Dubai Tour - 3 Nights & 4 Days Package | Includes Half Day City Tour, Daily Breakfast, Desert Safari With Dinner, Return Airport Transfers

Dubai Tourist Attraction

Dubai is dazzling - and difficult to leave. But if you're staying in Dubai for more than a few days or your threshold for shopping and swimming is low, there are plenty of excursions that can reveal the many facets of the UAE. You can witness the almost mythical haze at Ihe edge of the Empty Quarter and jagged mountains painted in multiple shades of subtly changing colour, or pass camels and roadside mosques, visit an oasis city replete with palms burdened with dates, and swim at beaches with barely a hotel in sight.

All the trips mentioned here can be arranged with any tour company in Dubai, but - apart from visiting Sharjah, which can be reached by taxi - we suggest you hire a car. One of the wonderful things about these excursions is how quickly the feel of your surroundings changes once outside the Dubai city limits. And no matter what type of experience you're craving, given the excellent road network in the UAE, nothing's further than a three-hour drive from Dubai.

Desert Safari

There is nothing like getting out into the
desert, especially at sunset. You can take an
afternoon or overnight safari - the silence
under the stars is magic. Tours by the companies
listed below all offer roughly the same
experience: departing in the afternoon they
travel across the- desert and, after an exciting
bit of 4WD 'dune-bashing', usually reach camp
with enough time for a camel ride and sand
boarding before sunset. After working up an
appetite, you enjoy a barbecue dinner - Arabic
and Lebanese food. While there is no alcohol
provided, people have been known to sneak a
bottle or two on the trip to drink under the
stars.

Dinner is followed by sheesha (water
pipe) and a belly dancer before returning to
Dubai. This costs some amount per person and if
you haven't experienced the desert before, it's
a wonderful afternoon and evening. Even if
you're a time-poor traveller, the trip is
worthwhile because you can tick off several
must-do activities in one hit. If you really
want that Bedouin experience, you can stay
overnight in the camp or under the stars for an
extra fee.

Mountain Retreat

Set deep in the rugged Hajar Mountains is the
scenic town of Hatta. Half the fun of Hatta is
getting there - driving on a freeway surrounded
by great, red-tinged definitely part of the
adventure.

Cultural Journey

While Dubai's architecture and resort ideas keep
getting wilder, Sharjah opts for I a different
kind of creative outlet. Dubai's neighbour has
positioned itself as the cultural capital of the
UAE and was named by Unesco as the cultural
capital of the Arab world Galleries and artists
abound and Sharjah even hosts the Sharjah
International Biennale.