Venture through the desert by vintage Land Rover and enjoy Arabic entertainments and dinner on this full-day experience from Dubai. Board an open-top Land Rover with a driver, and watch for wildlife as you drive into the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. See a falconry display and continue to a plush Bedouin-style camp within a royal residence. Here, experience traditional activities, including a camel ride and bread-making demonstration, and enjoy a delicious dinner, live music and dancing displays.

Full-day dinner in the desert excursion with transport from Dubai
Travel by open-roof vintage Land Rover through Dubai Desert Conservation Reservation
Look out for desert wildlife such as Arabian gazelles and oryx
Spend the evening at a Bedouin-inspired camp in the grounds of a royal retreat
Enjoy live bread making and coffee making, falconry display, traditional dancing and more
A donation to the Dubai Desert conservation reserve will be made on your behalf for participating on this tour

Why Travelers Choose This Tour

This stands out for offering a Land Rover safari in the reserve in the afternoon followed by a desert dinner.

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in an air-conditioned vehicle
A gentle nature safari inside the Desert Conservation Reserve
Dinner
A Sunset Falcon Demonstration
Shishas and henna tattoo available at the camp
Short camel rides near the camp premises at night
Cultural Entertainment

Gratuities
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

02:30 PM

Pickup details

We pick up from any hotel in Dubai. Please indicate your Hotel in the comment section if not found from the options. Pickup from a residence or an apartment is possible if booked in a private vehicle. Pick-up times will vary throughout the year based on sunset times. Please use the following schedule as a guideline when planning your day and preparing for pick-up October – February: 14:00h-15:00h March – May: 14:30h-15:30h June – September: 15:00h-16:00h A confirmation of your exact pick-up time will be communicated to you via e-mail or a phone call around 13:00h on the day of the excursion. Should you not hear from us, please contact us.

What To Expect

Begin your desert experience with a pickup from central Dubai hotel. Enjoy the views as you travel into the desert and swap your pickup vehicle for a shared, open-top vintage Land Rover.

Then, with an experienced driver at the wheel, set off through the beautiful Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, a protected haven for desert wildlife. On route, listen to interesting stories about Dubai’s history and an introduction to the traditional desert activities on offer this evening.

As you rumble through the sands, look for wildlife such as Arabian gazelles and oryx. Then, as the sun sets, stop for a fascinating display of falconry. Watch as the birds soar through the air and swoop for lures.

Back aboard your Land Rover, drive to a Bedouin-style desert camp in the grounds of a private royal retreat. Admire the beautiful setting of plush tents and outdoor cushions cast in the flickering light of flame torches.

Before dinner, enjoy an array of Emirati activities. Savor an Arabic coffee, watch a bread-making demonstration, get a henna tattoo and take a camel ride.

Next, take a seat at a shared, low Bedouin-style table for a delicious multi-course dinner of Emirati specialities. (See the Itinerary for a sample menu.) Afterward, smoke a shisha (Arabic water pipe) if you wish, and enjoy displays of Arabic folk dancing and music as the stars light up the sky.

Then, ride your Land Rover back through the sands to the camp entrance. Board an air-conditioned minivan and return to Dubai, where your experience ends with a hotel drop-off.

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
The Dubai desert can get cooler in the evenings during winter, so we recommend you bring a light jacket and closed shoes
Please note: Guides in the following languages (German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Chinese, ) are upon request and availability.
Children under 5 years are not permitted on shared car and need a private car booking (Please search for activity: Dinner and Emirati Activities with Private Vintage Land Rover Product code: 6183P20?).

Not recommended for pregnant women in their third trimester
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 100 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Nathan_H

This was a great tour. Our guide, Mauricio, was personable and provided a lot of information throughout the trip. Riding through the nature preserve in an open-topped Land Rover was quite the experience, and a much better way to see the desert than in a “dune-bashing” SUV. The food was delicious, with the karak tea and the lamb real highlights. The entertainment was tasteful and appropriate to the setting. Strongly recommend this tour.

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Desert Landrover Trip

Paul_W, Apr 2024

A wonderful desert trip. The guide was very informative. The peace of the desert, sunset and meal didn’t feel touristy. Free Head dresses were just the thing for the sun. Meal was excellent! Highly recommend!

Absolutely amazing and informative

Robert_S, Apr 2024

The trip was truely amazing and memorable, the staff were excellent and the food was amazing. Would highly recommend this to anyone travelling to Dubai

Excellent tour with an...

Mark_R, Apr 2024

Excellent tour with an interesting guide and a very enjoyable ride through the desert and a lovely meal.

Great Experience and polite knowledgeable Guides

Suhavi_T, Apr 2024

The whole Safari put together was a wonderful experience. This one is less aggressive and lot smoother than others. Sammy was awesome! Friendly, Polite and could communicate in various languages.

First Class Tour!!

Judie_H, Apr 2024

This tour was absolutely First Class all the way! We were treated like royalty. Very well organized. Beautiful cars and desert camp. Fabulous Guide! Highly Recommend!

Great knowledgeable...

Merrin_B, Apr 2024

Great knowledgeable guide, amazing food & experiences all included! Definitely the highlight of our Dubai visit!

Perfection

Dayson_D, Mar 2024

Extremely Organized, culturally informative, and fun! Such an amazing experience and well worth the premium compared to other desert safari’s. The classic vintage land rovers, friendly tour guides, delicious food, beautiful camp, and fun activities made for an amazing experience. Our guide Nikki was the best and we cannot thank him enough for such a great night.

Unforgettable impressions

Galina_K, Mar 2024

It was wonderful adventure. traveling through the dunes, riding a camel, a village in the Middle Eastern style , great food. Historical lecture and entertainment . I recommend everyone to visit.

Best tour we’ve done in DubI

Tom_W, Feb 2024

Such an incredible experience. This is the best tour we’ve done in dubai. I highly recommend this for anyone.

Wonderful experience

Manoj_S, Feb 2024

It was a wonderful day experience right from the pickup. The guide Ali gave a lot of local information on the way to site. At the desert everyone was very helpful and made sure we were having a good time. The camp site was very clean and food was excellent. This is worth the money and not to be missed experience when visiting Dubai.

Awesome and fun evening!

dac224, Feb 2024

We really enjoyed our group desert tour by land rover, camel ride and 4 course meal with entertainment. Armed was great! Was wondering if there were pictures to purchase of our camel ride??

Not a great value for money experience

Javier_F, Feb 2024

Our tour guide Giuliana fas FANTASTIC, caring, great with my parents and willing to make an effort to speak Spanish to them even though it was not even her 2nd language. The short and gentle ride through the desert was good, especially for my parents older age and so was the food. Everything else wasn’t great. Falcon ‘show’, dance and music entertainment was beyond bad. There was not falcon show, the dancers (only two guys) performed for like 5-8 mins top. The drum show was very poor. Out of four performers one of them wasn’t even dressing in traditional clothing which stood out. Overall if you take our tour guide out of the equation, it wasn’t worth the money and most importantly the time for the tour.

Dubai Desert

David_A, Jan 2024

All activities were wonderful and well organized. Jaco was a wonderful driver and made everything perfect

Great safari and warm welcome by Heritage staff especially Jordan !

dijana_s, Jan 2024

Great safari!! Beautiful nature and friendly people. My friends loved the ambience and atmosphere as well as photos with sunset

Excellent experience

Kehinde_B, Jan 2024

I would highly recommend this tour. The itinerary was great, as was the good. I really enjoyed myself.

Wonderful tour, amazing experience

Ilkay_I, Jan 2024

This is an exceptionally good tour. What an amazing experience it was, wonderful tour guide, show, food and overall it was fantastic. I have truly enjoyed, had a great time. Thank you to our tour guide and to the company for making it happen. Highly recommend it to everyone.

Memories made in the desert

Bertrand_N, Dec 2023

Awesome experience brought to life by vintage Land Rovers and knowledgable and helpful guides . Dilnur was fantastic . Took good of care of us from the moment we were picked up till we were brought back to the hotel . Our big thanks to Dilnur for this great adventure !

Driving through the desert with the wind in your hair

Nathan_H, Dec 2023

"Exceptional Service and Outstanding Experience!"

Kubie_E, Dec 2023

From beginning to end this was one of our most memorable experiences during our visit to Dubai. Our tour guide, Amjid was exceptionally thorough, attentive, and knowledgeable. It was way better than I expected and I highly recommend this tour!

Top!

THEOLOGINI_K, Nov 2023

One of the best experience ! Thank you Caesar! Great hospitality, food ! Very welcome and friendly staff!

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