Dubai Red Dunes: Quad Bike, Camel Ride & BBQ Dinner

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Duration6h 30m

GroupUp to 30

LanguagesEN · AR +1

PickupAt your hotel

Quad Bikes & Desert Camps: A Night in Dubai's Red Dunes

You ride a quad bike for 30 minutes across open desert, then experience dune bashing with a professional driver and try sandboarding down the slopes. At sunset, a camel trek brings you to a Bedouin camp where you get henna art, watch four live cultural shows, and eat a BBQ buffet under the stars with unlimited drinks and sheesha. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, so you only show up ready to go.

6h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Desert adventure with quad biking and camp

Pickup from Dubai or Sharjah
30-minute self-drive quad bike ride
Dune bashing with expert driver
Photo stops at highest dunes
Sandboarding down desert slopes
Camel ride at sunset
Henna painting at Bedouin camp
Live cultural shows and campfire
Star-lit BBQ dinner with drinks

The Experience

The 4x4 pulls up to your hotel, and within minutes you're leaving the city behind. The Al Lahbab Desert opens up ahead—those famous red dunes rising like waves frozen mid-crash. A guide hands you the keys to a quad bike, walks you through the basics, and then you're alone on the sand for 30 minutes, throttle in hand, figuring out how much speed the slope will take. It's messier and more real than you'd expect: you're not following a line, you're making one.

After the quad comes the dune bashing—a professional driver takes over and the 4x4 pitches and climbs in ways that feel almost impossible until they happen. You stop at the highest points for photos, the light turning everything gold and purple as the sun drops. If you want to, grab a sandboard and slide down a slope; most people do, even if they've never done it before. The sand is soft enough that it doesn't matter. Then comes the camel ride at dusk, slow and swaying across the flats toward the Bedouin camp, the sky doing that thing where it changes color every few minutes.

The camp is set up with low seating, a fire, and the kind of space that makes you want to sit still. A henna artist works on your hands with thin brushes—intricate patterns that take time and look better than you'd guess. Four live shows rotate through the evening: Tanoura dancers in spinning skirts, musicians, performers. It's not subtle, but it's not trying to be. The BBQ buffet arrives with grilled meats, vegetarian dishes, salads, breads. Coffee, tea, soft drinks, and sheesha pipes with apple tobacco are all included and keep coming. You eat under stars that are actually visible, which is the part of Dubai most people don't get to see.

Hotel pickup and drop-off are built in, so you don't arrange transport or timing—the whole thing runs on a schedule. The quad bike ride is self-drive, which means you control the pace; the dune bashing and camel trek are guided. It's a full evening, roughly six to seven hours from pickup to return, and you'll be tired in the way that means you actually did something.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off from Dubai or Sharjah, a 30-minute self-drive quad bike ride across the Al Lahbab Desert, a dune bashing session with a professional driver, sandboarding down the slopes, photo stops at the highest dunes, a camel trek at sunset, henna art at the Bedouin camp, four live cultural shows including Tanoura dance and Arabic music, an international BBQ buffet dinner with grilled meats and vegetarian options, unlimited soft drinks, tea, coffee, water, and sheesha with apple tobacco.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Seven Tours Dubai

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the adrenaline of quad biking and dune bashing combined with the slower, cultural side of the desert—the camel ride, the camp, the food under stars—all in one evening without arranging transport or timing yourself.