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Dubai Desert: Vintage Mercedes Safari, Camel Ride & Stargazing

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Duration6h

GroupUp to 150

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Ride vintage Mercedes across Al Marmoom dunes, share Bedouin stories, taste Emirati dishes under desert stars

You’ll share Emirati coffee with locals at Al Marmoom Desert Reserve before bouncing through dunes in a vintage Mercedes G Class. Ride camels at sunset, watch falcons up close, taste homemade sweets and a five-course Bedouin dinner—and end your night stargazing where city lights can’t reach you.

Step-by-step itinerary

Al Marmoom Desert Safari and Dinner

Travel to Al Marmoom Desert Reserve
Ride Vintage G Class Mercedes in desert
Photo stop and observe desert plants
Arrive at Bedouin Village, enjoy Emirati welcome
Camel caravan ride in desert
Live Arabic coffee-making and tasting
Watch sunset and falcon show
Participate in henna and Arabian makeovers
Pose with falcon for photos
Watch luqaimat preparation and coffee roasting
Enjoy 5-course Emirati dinner with entertainment
Attend astronomy and stargazing session
Drive back to hotel in Dubai

The Experience

It started with Khalid handing me a tiny cup of gahwa—cardamom coffee that smelled both earthy and sweet. He grinned and asked if I’d ever ridden in a 1980s G Class Mercedes before. I hadn’t. The seats felt stiff but somehow right for the desert, and as we bounced over the sand outside Dubai, I realized how quiet it gets out there. Just the wind and our laughter when someone’s sunglasses nearly flew off.

We stopped by a lonely Al Ghaf tree—Khalid called it the “old soul” of the UAE—and he pointed out tiny tracks in the sand. Gazelles maybe? The air tasted dry, almost metallic. At the Bedouin village, women in bright scarves pressed sweets into our hands (I still don’t know what was in them, but they were sticky and good). The camel caravan was slower than I expected; you feel every sway. My guide told me to relax my hips—I probably looked ridiculous but nobody cared.

The sun dropped fast behind those dunes. Suddenly everything turned gold and pink. There was a falcon show—honestly, I flinched when its wings whooshed past my ear—and then we sat cross-legged for dinner. Five courses is a lot after a day like that; I tried everything even though I couldn’t pronounce half of it (Li laughed when I tried to say “luqaimat”). Later, someone painted henna on my hand while telling stories about growing up in the desert—her voice soft under all that open sky.

I didn’t expect to care much about stargazing but when they switched off the camp lights and handed us the telescope, it got really quiet. You could hear people breathing. Someone pointed out Orion’s Belt and said their grandfather used it to find his way home. That stuck with me for some reason—maybe because city lights never let you see stars like this. We rode back to Dubai tired and sandy, but honestly? I keep thinking about that silence.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off in an air-conditioned vehicle from anywhere in Dubai, all activities like riding through Al Marmoom Desert Reserve in a vintage G Class Mercedes, camel caravan rides (repeatable), entry to an authentic Bedouin village with live entertainment programs such as falcon shows and henna tattoos or makeovers, Arabic coffee tasting sessions with sweets, plus a full five-course Emirati dinner before ending your evening stargazing through a telescope under desert skies.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelInfant seats availableNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

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