Dubai Bus Tour: Explore at Your Own Pace
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2,606 Ratings

Explore Dubai’s top attractions at your own pace with the Dubai Big Bus Tour. Hop on and off the double-decker bus to visit iconic landmarks, souks, and museums. Choose from 1, 2, or 5-day tickets and enjoy extras like a Dubai Creek cruise and a Desert Safari.

Duration: 4 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Red Route - City Tour (Route)

Operating Schedule: Buses run every 30-40 minutes. The first bus leaves from Stop 1: Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall (Financial Center Road - Tourist Bus Parking Area) at 9:00 AM, and the last bus departs at 5:00 PM. The complete tour route takes approximately 2 hours.
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What's Included
  • Audio commentary available in 6 languages
  • Desert sunset tour (5-day option only)
  • Unlimited Pizza & Soft Drinks on 1-hour Dhow Creek Cruise (5-day option only)
  • A traditional 1-hour Dhow Creek Cruise included with all ticket options
  • The Dubai Frame Admission (5-day option only)
  • Choose from a 24-hr, 48-hr or 5-day Hop-on, Hop-off bus ticket
  • Lost Chambers Aquarium entry (48-hr and 5-day options)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Discover Dubai at your own pace with a double-decker, open-top Big Bus Dubai tour. Marvel at iconic Dubai landmarks such as the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al-Arab, and Old Dubai, and enjoy the flexibility to hop on and off at various stops throughout the city to explore souks, malls, and museums at your leisure. Select from a 24-hour Discover, 48-hour…

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Lgill2012
Mar 9, 2025
Dubai in March Hop on well worth it! - Great experience. Red route is excellent. Definitely worth taking at least a day to hop off and on. Souks are great. Look at booking tickets for the Frame. Take water as no refreshment on board Blue route not as good. Great to see the Palm however a long time on motorway. Which made it a rather boring 20 mins
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Amy_b
Feb 9, 2025
This was an ideal way to... - This was an ideal way to see all of Dubai, and the recorded information we listened to through provided earlplugs was very informative. Give yourself enough time, though. The traffic in Dubai was insane at some points, and the whole circuit took longer than our concierge had indicated. Highly recommend, though.
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Carmichael007
Feb 5, 2025
The best way to explore Dubai - Absolutely brilliant company! If you want to experience all that Dubai has to offer, then look no further than Big Bus! All the staff were friendly, approachable, and knowledgeable. You can hop on and off as desired and explore with the knowledge another Big Bus arrives at the stop every 30 minutes. The commentary, which is available via headphones provided, was interesting and informative. Thank you to all the staff for looking after us.
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212juliann
Nov 29, 2024
Recommended. - Recommended. Good free phone app that shows stops, your location and locations of the buses circulating live. Lots of staff at various stops to help you. Helpful narration with headphones if you wanted that. The short creek cruise that was included FOC was not a worthwhile diversion to be honest. If you rode both the Red and Blue routes and only got off to change buses it would take most of the day, so consider taking 2 days. We ended our day on the Blue route after dark and it was absolutely spectacular in the marina area, so consider being in that area after dark if you can.
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Neilp417
Nov 4, 2024
Good tour of Dubai - Good tour of Dubai, with coverage of key attractions and info on them via the audio sound track provided on the bus via earphones supplied by the bus staff. There was not much info on the website regarding where is the redemption point for vouchers in the Dubai Mall (which is important to know, as the Mall is large). I redeemed the online purchase/voucher for bus tickets inside the Dubai Mall at the parking spot for tourist buses (just see the Mall signs, or ask the Mall Information desk for directions to the tourist bus hopon/hopoff pickup/dropoff parking area which is at the lower level). The bus staff redeemed it in the area where the buses are. Go early in the day, so you will have time to see everything.
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Leannee4989
Oct 31, 2024
Brilliant Company - Booked tickets through the app and redeemed at Dubai Mall. All of the staff are extremely helpful, are stationed at each of the more popular spots, and they are always happy to help. I can't fault the experience or the service at all.
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O6743mqlinam
Oct 28, 2024
Amaizing places and team - Worth to take a bus a lot of stops where ro explore stops closely to locations while on bus you have earplugs to listen about places you will visit an history😊 All Dubai big bus team was very friendly and helpful thank you for Sheyla to selling the tickets and Glenda for sorting out some issues thank you very much for experience 🩷
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Danial
Mar 31, 2025
Good experience in Dubai - It was a very good experience enjoyed the city by going around everything was very interesting, the matter of the driving force of the bus itself and need to have more comfortable chairs.
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746ballfamily746
Jan 3, 2025
Interesting and relaxing. - An excellent way to view the city highlights before deciding where to head. Good routes and very friendly and helpful drivers. Interesting commentary outlining cultural highlights. The boat trip was very relaxing - you can order pizza and drinks on board so look into this if going at meal times. The stops were not well marked so difficult to find even with the app. Other countries have clearly defined and labelled stops. Still well worth booking!
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Laurapk9872vo
Oct 15, 2024
Good first day overview - Pro tip: ride the hop on hop off bus, but don’t buy the ticket ahead of time online. This bus gave a great overview of the old city with good audio explanations. It’s a good tour for your first day in town when you are tired and jetlagged. I enjoyed the loop through new Dubai less, because the audio felt like one long infomercial. I actually turned it off. Pro tip: Buy your ticket at the kiosk. It took me an hour to find the spot to redeem my online purchase for a ticket. Pro tip: Dhow rides end at 4 o’clock. Start the bus before 1 PM so that you are not too late for the boat.
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