Dubai Private Desert Safari: Dune Bashing & Dinner

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Duration5h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · AR

PickupAt your hotel

Red Dunes at Sunset: Your Own Desert Camp & Dinner in Dubai

You get picked up from your Dubai hotel, driven to the red dunes for dune bashing and a sunset photo stop, then spend the evening at a private desert camp with camel riding, sandboarding, henna painting, traditional coffee, and a BBQ dinner under the stars. The entire camp is yours alone, and the driver returns you home after five hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Private desert safari with activities

Pick up from hotel in Dubai or Sharjah
Drive 50 minutes to desert
Guide explains facts about Dubai
Stop to deflate tires
Dune bashing in Lehbab desert
Photography stop at sunset
Arrive at private desert campsite
Enjoy camel riding and sandboarding
Henna painting and horse riding on demand
Drink Arabian gahwa and eat dates
Have BBQ dinner with kebabs and salads
Return drive to hotel

The Experience

The sand stretches flat and endless in front of you, then suddenly the dunes rise. Your 4x4 hits the first slope and the vehicle tilts — that's dune bashing, and it's the first thing that happens after your guide picks you up from your Dubai hotel. The drive takes about 50 minutes depending on traffic, and your guide talks through facts about the city the whole way. Once you reach the red sands of Lehbab desert, the real movement starts: the vehicle climbs and drops, climbs and drops, and you stop at a photography point high enough to see the desert flatten into the horizon. This is where most people take the sunset shot.

After the driving settles, you move to the private desert camp — a tent set up just for your group on top of the dunes. The activities here are the kind you do at your own pace: short camel riding across the sand, sandboarding down the slopes if you want to try it, henna painting on your hands, or just sitting. A guide brings out Gahwa (traditional Arabic coffee) and dates while the light changes. The air cools. You're not rushed between things. Vegetarian and Jain options are available if you've told them when booking, and the buffet dinner includes kebabs, hummus, salads, and other Emirati starters — all served under the private setup as the stars come out.

The private desert safari in Dubai runs about five hours total, and your driver brings you back to your hotel or home afterward. Children need to stay with an adult the whole time, and the package includes the pickup, the guide, the dune bashing, one camel ride, sandboarding, the welcome drinks, and dinner. Bring a camera — the light on the dunes changes fast, and the photos are the part you'll look at later and actually remember the feeling of being there.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or home pickup anywhere in Dubai or Sharjah by air-conditioned 4x4, a licensed English-speaking safari guide, dune bashing in the red sands, a photography stop at sunset, short camel riding, sandboarding, henna painting, welcome drinks of Gahwa and dates with unlimited tea, coffee, water and soft drinks, a continental buffet BBQ dinner with kebabs, hummus, salads and traditional Emirati starters, and return drop-off to your location.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availableNot for heart conditions

Operated by Dream Night Tours

Is this one for you?Choose this if you want the full desert evening — dune driving, camp activities, and dinner under stars — without arranging transport or timing it yourself. The private setup means your group has the tent and the pace to itself, which is what makes the five hours feel unhurried.