Dubai Desert Safari - Sandboarding, Quad Bike & BBQ Options
Description
Enjoy a thrilling Red Dunes desert safari with dune bashing, sandboarding, and camel rides. Choose a 4-hour adventure or extend to 7 hours with BBQ dinner, live shows, and camp activities.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Begin your Dubai Desert Safari with complimentary hotel pickup by your licensed safari guide. Travel in a comfortable 4x4 toward the striking Red Dunes of Lahbab, where golden sands and rich Bedouin culture welcome you to a unique desert experience.
Enjoy a 50-minute drive as the city disappears into wide open dunes. At the meeting point, take a 30-minute break to refresh, take a short camel ride, and capture desert photos. While you relax, your guide prepares the 4x4 for offroad driving and waits for other groups to arrive. After our short break, set off on a thrilling 45-minute dune bashing ride across the rolling Red Dunes desert. Feel the adrenaline rush as your guide navigates the high slopes and steep descents in a powerful 4x4, with safety always a priority. Stop at the tallest dunes for panoramic photos, and offering a brief connection to traditional Bedouin culture. than try sandboarding—a fun and safe activity for all ages. Guests choosing the 7-hour option with BBQ will continue to a traditional Bedouin-style camp. Be welcomed with Arabic coffee, dates, and Lugaimat sweets before exploring a range of activities — henna painting, shisha, camel rides, and photo opportunities with Arabian falcons (seasonal).
After your adventure, relax as you are driven back to your hotel. A portion of your booking supports desert preservation and local cultural heritage. Choose this tour for the perfect balance of desert thrills, Emirati traditions, and sustainability.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Complimentary pickup included from any Dubai hotel and accommodation up to 45 mins before tour.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- 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
- Tour lasts 4 or 7 hours including transfers
- Pickup window up to 45 minutes before start time
- Camel rides are unavailable during the summer season due to high temperatures and animal welfare considerations.
- Licensed guides and fully insured 4x4 vehicles
- Cultural shows subject to weather and seasonal availability
- Shisha at tables and custom henna cost extra
- Vegetarian options available at BBQ buffet
- Not suitable for under 3, pregnant, or back and neck issues
Reviews(7,809)
Top service. Deliberately booked a shorter tour without sunset. Nevertheless, it easily turned into a long tour including sunset. Sensational driver and guide. Individual requests were immediately taken into account. On the return trip, we were given priority transport due to a restaurant reservation. Every little detail was perfect! Great price-performance ratio. Absolute recommendation!
There were some positives - the ATv, Dune Buggy ride, and the fire show entertainer, but also negatives: the driver seemed disinterested in making conversation (and in his job in general), the camel ride was more like a camel photo op, and the sand boarding was extremely disappointing… in fact - we had to ask about it to even get the opportunity to try it - they seemed to rush us through everything. They also tried to change our booking to group on a different day to accommodate them not us. It was just an ok experience
Great excursion. Jalbani our guide was the best we’ve ever had. He went above and beyond by even taking awesome pics of us.
Ali is the best guide we could ever have! Professional driver, good humor, knows all the good spots for sandboarding. We enjoyed this wonderful experience so much! Will definitely go with him again our next time in Dubai. The desert is something outstanding in its beauty, highly recommend!
Our Dubai Desert Safari experience was both unique and memorable. We had an amazing time driving across the sand dunes and enjoyed the thrill of sandboarding in the desert. The evening was topped off with a wonderful BBQ dinner and entertaining live performances, which created a fantastic atmosphere. Everything was well organized. We had fun and highly recommend this experience to anyone visiting Dubai.
Fantastic guide, Arbab, super cool desert safari with entertainment and super tasty buffet afterwards in the desert. Highly recommended!
Hi , Thank you so much for your kind remarks—we truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We're especially pleased to hear that you were happy with the service provided by your assigned guide.
Too long. Didn’t have to be 7 hr trip. Too many dull moments between activities and more than 2hr 30 min will be spend on road. First from hotel pickup - dune bashing. 45-50 min. Then from dune bashing to camp location - 50 min - 1hr. Then back to hotel another 50 min. This wasn’t listed in details so it was misleading and I deducted 2 points for this. For people who are not interested in quad biking the first stop should be avoided by tour operator. That stop should only be if someone wants to use bathrooms, This should be max 5 hr trip. Can camp not be done in Lahbab dessert where dune bashing was done?
Hi, Thank you very much for taking the time to share your detailed feedback. We truly appreciate your honest comments and sincerely apologize that the experience did not fully meet your expectations. We understand your concern regarding the overall duration of the tour and the travel time between locations. Traffic conditions and the distance between the dune bashing area and the desert camp can sometimes extend the journey, especially during peak hours. However, we completely understand how this may have felt longer than anticipated, particularly if this was not clearly outlined beforehand. Regarding the quad bike stop, we appreciate your suggestion. The stop is generally scheduled for guests who wish to participate in quad biking or require a short break; however, we understand that for those not interested, this may feel unnecessary. Your feedback will certainly be shared with our operations team for review and improvement. As for the camp location, our desert camp operates in a designated area that is separate from the dune bashing zone due to licensing and operational regulations. Nevertheless, we value your suggestion and will take it into consideration. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. We continuously strive to improve our services, and feedback like yours helps us do better. We truly hope to have another opportunity to provide you with a smoother and more enjoyable experience in the future.
Paid for shared pick up at hotel but received a cancellation call at last minute to offer a personal driver. Had to pay them an additional 500 AED. Food & entertainment was okay……..I would prefer another vendor. Staff was nice.
Hi, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We sincerely apologize for the last-minute change to your shared pickup and for the inconvenience caused by the additional charge. This is certainly not the experience we aim to provide our guests. We truly appreciate your kind words about our staff and are glad you found the food and entertainment satisfactory. Your comments have been noted and will be reviewed with our team to help us improve our service. We hope to have the opportunity to serve you better in the future.
We’re a family of four, visiting Dubai for the first time. This trip exceeded our expectations. Everyone had an amazing time, thanks to our tour guide Anthony. A must do during your visit to Dubai.
Hi, Thank you so much for your kind remarks—we truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We're especially pleased to hear that you were happy with the service provided by your assigned guide.
Great time. Nice comfy car, lots of space. Explained well, lovely guide Anthony Erosh. Enough time in each activity and didn’t feel like we were hanging around. We went 9.30am which was a good time for this, not too busy.
Hi Fiona_T, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful review. We truly appreciate your kind words about the tour and the service provided by your guide—it means a lot to us and to him personally. Your feedback encourages us to keep doing what we love, with even greater care.
