Desert Safari Abu Dhabi: Experience Sand Boarding, Camel Riding and a BBQ Dinner
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134 Ratings
Abu Dhabi
Experience the thrill of sand boarding, camel riding, and a BBQ dinner in Abu Dhabi's desert safari. Watch the sunset, try traditional activities, and enjoy live entertainment.
Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Abu Dhabi - Our professional guide will pick you up from your location, then drive you to Al Khatim desert, which takes around 1 hour from Abu Dhabi City.
  • Al Khatim - The first stop is at a Camel farm, followed by a thrilling ride over the dunes. The driver will then stop at a scenic spot in the desert so you can take photos.

This is followed by a short ride to the camp, where you will be welcomed the traditional way, with tea, coffee, water and dates. Activities at the camp include: camel riding, henna tattooing, sand boarding, taking photos with UAE national costume, and a delicious dinner with live Belly Dance and Tanoura Dance show.

  • Abu Dhabi - The evening will end with a drop off back to your starting location.

The entire tour will run from roughly 3pm to 9:30pm, but timing can vary depending on your pickup point.

What's Included
  • Dinner included
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information

An evening journey in the desert allows you to take a peek into the desert lifestyle and offers the excitement and challenge of navigating through sand mounds. Pause at a scenic spot to appreciate the sun’s descent over the desert. Proceed to the Bedouin camp, where you’ll be greeted in the traditional manner with Arabic coffee, tea, and dates. In the camp, you have the opportunity to engage in numerous activities like camel riding. You can also get a henna tattoo and take pictures in traditional Arabic outfits. Savor a delicious BBQ dinner as you enjoy a belly dance and tanoura performance.

Location
Abu Dhabi
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(134 Ratings)
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Sawsanj2016
May 31, 2024
Great trip thanks to Marly!!!!!! - It was a great experience. Marly is the best guide, a professional driver, and a talented photographer. He was very kind, cared for us about everything, and made us feel comfortable. Highly recommended!!
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952ashrafk
May 22, 2024
Wonderful evening - It was an amazing tour with my friends Everything well organised. Drive over the dunes 💯 Food 😋 Shows 😍 A must try Our guide salah was really friendly.
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Manonvvrr
May 20, 2024
Wonderful! - Thanks a lot Marly for this wonderful activity. It was a pleasure and we recommend him. He is a great guide and he is very attentive.
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Nelly
May 18, 2024
Desert safary/Dune bashing - Amazing experience, everything has been organised and confirmed within minutes. The Tour Guide/Driver has been very polite and helpful, interactive and willing to make your day even better. He made that day very special. We would definitely recommend it.
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Lilmaggs
May 17, 2024
Sand dunes are crazy! - 3 of us went with Rafi on this tour and he was INCREDIBLE! He was so fun to chat with and shared his knowledge with us. He drove through the dunes like an absolute pro! We had so much fun :) would highly recommend this company and request Rafi if you can :)
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F9897urelenac
May 13, 2024
Amazing experience - My cousins and I went on the Desert Safari and had a lot of fun. Our driver was Mohammed and he was very skilled while driving around the dunes. It was an exhilarating experience! It felt like a roller coaster ride. He took very nice pictures of us which was a plus. The food and the show after the drive were also quite enjoyable. Overall a great experience, I would strongly recommend!
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V4527addanielb
May 12, 2024
First time in Abu Dhabi - I was traveling solo for work and decided to stop over in Abu Dhabi for a couple days. I had never been to this part of the world and wanted to get a glimpse into the local desert culture. From the photo ops to the food, everything was top notch! My guide Sanal was very informative and a master at dune bashing! As an adrenaline junky this was right up my alley but they can go as easy/hard as you’d like with their 4x4’s. Overall a great experience!
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Stelikos
May 11, 2024
Best experience in abu dhabi.very good driver Ramshuu - The view,the adventure ,the drive in the dessert was amazing.The driver Ramshu was very polite and experience. Very nice adventure. The kids 8y+6y old loved it.
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Andreasjj4281yu
May 10, 2024
Hop-on/off Bus or…. DESERT SAFARI! - We spontaneously booked the trip via our Hotel one hour before the Start and it was no problem. Rafi Adnoc picked us up on time. Rafi was a very nice guy. On the way to the dessert he gave us a lot of information about the surroundings, Buildings, basically everything and it was very interesting and funny also. The drive was around 1 to 1 1/2 hours but not a second of boredom. The first thing was visiting a little Camel farm where we could feed and touch the camels and take photos with them. Afterwards the Dune Bashing started. A good advise from Rafi - Do not eat too much right before. We felt safe all the time and it was amazing! But after a while you might feel kind of nauseous due to the ups and downs. We stopped at the Dunes and Rafi took some very good photos of us (really great photos and ideas! Thanks again). At last we stopped at the camp where you could get some snacks and food. There you could ride a camel, go sandboard or ride a quad (the quad/bike was the only one with additional fees, everything else was included). A little later they made a show with belly dancing and some fire. Then they opened the buffet with delicious food. Before heading back to the hotel, Rafi took us away from the lights so we could see the stars. In the end, he put up some chilled music so we could rest from the day. We are so happy to have done that! Totally recommendable and with Rafi we had the best driver! He put the cherry on top of the whole trip. Thanks!
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Isabel
May 25, 2024
Desert Safari - Fantastic evening our tour guide/ Driver, Navaf was amazing so helpful and accommodating it made our evening very special. We had a great ride into the desert and camel riding, sand surfing etc. The buffet meal was very good as welll. Would definitely recommend this activity for all ages. Many thanks
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