Amazing Abu Dhabi Desert Safari

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With connotations of an amazing adventure, suppressed excitement and the anticipation of travelling across the vast and waiting desert, leaving the civilized world to its bright city lights, far behind, the adrenalin rush that builds up, is definitely worth experiencing....

An Abu Dhabi Desert Safari, which broadly includes the time saving and convenient facility of pick-up and drop off by a 4x4x Land Cruiser, includes an exciting Dune Drive , where you might get to explore the large areas of lag gravel plains with ‘seif’ (sword) dunes marching across them. Or even come across the proverbial ‘sabkhas’ – dry-crusted, lithium-rich brine-mud lakes on the eastern margins of the Rub Al Kali, if you are adventurous enough!

Between the huge 'irq’ dunes there are thousands of ancient dried lakes, clear evidence of two previous periods of regular rains, and keen-eyed explorers might find elegant flint arrow-heads, maybe chance of the skulls of huge beasts from that era, akin to water-buffalo and hippos.

But that is going too far back into antiquity...!   ...
... To get back to the present and the contemporary, an Abu Dhabi Desert Safari also includes Sand Skiing, Camel Riding and an enjoyable session of donning traditional Arabic costumes for photography purposes, to carry back fond memories of a pan Arabian adventure!   With an impressive Falcon Show and demonstrations of an Arabic Sweet Maker to give you some sweetness in life, you alo get the opportunity to decide whether you have a taste for h typical Arabic Coffee or not!!

This rather comprehensive UAE Desert Safari, which has thrills and frills galore, provides you with the unique experience of ‘smoking’ a “shisha’ or Arabic water pipe, out in the vast dark night illuminated but by a constellation of stars in the deep velvet blue of the sky, beckoning from afar even as the coloured fumes from the shisha hubble bubble curl indolently in the waiting, watching night!   Or sitting around a bonfire or barbeque in a spirit of easy camaraderie, tucking into succulent and delicious barbeque grills prepared fresh for your consumption, these are intangibles which build up an inexplicable mystique, a mingling of minds and moods when so far removed from the madding crowd...!

A UAE Desert Safari, which is essentially handled by pure professionals, as much for your safety and security as to ensure the overall success of the trip and handle with knowledge any problems that may crop up, also include a mesmerising Belly Dance Show, fascinating Henna Painting, exciting Quad Biking, as well as mineral water and soft drinks to quench your thirst.   Available at the camp site, the quad bikes give you that extra “zing’ or kick in life that you are looking for, to keep you going!