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Red Sand Dunes Tour
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
From $140.00
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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
- 6 hours
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Trade the bustling streets of Riyadh for the rolling red sand dunes of the desert on this half-day evening excursion. Start off with an exhilarating dune-bashing session as you make your way to a desert camp. Then, enjoy several activities such as sandboarding, volleyball, archery, and relaxing around a campfire. Dinner, coffee, tea, and local snacks are served during your tour.
- Watch the sunset over the red desert dunes
- Chat around a campfire and watch the stars
- Capture photos of your walk through the desert
- Enjoy one or all of the activities, the choice is yours
What's Included
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Snacks
- Bottled water
- Quad bike ride
- Personal expenses
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Dunkin' - دانكنطريق الملك خالد الفرعي، حي، Ar Rihab, Diriyah 13715, Saudi Arabia
Gathering at Dunkin Tijan Plaza
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers
Operated by Riyadh Trips
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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Sangeetha_S
Heaving dinner watching the sunset. Our guide Obaid was very good. His driving through the dunes were remarkable 👏🏼
We had great trip with him. He even helped us take amazing pictures.
Reviews
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14 reviews
Antoine_K, Mar 2024
the Quad driving experience is unforgettable, and the guide is very helpful and supportive, highly experienced in driving on the Red Sands.
Sangeetha_S, Oct 2023
Heaving dinner watching the sunset. Our guide Obaid was very good. His driving through the dunes were remarkable 👏🏼
We had great trip with him. He even helped us take amazing pictures.
MaryAdaobi_U, Sep 2023
Absolutely beautiful. My guide: Abdo was fantastic from start to finish. Abdo didn’t speak English nor understood much of it but was able to use a Google translator to interpret and communicate with me. The tour organiser later decided to include Quad biking for an extra charge of 100 SAR. I didn’t have cash with me then do to the late information provided just as I was waiting on my guide to pick me up. And so I had to pay for this through contactless. So please do bring extra cash just in case :)
Yusuke_H, Aug 2023
I would like to provide some feedback regarding my recent experience with the "Red Sand Dunes" tour organized by Riyadh Trips on November 5, 2022.
- I had booked the tour a day in advance and had engaged with Riyadh Trips' representative, Ali, via Viator. Unfortunately, I must express my disappointment with the service quality provided by our guide, Ali, during the tour.
- Before meeting on November 5, I chatted with Ali on WhatsApp. Overall, His demeanor was notably condescending and unprofessional. This set the tone for the entire experience. Despite my 40-minute prior notice to change our meeting point at the Dhahrat Laban area (this place was mentioned as a gathering location of the tour on its website), Ali requested me to stick to our original gathering location to the Madareem Crown Hotel on WhatsApp. I forcefully complied, even though this resulted in extra 30USD expenses for a taxi ride to the hotel.
- After meeting Ali at the designated gathering point, the Madareem Crown Hotel, Ali did not offer any apologies or explanations for the inconvenience caused. The lack of accountability was disappointing.
- Furthermore, I found the tour itself to be underwhelming, with a significant amount of litter in the Red Sand area. This experience highlighted several areas where improvements could be made within Saudi Arabia as a whole.
It's been over six months since the incident, and I still feel that Ali's guidance skills were lacking and the service fell short of expectations. Unless the aforementioned issues are addressed and improvements are made, I think that I will not consider using Riyadh Trips' services again and will not recommend them to others. I strongly hope that the necessary steps will be taken to enhance the quality of your tours and the professionalism of your guides. I believe that open and honest feedback is essential for the improvement of any service.
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Dear YUSUKE ,
On behalf of our group, we would like to offer our sincere apologies to you that you went through this hard experience with us. It was a disrespectful manner from the tour guide. On our defense, we would like to clarify something. We received your compline in a short notice, and as you mentioned above that the incident happened on November 5. 2022 and it was sent by you on August 2023.
We as a professional tour group have been in this business for more than 5 years, we understand your outrage and we do not accept any matter of disrespect towards one of our customers as we put our customers' interest above everything. your complain has been noted, taken care of and understood.
Therefore, we would like to inform you that the tour guy (Ali) has been disqualified from our team as you read this.
and about the amount of litter in the Red Sand area, we would like to clarify that it was not our responsibility to clean it as was the area's organizers job.
We offer our apologies again and we assure you that this incident will never happen.
we hope you accept our apologies.
We hope you enjoyed your visit to Saudi Arabia and other tours you experienced with us.
Thank you for your feedback and we wish to see you and hear from you soon.
Sincerely, Riyadh Trips
Larry_M, Dec 2022
What an amazing time, weather was perfect for 25 December trip to the desert.
Our guide/driver was amazing and we will definitely be looking to book another trip.
Response from Host, Dec 2022
We are so happy and we look forward to seeing you again
Rhonda_S, Apr 2022
Fantastic experience…can’t wait to do it again! Obaid was the ultimate host, offering a wide range of options and letting me decide. After an intense conference in Riyadh, I wanted a little dune bashing and a lot of alone time to take photos and recharge. He happily obliged, preparing an awesome picnic after driving to the perfect spot for sunset photos. (Warning: although we literally had the place to ourselves, there are massive amounts of trash…super surprising and very different from similar places in Jordan, UAE etc.)
Heading back was when the real adventure began! Came across two trucks stuck @ on the precipice of a 400 foot dune. Obaid apologized for the delay, but said that Islam required him to assist anyone in need…these guys surely qualified, as there isn’t cell service and we hadn’t seen anyone else for hours. Turned out to be local teenagers in tears, stuck for 2+ hours without 4WD or the requisite satellite terrain mapping--they had no idea that their dune of choice ended in a sheer cliff. Obaid had 4WD, satellite mapping and multiple tools in his beloved GMC truck (aka The Monster). He got both trucks off the edge safely and navigated us out of the dunes in the pitch black Arabian night. Grateful for the excitement, awesome conversation and knowing that wherever you go in the world, you’ll always find kind helpers.
Response from Host, Apr 2022
We are happy with your comment. Yes, Islam urges us to help. As if they were children, they could not find anyone to help them. Thank you for your time that you allowed us to help them. You deserve the best.
Alejandro_S, Jan 2024
El tour en si es genial, destaco mucho la actitud del guía, una gran persona. La zona de la reserva a la entrada es muy sucia y desorganizada, deberían cuidarla mucho mas.
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