff on a shisha (Arabic water pipe) under the stars to finish your Arabian-inspired evening. Your experience ends with a hotel drop-off back in Abu Dhabi.
Additional info
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Pickup will be in a 4x4 Land Cruiser on sharing basis with up to 6 people per land Cruiser from different hotels.
• Children aged 4.99 years and under are not allowed to join the Tour.
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
• Dress code: lightweight summer clothing is suitable for most of the year, but sweaters or jackets may be needed for the winter months, especially in the evenings. Good quality sunglasses are advised. Hats are advisable when in direct sunlight.
• Guests visiting the UAE during the Summer months (June – September) are advised that peak daytime temperatures sometimes reach 42 – 45 degrees Celsius. Humidity levels can also exceed 90 percent during this period. We recommend all our guests to take adequate precaution.
• The Abu Dhabi desert can get cooler in the evenings during winter, so we recommend you bring a light jacket and closed shoes. Please wear sports shoes for safe sand boarding.
• During the Islamic holidays / Ramadan fasting month,there will be a restriction on live entertainment ( Belly dance , Tanoura dance) and serving alcohol throughout the UAE. Therefore the Safari will be operated without these entertainments and serving of alcohol at the camp site during these days.
• The duration of the actual tour takes 5 – 6 hour but the driving time from Dubai hotel and return may take another 60 – 90 minutes depending on traffic conditions and time of day.
