Dubai City Tour and Desert Safari
4.6
64 Ratings
Dubai
Experience the best of Dubai with a full-day tour that combines a city tour and a desert safari. Explore the city's highlights by luxury coach, then venture into the desert for thrilling activities and a delicious BBQ dinner.
Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Get picked up at your hotel in Dubai city at 9:00am to start your city tour, lasting roughly 5 hours.

Ride in comfort through the city in an air-conditioned luxury coach with your guide. Highlights of the city tour include Dubai Creek, Al Fahidi Street, Bastakiya, Dubai Museum (including an entry ticket), Gold Souk, Spice Souk, Souk Madinat, Zabeel Palace (photo stop), a boat ride across the creek, Palm Island, Atlantis (photo stop), Dubai Marina, Jumeirah Beach and Mosque, Burj al Arab (photo stop), Ski Dubai (drive through), Sheikh Zayed Road, Emirates Towers, and Burj Khalifa (photo stop). The city tour concludes at about 2pm at a food court where you can have your lunch at your own expense.

You will be picked up from the food court and continue to the desert for the second part of the excursion, the 7-hour desert safari, continued after lunch. The safari program will be done in a luxury 4x4 Jeep equipped with anti-roll bar protection cages for extra safety driven by a specially trained safari guide.

Enjoy a fun-filled evening in the desert, complete with a drive through a camel farm and oasis, a welcome Arabic coffee with dates at the camp, refreshments and snacks at the camp during sunset, a special photo session with Arabic costumes for you to wear, a belly dancing show, a tanoura show, shesha, a camel ride at the camp, sand boarding, and henna designers on hand to decorate your skin. Dine on a delicious BBQ buffet dinner with unlimited soft drinks as well.

After the desert safari program you will be dropped back to your hotel in Dubai.

Points of Interest

  • Dubai
What's Included
  • Thrilling dune bashing with 4x4 jeeps on giant dunes
  • Barbecue dinner
  • Live entertainment with belly dancer, tanoura dance show, and fire show
  • Camel ride, sand boarding, and cultural experiences with henna, shisha pipe, and Arabic dress
  • Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off for city tour and desert safari
  • Complimentary soft drinks and water
  • Special Emarati starters and snacks
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
  • Informed and entertaining driver/guide
What's Not Included
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase) No Alcoholic drinks at the camp
  • Shisha at the table is not included whereas the guest can enjoy it at the exclusive area for shisha
  • There is No Hotel drop-off after City Tour
Additional Information

Experience the pinnacle of city and nature with this comprehensive day-long tour encompassing a city exploration of Dubai and a desert adventure with dinner included. Tour around Dubai’s main attractions in a luxury coach, visiting noteworthy spots like Palm Island, Al Fahidi Street, and others. Following a brief intermission at a food court, you will proceed to the desert. Delight in the thrilling dune bashing ride across the desert sands, take stunning sunset photographs, enjoy a camel ride, try sand boarding, witness a belly dance performance, watch Tanoura live entertainment, and indulge in snacks, beverages and a lavish buffet BBQ dinner. The tour concludes with a drop-off at your hotel after the Desert safari event.

  • Vegetarian option is available for safari dinner, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • You are booked on sharing basis hence all the co participants must cooperate with each other. Priority must be given for senior citizens for the front seats. Parents with children who are less than 12 years are only allowed to sit in rear seat as per the UAE Law. Driver will be the master of the roaster in allocating the seats. Alternatively the co-passengers must sort out among themselves by shifting equal time on the preferred seats. No prior request for the seats will be entertained since everyone pay the same. Anyone who does not agree to the seating allocation may request for an exclusive jeep by paying the supplementary charges directly.
  • Dubai Desert temperature may fall down around 09 degree + between December to April. Hence request all the guest to keep light woollen clothes and windbreakers.
  • Guest can opt to do the program in 2 days or the same day.
  • Dubai Museum is closed on Friday until 2:30 pm. Inside museum visit is not possible on Friday’s, however you can see the forts from outside and we will take you thee for a photostop. On friday some of the shops inside spice and gold souk will be closed
  • Dubai city tour on Friday mornings will be limited to 04 hours as the museum is closed and there is not traffic on the roads.
  • Soft beverages, tea/coffee water is included in the desert safari package will be served at the campsite.
  • For the desert safari, there will be a restriction on live entertainment Belly dance , Fire show, Tanura dance and serving alcohol throughout the UAE during the below Islamic holidays. Therefore the Safari will be operated without these entertainments and serving of alcohol at the camp site during these days. The same is applicable during Ramadan fasting month (expected to be from 05th May - 05th June 2019 slight change in date based on moon sighting expected, Ascension day Arafat (Haj) Day Al Hijri Islamic New Year Milad Un Nabi the Birthday of Prophet Mohammad. The dates are based on lunar calendar and cannot be pre-advised.
  • INDIVIDUAL GUEST PICKUP :- If the booking is for one person the guest will be requested to come to a close by common pick up hotel which will be one of the centrally located hotels. If the guest request to have pick up from the hotel of their stay will be charged USD 8 per person and they can pay locally. This is only applicable for those guest staying at centrally located hotels. However, if there is more than one booking from the same hotel we will pickup up from the same hotel. The agency do not accept any claim or compensation in this regard.
Location
Dubai Museum & Al Fahidi Fort
Al Fahidi
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.6
(64 Ratings)
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Sandra_b
Jun 7, 2023
Dubai at a Glace! - Amazing tour! The city tour was very good but the highlight of the whole tour was the 4x4, the driver was fantastic. We ended with a key to our success at the camp, the food was good and the show was worth it. I recommend this tour.
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Jitenpa
Mar 15, 2022
Amazing! - Great staff, activities, communication, and tour!! And the safari was very vegetarian friendly!!!!!!
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734geoffc
Oct 26, 2021
Highly Recommend! Amazing Experience - Amazing experience! A big shout to Shah! He was very professional and hospitable and he ensured that we had a good time. Highly recommend for desert drifting and just off-road sand bashing, ask for Shah. Belly dancing was great! The Pyro dancer was astounding and the Egyptian dancer was traditional and highly entertaining.
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610beverlyv
Oct 26, 2021
Excellent tours and good value - This was an excellent value, touring Dubai, then the desert safari with dune bashing, BBQ, camel ride, henna. The food at the BBQ was virtually never-ending so you more than got your money with on this tour. Our guides were amazing and very safe driving the dunes.
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Marcella_t
Dec 9, 2020
Fantastic city and Safari Desert tour! - I had a very short stay in Dubia, and I couldn't have made a better choice to see the beauty of Dubia and all it has to offer! We booked this tour with ABC tour through Viator. And everything else was stress free thereafter. We were picked up at our hotel in Dubai Marina on time in a nice clean comfortable air-conditioned tourist van with strick covid precautions. Our tour guide was a gentleman, I can't even remember his name (I think Iqbal)but he was wonderful. He had great patience, explained the history and the cultural of Dubai / UAE. In just 5 hours, we were able make stops to each land marks in the city and had the privilege to take pictures and buy souvenirs. The beach at Burj Al Arab, was so very beautiful with turquoise waters off the Arabian Gulf. Crossing the Deira creek on the abras was breathing. And we were able to picking up souvenirs along the way at the spice & golf Souk. Finally, at the end of our city tour, we were privileged by ABC tour who drop off at out hotel, this was sooooooo nice of them because we were able to showered, changed our clothes and was picked up in 45 minutes to go on the second part of this tour (5 hours), which was the Safari Desert for doon bashing, sand boarding, camel rides, the great tasting buffet and the shows. This combo tour was excellent. I am giving it 5 stars. It worth every dollar spent. The shows were fantastic, the fire eaters, belly dance, the bar B que was perfect. We captured the beautiful sunset in the desert 🏜 while listening to beautiful music. Everything and everyone were accommodating and at the same time, everyone implementing & practicing social distancing and covid precautions. We felt sooooooo very safe with both our tour guide. We had a fantastic day and evening. I truly recommend this tour if you have long layover flight or just few days in Dubai. Thank you so very much ABC tour, you guys are professional with great wonderful hearts. I love Dubai, I can't wait to go back with my daughter and for sure, I'm using your tour company ABC tour again..
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611julesc
Oct 9, 2020
Fabulous experience in Dubai even in times of Covid - I have no words to describe how well organised and safe (it's a covid world and all necessary measures were taken to the max) the tours were. First I need to say that Anna, the company manager was phenomenal in giving options to our interests within the things we were allowed to do, she went out of her way to make sure we've had the best experience. The Safari was really cool TK was our driver and guide, really knowledgeable and engaging. Perfect day driving through the dunes, watching the sunset, and the show at the end of the day was also fantastic. We did the city tour of Dubai a few days later and that was awesome too giving us a great overview of this beautiful city. Kudos to Roshan and Naeem who did their upmost to make us see and learn about as many things as they possibly could. Overall if you are in Dubai and want to explore more by all means reach out to ABC, you wont be disappointed and will for sure experience the best of Dubai with the best company.
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Torstentt
Mar 17, 2020
city tour: good overview (4 stars), desert tour: excellent (5 stars) - The city tour gives a short overview over the most important sights. We had little time at each sight, in most cases it was only a drive through or a short photostop, so it felt sometimes a bit rushed. But however, everything was as described, the guide was great and we have seen nearly everything that we wanted to see. So choose this tour if you have little time and it is ok for you to get a glimbse of Dubai. Opt for a full day tour if you want to see more. The desert tour in the afternoon was really great. Wonderfull camp, great driver, nice activities and shows, good food. Nothing to complain at all. Highly recommendable.
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Mel2042016
Jun 16, 2019
Best memory of my life ! - Where do I start from.. Anna has been the face of ABC tours for me even before I landed in UAE. She is a super star when it comes to guest relationship, coordination of schedule, management and politeness. She deserves an award, really I mean it. Then comes Liji our Dubai city tour guide. Her knowledge about UAE is commendable. They had promised us a tour on Sunday and even though we were only two of us in a luxury car, they did not cancel the tour. I am sure it was expensive for them..this is called world class customer service. Hats off to Liji. Hats off to Anna. I recommend ABC tour to every tourist coming to UAE. I vouch for them with all my heart!!!!
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Dave_t
May 31, 2019
Very good day tour - Covered a lot of the city with opportunity to shop. The exciting ride through the sand dunes to reach our camp was outstanding.
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Tamurq06
Jan 26, 2020
Recommend city tour if you like learning the history of a city - I did the city tour and the desert safari. City Tour My guide was Whiskey. He was fun and shared a lot of knowledge about the city. I wish we had more time for shopping in the souks, but you have time to pick up a couple of things so bring money and be ready to negotiate! The vendors are a little pushy. This was the only time in my trip when I truly needed cash. Desert safari The dune bashing for fun, but it did turn my stomach a bit so I took a pill for motion sickness. I still recommend this though! At the desert camp, the meal was so so (everything was cold). I highly recommend paying the $10 for the VIP service, which essentially means they bring the food to you. The buffet area is quite far from the sitting area, so this additional expense is worth it. Also, know that the desert is cold at night and it happened to rain while we were there, so bring a jacket or sweater for the nighttime. Hotel pick up The hotel pick up in the morning was completely smooth. He was right on time. After the city tour, they drop you back at your hotel. They didn’t give us directions or a pick up time for the afternoon, so we had to contact them in WhatsApp during the city tour for more information about the desert safari. You would think that the city guide would have this information, but the central office didn’t share it with him. They dropped me back to my hotel with just 25 min to get something to eat, go to the bathroom, etc. this was not long enough. Given that they pick you up so early, they really need to make sure you have tome for lunch. The driver this time picked me up 15 min late with no communication from the company about the lateness. Once pick up happened, everything was smooth, but I was really nervous about not being picked up on time since I had received so little communication about how the afternoon pick up process worked. All in all, I would recommend this experience, but I would ask more questions up front about the afternoon pick up situation and ensuring there’s enough time for lunch if you are doing two legs of the tour.
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