Tours in Dubai
If you are looking to experience the highlights of Dubai, what better way to do it than a fully guided sightseeing tour of Dubai. Discover a wide range of things to do in Dubai including sand boarding, a desert safari or even a dune buggy experience. Take a look through the sections below to discover exactly what tours Dubai has to offer.
It is always best to plan your trip to Dubai in advance rather than waiting until you get to Dubai and leaving it all to the last minute!
Why not give yourself something to look forward to and pre book a Dubai tour in advance. Simply follow the links to each Dubai Tour experience below to find out more information and to make an instant booking online.
Dubai Desert Tours
Duration: 5 hours
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Travel by 4WD across the deserts of Dubai on an afternoon excursion that takes you sand boarding on the sands and dining under the stars. Heading into the desert is a must-do experience when you’re visiting Dubai.
Zipping along by 4WD, you’ll have several photo stops during an exciting drive across the dunes to your first destination, a camel farm. The drive continues across the desert and you will witness a beautiful desert sunset.
Upon arrival at your campsite, you have the opportunity to ride on a camel, experience the thrill of sand boarding and try out a henna design on your hands or feet.
After all that activity you will have worked up an appetite, so enjoy a delicious BBQ dinner and a shish (the famous Arabic water pipe). The evening also includes a belly dancer performing her show around the campfire in the moonlight.
Duration: 5 hours (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Take the ultimate Dubai desert safari with your own private 4WD vehicle. You’ll go sand boarding on the sands, dine under the stars and enjoy personalised attention on your private desert safari.
Departing Dubai in the afternoon, you’ll take a thrilling drive across the dunes to your first destination, a camel farm. The drive continues across the desert, where you will witness a beautiful desert sunset. This is one of the highlights of a trip to the Arabian deserts, so prepare to be amazed!
Upon arrival at the campsite, you will have the opportunity to ride a camel, go sand boarding and try out a henna design on your hands or feet. Please note: the afternoon and evening activities at the campsite may be shared with other travelers.
Next, you’ll enjoy a delicious BBQ dinner and a shisha (the famous Arabic water pipe). The evening also includes a belly dancer performing her show around the campfire under the stars.
Duration: 2 days (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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This overnight private safari is enchanting! Pitch a tent and sleep under 1001 Arabian Stars!
You will depart Dubai in the afternoon so you can make the most of the beautiful sunset later. First, you will begin traveling across the desert in your own private 4×4 vehicle on a thrilling sand dune drive to your first destination, the camel farm.
Next, continue the drive across the desert at sunset. Prepare to be amazed! As you reach the campsite, you can choose to take a camel ride, go sand boarding, or try a henna design on your hands! Please note, the afternoon and evening activities at the camp site may be shared with other travelers.
Next, enjoy a delicious BBQ dinner and a shisha (the famous Arabic water pipe). The evening includes a belly dancer performing her show around the campfire by starlight, before pitching a tent beneath the star studded sky. Perfect!
Return to Dubai the following morning after a light breakfast.
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Travel from Dubai in the 4×4 vehicle and journey through a variety of terrain on your way to Hatta. View spectacular scenery across undulating desert and rocky mountain passes.
Your first stop of the day is at the Hatta Heritage Village where you can learn more about the mountain village which dates back to the 16th century. The town lies on the banks of the Hatta Wadi (dry river beds), which then winds through the mountains revealing lush green oasis and refreshing water pools amongst the deep clefts in the rocks.
Spend some time before lunch to view the panorama landscape of the Hatta rock pools. Depending on the rainfall and season, you may want to take the opportunity to cool off in the refreshing turquoise pools before enjoying a picnic lunch under the shade of palm trees.
After lunch the your drive continues across the majestic red sand dunes before returning to Dubai.
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Take this private 4×4 safari for a taste of the Arabian desert adventure! Let your own private guide show you a lush oasis filled with vegetable and fruit farms, hidden in the mountains in the heart of the red and dusty desert. Tuck into a delicious picnic as you enjoy the contrasting scenery, and see the bizarre rock formation, known as Camel Rock.
The tour heads out East of Sharjah towards the oasis village of Falaj Al Mualla. This is a largely agricultural area of the Emirates, so you will pass by fruit and vegetable farms en route to a hidden mountain Wadi (dry river bed). After a delicious picnic lunch, the drive continues across the red and dusty desert to Camel Rock, an unusual rock formation hidden among the spectacular sand dunes.
Duration: 4 hours (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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If its an Arabian desert adventure you want, this is the safari for you! Try your hand at sand boarding down the desert sand dunes, or maybe you prefer to take a camel ride across the sand dunes. ON this private tour the choice is yours as your own personal guide accompanies your morning in the desert.
You will leave the comfort of your hotel and travel across the desert by 4×4 vehicle. The drive takes you to some of the most beautiful sand dunes of the deserts in Dubai.
Upon reaching the dunes, you have the opportunity to experience the exhilaration of the one of the most popular sports in the desert – sand boarding! No trip to Dubai is complete without at least one slide down a sand dune.
Please list any special interests you have at time of booking to alert our guide, so that he or she can better prepare for your private tour.
Dubai Birds Eye View Tours
Duration: 5 hours (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Leave the glitz and glamour of Dubai behind and join this early-morning hot-air balloon expedition deep in the heart of the desert. Rising early to see the desert is something you’ll never forget! Prepare for an exhilarating flight with unrivaled views as you enjoy a magic carpet ride over giant red sands, emerald green oases, gazelles and wandering camels.
Getting up early for a sunrise flight guarantees breathtaking views and incredible deserts capes. It’s the best time for flying as the cool and serene ambiance adds to this balloon adventure! Your balloon takes off from a desert oases located north of Al Ain. It’s about an hour’s drive from Dubai. Upon arrival, you’ll see the balloon waiting amongst striking red sand dunes. Watch as your hot air balloon is inflated and then you’re up, up and away!
Inhale the cool morning breeze as you ascend higher and higher and admire the view as the sun’s first rays flood the desert with an abundance of color. The flight time is approximately one hour.
Upon touching down, enjoy cold drinks as your pilot presents you with a personalized flight certificate, signifying your memorable hot air balloon flight over Dubai. Be welcomed by the warmth of the desert people who often gather once your hot air balloon has landed.
Duration: 40 minutes (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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The best-selling Dubai seaplane flight! Take a 40-minute journey and enjoy a bird’s eye view of Dubai’s iconic landmarks such as Burj Al Arab Hotel Jumeirah, Burj Dubai, Jebel Ali, historic Dubai Creek and fly over the largest man-made islands including The World and The Palm.
The flight will provide you with unforgettable photo opportunities of Dubai with its magnificently built skyscrapers and some of the marvels of human engineering. The highlights of your seaplane flight include:
- Jebel Ali Palm
- Jebel Ali Port
- Dubai Marina
- The world famous Palm Jumeirah
- The seven star Burj Al Arab Hotel Jumeirah
- Burj Dubai
- The historic Dubai Creek
- Port Rashid
- The World
Dubai City Tours
Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Experience the historic sites and vibrant cosmopolitan life of Dubai on this comprehensive sightseeing tour. From the famous gold souk to the sail-shaped hotel Burj Al Arab, you’ll see all the famous sights of Dubai on this leisurely afternoon tour.
Your excursion begins with a photo stop at Dubai’s most famous landmark, the Burj Al Arab hotel. The unique billowing sail design of this world-renowned luxury hotel is a must-see for all visitors to Dubai.
You’ll then proceed to Jumeirah, Dubai’s picturesque palace and residential area that’s also home to the famous Jumeirah Mosque. The tour then continues to Al Bastakiya, Dubai’s atmospheric old quarter by the Creek. Here, you’ll visit Dubai’s famous museum housed in the former Al Fahidi Fort.
Then it’s all aboard the Abra (water taxi) to cross the Creek to the spice souk. You’ll then have time to shop in another famous Dubai landmark, the glistening gold souk.
Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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See Dubai with the luxury of a private car and guide, allowing you to set your own itinerary. You’ll see the most popular sites of the golden city on this leisurely half-day tour.
Your private half-day tour begins with a photo stop at Dubai’s most famous landmark, the Burj Al Arab hotel. The unique billowing sail design of this world-renowned luxury hotel is a must-see for all visitors to Dubai.
You’ll then proceed to Jumeirah, Dubai’s picturesque palace and residential area that’s also home to the famous Jumeirah Mosque. The tour then continues to Al Bastakiya, Dubai’s atmospheric old quarter by the Creek. Here, you’ll visit Dubai’s famous museum housed in the former Al Fahidi Fort.
Then it’s all aboard the Abra (water taxi) to cross the Creek to the spice souk. You’ll then have time to shop in another famous Dubai landmark, the glistening gold souk.
Duration: 1 day (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Discover Dubai at your leisure with a 24 hour ticket on the Dubai Hop-on Hop-off Tour. Create your own itinerary as you see the most popular sights of Dubai, keeping to your own personal timetable and not others!
Open-top double-decker buses offer unbeatable views as you travel through Dubai on two different routes. In addition to unlimited circuits during the 24 hour period, your ticket includes free admission into Dubai Museum and a free Arabian Dhow Cruise.
Dubai is a city of fascinating contrasts, offering a distinctive blend of old and new. It’s where East meets West. In less than a century, under the visionary leadership of Dubai’s ruling Al Maktoum family, it has been transformed from a small fishing village into a modern vibrant city full of surprises.
Whether you are seeking a relaxing break away from clouds and crowds or a new and exciting experience, Dubai has it all – sea, sand, sun and shopping! It’s everything you could wish for in a top holiday destination.
Dubai East Coast Tours
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Your tour begins with a drive through the lush oasis of Al Dhaid, renowned for its fruit and vegetable plantations. Then onto Masafi, and the picturesque Hajar mountains before reaching the village of Dibba, for a wander around the small port.
Your tour continues along the coast, through small fishing villages. During your lunch break you may want to enjoy a relaxing swim in the Indian Ocean.
Continue your drive to Al Badiyah, the oldest mosque in the Emirates and in Fujairah, you will stop at the renovated Fort.
Before returning to Sharjah/Dubai there is a last stop at the oasis by the old citadel of Bithnah and time to browse around the “Friday Market” in Masafi.
Other Tours in Dubai
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Enjoy a great day out taking in the sights and sounds of the beautiful Garden City of Al Ain.
Your tour begins with a drive through the fascinating and ever changing desert scenery before reaching the Hajar Mountains. In Al Ain, you will visit the museum and the renovated Old Palace of H.H. Sheikh Zayed, the late ruler of Abu Dhabi and the late President of the UAE.
Your next destination is the largest camel market in the U.A.E, where dealers come from around the Gulf to buy and sell racing animals. Step back in time at the Hili Gardens, famous for the archaeological excavations from the third millennium B.C and the site of some of the UAE’s most impressive ancient tombs.
Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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This tour will take you to Sharjah, the “Pearl of the Gulf”. One of the many landmarks to see during the tour is King Faisal Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the Emirates.
You will visit the renovated Fort of Sharjah, former residence of the ruling family originally built in 1820, then continue to the Heritage Museum and proceed to wander through the adjacent souk “Al Arsa”.
Before returning to your hotel, you have time to stroll and shop at souk “Al Markazi” a treasure trove of carpets, jewelry and handicrafts. Don’t forget to pick up a unique souvenir of your trip to the Middle East while you are here!
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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On this private city sightseeing tour you will discover the wonders of Abu Dhabi, capital of the Emirates, known as the Arabian Jewel. On your way to Abu Dhabi you will pass by Jebel Ali Port, which is the biggest man-made port in the world.
On arrival the first destination is the Women’s Handicraft Center. Admire the amazing dexterity and skill of local women making traditional handicrafts. This center was established to provide training and job opportunities for women in the region, as well as preserve and protect the local heritage.
You continue to the city through the well laid out roads, surrounding lush greenery, beautiful parks, and rows and rows of trees until we reach Abu Dhabi’s oldest building, Al Husn Palace built in the 18th century.
Enjoy a magnificent view of this modern city after driving along the beautiful Corniche to the Breakwater. You then visit the Heritage Village and journey to the past to explore the life before oil was discovered.
Before returning to Dubai/Sharjah, tour the Dhow Yard where wooden ships are still being built using simple tools and techniques handed down through many generations, all without blue prints!