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Desert Safari: Evening Adventure in Dubai
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Lahbab
Experience the thrill of a lifetime with our premium Red Dune Desert Safari in Dubai. Witness the sunset, indulge in a delicious BBQ, and enjoy exciting activities like camel rides and stargazing.
Experience the thrill of a lifetime with our premium Red Dune Desert Safari in Dubai. Witness the sunset, indulge in a delicious BBQ, and enjoy exciting activities like camel rides and stargazing.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Lahbab - Pick Up
Discover the enchanting origins of Dubai, the land of dreams, as our amiable safari captains pick you up for an engaging 60-minute drive in a 4x4 vehicle across the desert.
Quad Bike Ride (Optional)
Welcome to your first stop. Take a moment to unwind and get ready for the adventures ahead. This location offers excellent facilities…
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Lahbab - Pick Up
Discover the enchanting origins of Dubai, the land of dreams, as our amiable safari captains pick you up for an engaging 60-minute drive in a 4x4 vehicle across the desert.
Quad Bike Ride (Optional)
Welcome to your first stop. Take a moment to unwind and get ready for the adventures ahead. This location offers excellent facilities for freshening up, and if you’re interested, you can opt for a Quad Bike Ride to enhance your desert experience.
Dune Bashing
Get ready for an adrenaline rush as you tackle the golden dunes of the Lahbab desert, and prepare to kick up some dust while sand surfing.
- Al Khayma Camp “Elite Camping & Dining Experience.” - Feel like royalty as you enter the Al-Khayma camp, where you will be welcomed with traditional Qahwa (Arabic Coffee), Gaymat (exotic sweets), dates, and unlimited soft drinks. Enjoy a camel ride and capture memorable moments with a falcon after the falconry session. Dress in traditional Arabian attire—kandura for men and abaya for women—and spend the evening like an Arab, smoking shisha and experiencing an Arabian makeover with henna painting.
Camp Entertainments
This attraction promises a feast for your eyes and taste buds. Enjoy a night of entertainment featuring the Traditional Yola dance, Falconry show, and Mega fire show, along with a 5-star open buffet, BBQ, and other local desserts.
Star Gazing Session
Discover how the stars guided the Bedouins in the past through captivating Arabian tales and a mesmerizing star-gazing session with a telescope.
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Red Dunes Desert Safari Dubai - Return
Finally, when you are satisfied and content, enjoy a pleasant journey back to your accommodation.
What's Included
- Gaymat (sweets), Gahwa (coffee) & Dates
- English-speaking licensed driver
- 5* Open Buffet with BBQ (vegetarian and non-vegetarian options)
- Mega Fire show (evening time slots only)
- Falcon experience with photos
- Camel Feeding
- Unlimited water and soft drinks
- Short Camel ride (can be repeated)
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Transportation by 4WD air-conditioned Vehicle
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- Gaymat (sweets), Gahwa (coffee) & Dates
- English-speaking licensed driver
- 5* Open Buffet with BBQ (vegetarian and non-vegetarian options)
- Mega Fire show (evening time slots only)
- Falcon experience with photos
- Camel Feeding
- Unlimited water and soft drinks
- Short Camel ride (can be repeated)
- Transportation by 4WD air-conditioned Vehicle
- Stargazing session (evening time slots only)
- Henna painting for ladies (Tattoo)
- Dune bashing (30-45 minutes)
- Shisha pipe (hubble bubble flavour) in the Shisha Area
- Sunset view photo stop
- Sandboarding
- Traditional Yola dance & Falconry show
- Arabian Horse Show & Camel Show
- Pick-up and drop off at your selected hotel/location
What's Not Included
- Quad Bike “ ATV” options (available on request)
- Any other expenses not mentioned
- Tipping
- Quad Bike “ ATV” options (available on request)
- Any other expenses not mentioned
- Tipping
Additional Information
Conclude your day in Dubai with our exclusive evening Red Dune Desert Safari. Experience the thrill of a lifetime as a 4WD navigates the sandy dunes, offering breathtaking views of the sun setting into the golden sands. As dusk falls, the Al-Khayma Camp welcomes you with a delectable BBQ and a variety of entertaining activities. When the stars…
Conclude your day in Dubai with our exclusive evening Red Dune Desert Safari. Experience the thrill of a lifetime as a 4WD navigates the sandy dunes, offering breathtaking views of the sun setting into the golden sands. As dusk falls, the Al-Khayma Camp welcomes you with a delectable BBQ and a variety of entertaining activities. When the stars illuminate the sky, prepare for an incredible stargazing experience.
Highlights
- Spend an evening at the prestigious Al Khayma Desert Camp
- Enjoy 30-40 minutes of dune bashing in the Lahbab desert
- Savor a BBQ featuring local dishes (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options)
- Indulge in shisha, henna painting, an Arabian makeover, and a photography session with a falcon
- Join a camel caravan or choose to ride quad bikes through the desert
- Witness the Traditional Yola dance, Falconry show, and Mega Fire Show
- Delight in a stargazing session with a telescope and marvel at the night sky
- It is highly recommended that you eat 2-3 hours before the safari trip to avoid sickness during the dune bashing.
- We highly recommend having international travel insurance, as self-driving activities carry inherent risks that may lead to serious injury. Coverage for such incidents is typically provided only through your personal insurance.
- The quad biking segment is solely the participant’s responsibility. Any damage, injuries sustained or items lost during the quad tour are not covered by insurance
- All desert safari drivers are well trained and licensed for safari drives. The 4WD vehicles are fully insured and well equipped with all necessary safety features, such as roll bars, seat belts, government trackers, GPS, GMS, and a First Aid box
- OceanAir Travels shall not be responsible for any kind of loss, accident, sickness or injury.
- Please wear sports shoes for safe sand boarding.
- Casual, loose fitting clothing is recommended in the summer, along with a jacket in the winter
- Please note that if your skin is sensitive to henna, it is advised not to do it.
- The 11:30 AM Timing slot comes with a Lunch buffet, and it doesn’t include the Star Gazing & Fire show since it’s during the day timing
- Pickup will be within 45min prior to your selected departure time. Please be ready at the hotel lobby on time.
- Pick-up timing is subject to change due to the emerging summer heat: 1 hour earlier in the morning and 1 hour later in the afternoon. A notification shall be sent in advance in the case of any change.
- Everything listed in the Inclusions is part of the tour and is covered in the price. Quad biking is available if the option is selected.
- Camel Ride: Children below 12 years of age cannot ride alone and must be accompanied by an adult.
- By participating, you acknowledge and accept that some activities involve inherent risks and unforeseen incidents, and adequate travel and health insurance is strongly recommended for your safety and financial protection. Recommended Age for Self-Driving Activities: Sandboarding: 12-50 years, Quad Biking: 16–50 years. Animal-related activities (company not responsible for uncontrollable natural behaviour of animals): Camel Ride (Recommended age: 12–50 years) Falcon, Horse Riding.
- Helmets & safety gear are highly recommended where applicable, and participation is entirely at your own risk, the company will not be responsible for any accidents, damage, loss, or death from these activities.
- By UAE law, pregnant ladies, anyone with back or neck pain, heart problems or other serious medical complaints and infants (under 3 years old) are not allowed during the dune bashing activity. (If these conditions apply to you, you can wait at the meeting point until others complete the adventure activities.)
Location
Lahbab
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Mrnpb2025
Jan 26, 2026
Good tour company, guide/driver (Yaseen), entertainment, food and camp - We had a good desert tour experience with Ocean Air Travels and the guide/driver for our event, called Yaseen. The communication was good from Ocean Air the day before to confirm the pick up time from our hotel and with safety instructions for the ATV buggies and sandboarding.
On the day Yaseen re-confirmed early that morning the 2pm collection time and he was on-time in an Ocean Air branded 4x4 vehicle. After two more pick up points we had six guests in the vehicle and proceeded to the first stop for the ATV buggy driving. Yaseen explained the itinerary and helped make introductions between the guests. He spoke very good English and also translated into Italian (using his phone) to communicate with an Italian couple that had limited English ability to explain the itinerary and at various points during the day. There was plenty of water, juice and tea/coffee on arrival and the toilet block was clean. There were some stalls selling souvenirs and headscarves but there was no obligation to go look. Yaseen helped sort out helmets, with hairnets provided to be more hygenic. The ATVs looked in good condition and after a brief explanation of the controls we were off driving in a fairly large area nearby that was fenced off for the ATV driving. It wasn't going into the dunes as such but there was enough space and hillock/dip features within the quite large area to explore for beginners such as us. We had approx 25-30 minutes of ATV driving and could probably had a bit more (the advert said 35 mins) but we'd had enough by then. The ATV place had an official photographer and there was an upselling attempt to buy the photo of us on the ATVs when we came back in, but it wasn't pressurising and was easy to just say "no thanks" (we didn't want it).
Yaseen then deflated the tyres slightly and the dune bashing in the 4x4 vehicle started. The driving was just the right side of exciting, he clearly knew how to drive safely but to make it interesting/exciting for the guests whilst judging the guest tolerance of excitement level, i.e. not to make it too much. I was glad to note that the vehicle had a roll cage just in case, i.e. it was a properly specified vehicle for this type of activity. Yaseen had also explained the various other modifications from a standard vehicle to make it suitable for dune bashing in the desert. He said he had 15 years experience of this which put my mind at ease.
After the first segment of dune bashing we tried sandboarding at a point that was being used by several OceanAir vehicles, both on a sit down board and stand up (like snowboarding), which was harder than it looked but good fun to try. After that there was time to take some photos in the same dune area. Yaseen helped take photos of each couple in various still and action poses using our own phones (he wasn't upselling official photos, and thankfully there were no upselling attempts from him all day). He has clearly done this many times and made sure to take quite a few photos.
Some more dune bashing followed until we stopped for more some photos as the sun got closer to the horizon. Again Yaseen took time to take photos of each couple (using our own phones) and had good suggestions on how to take nice photos and video segments. We probably had approx 30+ mins of in-vehicle dune bashing (which was plenty for us) and 30-45 mins of photos with some sandboarding.
After that the itinerary went awry because the Dubai police had closed the main road to get to the Al Khayma camp and there were major traffic problems. We were supposed to be at the camp by 6:20pm but in the end it was 7:20pm when we arrived. It was no fault of Yaseen, there was nothing he could have done about it. He telephoned the camp though to alert them to the delay - there were several Ocean Air cars caught up in the traffic problems also arriving a bit later than expected. We parked right next to the camp entrance on arrival.
The camp was pretty good - nicely laid out with a nice circular central stage area surrounded by a mini-moat and nicely lit. The toilets were clean, there was a very good selection of food and plentiful. Other things to do at the camp included pictures with a falcon (the falconeer used our phones to take photos - he knew much better how to do this), shisha, tea station (poured by someone in traditional costumes with the teapots warmed on coals), henna painting and a couple of after dinner shows (traditional dance and fire baton twirling/fire breathing) and some arabian horses. There were also three telescopes, two focussed on the moon, and one on Jupiter with four moons visible. There were a couple of stalls selling souvenirs but no pressured selling. In fact there was no upselling at all, contrary to what I'd read in reviews about some other companies. There were a couple of young camels that could be fed (with straw) and camel rides near a nearby dune but we didn't try that as it was getting late by the time the after dinner shows finished and we wanted to get back to the hotel - it would have been fine for us to try that before dinner if our arrival at the camp hadn't been delayed by the road closure. Yaseen was asking if we wanted to try the camel riding before we departed, there was no pressure from him to leave.
Overall it was a very enjoyable day. I'm glad I chose Ocean Air rather than some others I saw on Tripadvisor, and that we had Yaseen as our guide/driver.
Note that I have compiled this review three days after the event took place, not whilst at the venue nor on the same day. Whilst Yaseen asked if we would mind leaving a review there was no pressure to do so on the day nor what to write. From reading other reviews of desert tours in general it's clear, and was clear from our experience, that the guide/driver is very important. Also though, the OceanAir Al Khayma camp set up and experience was pretty good.
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493ec
Dec 4, 2024
A must-do-Dubai experience! - Omg this was so much fun! What an incredible afternoon and evening we spent with our brilliant tour guide Naveed. From the moment we were picked up, to when we were dropped back safely at the hotel, this was a day to remember. Naveed was so informative, friendly and a very skilled driver - I felt in safe hands throughout the dune bashing (which was awesome!!). The day was well planned, I would thoroughly recommend OceanAir Travels as a result . We packed in a lot, but it didn't feel rushed. There was plenty of time to take in all the experiences, as well as photo opportunities and watching the sunset over the desert. The camp was beautiful, had a great range of activities included in the price and the buffet food was delicious. Such a great spread of traditional cuisine! The first performance was excellent, the dancing show not so much, but it really didn't detract from the lasting impression. Incredible value for money when I think about all that we did.
I was slightly concerned that we may be 'forced' to buy extras throughout the tour, as this is what I'd read about these trips in general. I'd booked with OceanAir as this didn't seem to appear in their reviews, and they didn't disappoint. Not once did we feel pressured to add on any extras, a very relaxing experience all in all on that front.
Overall, an absolutely incredible experience that I will forever remember. A must-do in my opinion, especially to get out of the buzz of Dubai city - a fabulous contrast and just something a bit different and unique. 10/10 - thanks Naveed and OceanAir Travels!
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Frank_v
Nov 12, 2024
A Great Day in the Dubai Desert - Our tour of the Dubai Desert was a wonderful experience. Our guide, Shihab, picked us up at our hotel and escorted us throughout the day. We went to the quad biking course (an option that we only watched) and then we took off through the desert dunes in a comfortable 4WD with Shihab at the wheel. He took us Sand Boarding and we had a photo session on the dunes while watching the sunset. Then it was off to the desert camp for Camel Rides and a delicious (and huge) dinner. The show during dinner was great and culminated with a fire dance. After a happy day Shihab drove us back to our hotels.
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Kathy_j
Dec 31, 2023
Fun experience! - We really enjoyed our experience. Asif was a great guide and driver. We were picked up and there was a total of 6 in our vehicle. You will be taken to the first stop to ride ATVs. If you do not want to ride be prepared to sit and wait for the rest of the people in your party. There is also drinks and you can wait in a tent, which is what we did and the time passed quickly. Be prepared to be approached to buy items (scarves, food, necklaces). We left that areas and went to the desert which was really fun!!! Took a bunch of pictures and also could sand board. Then off to the camp which was so nice! We enjoyed the food and show.
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Besma_s
Dec 23, 2023
Best option to kick of dubai trip - Had a great time as we visited on a weekday in Dec. Our tour guide was Osama, who got in touch before the day letting us know of the details. Very friendly guy. We took part in Dune bashing, Quad biking (must to experience), Sandboarding, Camel ride, dressing up in authentic clothes to have a picture taken while holding a Kestrel and BBQ at dinner. There are also other options such as Henna, camel feeding but it was not in our interest.
I will recommend to book through Oceana travel, you won't be disappointed. We had another family with us, we enjoy each other's company. Osama made sure that we had a good laugh and beautiful experiences. Please do ask for questions, they are happy to help.
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Arunakuppal
Nov 28, 2023
Worth the penny - We enjoyed the whole Safari trip .Our tour guide M.Sakr was very entertaining and friendly.We had an amazing time in desert .He took us lots of photos .Dont miss the Buggy ride.Highly Recommended !!!
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Austin_h
Feb 20, 2024
An amazing day at Al Khayma Camp - Loved our day out in the desert while on holiday in Dubai! The highlights were the camel rides and the dune bashing, the buffet was also really tasty and really well organised.
The start of our trip wasn’t so great hence only a 4 star review, as we were taken to a Quad Bike facility even though we had no desire to ride the bikes. We were also forced to buy a headscarf at £8 per person, which we then found later that we didn't need as we weren’t participating in the quads.
The entertainment was also really poor, just a guy spinning in costume and a lady performing some very amateur belly dancing.
We did however really enjoy the day, it’s just a shame we had to waste the first hour of our precious day being pushed to buy merch and quad biking.
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Shirleyjean_h
Jan 25, 2024
Didn't quite live up to expectations - All the travel reports tell you that you can't visit Dubai without doing the trip into the desert. Personally I feel that there are much more interesting things to do in Dubai. The dunes weren't particularly impressive and the Al Khayma Camp was nothing more than the typical tourist attraction which you can find in other destinations. Everything that was advertised in the camp was included (camels, henna tattoo, hawk ...) and the BBQ was varied and plentiful but somehow the excursion didn't live up to expections.
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Jocelyn_c
Nov 6, 2024
Sites are good but rude tour guide experience - The red dunes safari, 5* bbq are okay. But our tour guide was rude. Firstly, he kept using his phone while driving on the highway. Secondly, he doesn’t reply nicely when we asked questions.
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Shehan_h
Jan 5, 2024
Tour operator excellent. Read above for the price gouging by Viator. Better to book directly with the tour operator. - The tour operator is excellent. But watch out and do not book through Viator.
My friends found the exact same trip through another operator for 89 AED... multiple friends and their families. When I asked Viator, they just repeated "it's not the same" - an answer a 7- year- old would give not a professional tour platform.
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