Dhow Cruise Dubai Creek: Dinner with Live Entertainment
Watch Old Dubai's heritage architecture light up across the water while you dine on the creek.
A dhow cruise on Dubai Creek combines dinner and live entertainment on a restored wooden boat, sailing past the contrast of Old Dubai's traditional wind-tower houses and the modern skyline. You board at Al Seef, receive a welcome drink, and spend 90 minutes dining on an international buffet with Emirati dishes while Tanura dancers and puppet performers entertain on deck. The cruise departs at 8:30 pm, timing the sail for evening city lights reflected on the water.
Options for this experience
2 optionsStep-by-step itinerary
Dhow cruise with dinner and entertainment
- Board traditional wooden dhow
- Enjoy welcome drink
- Cruise along Dubai Creek
- View historic architecture and Al Fahidi
- Dine on gourmet Emirati dishes
- Watch live Tanura and puppet shows
What’s included
- Welcome drinks, water, tea and coffee.
- international buffet dinner with original Emirati dishes and desserts.
- 90 minutes of cruising near Bur Dubai and Deira creek.
- live Tanura and puppet entertainment on deck.
Times
- Every day 20:30
Before you book
Operated by Tripline Tourism
Prices and times updated 13 days ago
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The experience
What makes this cruise work is the route itself. You're not on open water. You're on Dubai Creek, the narrow waterway that splits Old Dubai from the newer side, so the contrast between heritage and modernity unfolds on either bank as you move. The wooden dhow is the vessel. It's been restored and fitted for dining, and the boat itself is part of what you came for. Boarding starts at 7:45 pm, giving you time to settle before the 8:30 pm departure. A welcome drink arrives as soon as you're on deck.
Dinner is a gourmet buffet that includes original Emirati dishes alongside international options, with tea, coffee and water included throughout. The meal happens while you're moving, so you're eating and watching the creek banks slip past at the same time. Live entertainment runs the whole sail: Tanura dancers (the spinning-skirt performers) and puppet shows happen on deck. The cruise covers the Bur Dubai and Deira creek area, passing Al Fahidi and its traditional architecture: wind-tower houses and heritage villages that are the reason you're seeing this side of the city at all.
The 90-minute timing is tight enough to fit an evening into a Dubai day, but long enough that the meal, the entertainment and the sightseeing don't feel rushed. Boarding is at the Al Seef side of Dubai Creek, behind the British Embassy at Gate 2C. The nearest metro station is Burjuman, about a 20-minute walk away. Infants can ride in a pram or stroller, and small children sit on an adult's lap. Note that live music doesn't run during Ramadan.
Is this one for you?Choose the Cruise With Sharing Transfer if your hotel is in Dubai and you'd rather not navigate to Al Seef on your own. Pick Dhow Cruise Only if you're already near Dubai Creek or prefer to arrange your own transport to the boarding point at Gate 2C.
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Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Infant (under 4): free.
What's the difference between the Cruise With Sharing Transfer and the Dhow Cruise Only option?
The Cruise With Sharing Transfer includes hotel pickup and drop-off in a shared vehicle. The Dhow Cruise Only option is the boat experience alone, and you arrange your own way to the Al Seef boarding point.
What does the buffet dinner actually include?
The buffet features an international menu with original Emirati dishes, fresh gourmet specialties, and a dessert selection. Welcome drinks, water, tea and coffee are included for the full 90 minutes.
When does the boat actually leave, and how early do I need to arrive?
Boarding starts at 7:45 pm and the dhow departs exactly at 8:30 pm, so arriving by 7:45 gives you time to settle in before departure.
What is Al Fahidi, and why does the cruise pass it?
Al Fahidi is a heritage village in Old Dubai with traditional wind-tower houses and historic architecture. The cruise passes it to show the contrast between this traditional side of the creek and the modern skyline on the opposite bank.
Is there live entertainment every night?
Live entertainment (Tanura dancers and puppet shows) runs on the cruise, but not during Ramadan month, when the schedule changes.
Dhow Cruise Dubai Creek: Dinner with Live Entertainment
1h 30m · EN
from AED 58 per person
≈ US$ 16 in your currency
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