Desert Safari Tour

Dubai - The desert safari driver came to our hotel and pick us on time at 1.30PM, he drove to the 2nd hotel to pick a Singaporean family of 5 - then off we went to our first stop 1hr drive away.

DUNE BUGGY RIDE

At this desert location, the rental of the Dune Buggy - cost Dhs 800 (about SGD 296). Lesley and I share driving the Dune Buggy for 45 mins.

I wore the mask whilst driving as the sand was flying into my face. At one point my cap flew off into the air, I had to turn around and pick it up.

Then the falcon handler came and put the falcon on my hand.

DUNE BASHING

Dune bashing in Dubai means driving at increasing and decreasing speeds over sand dunes. As the surface of the sand keeps shifting, it takes a special skill and a special type of car to navigate the terrain – usually a sports utility vehicle (SUV).

I was flying off my seat as the SUV was driving through the desert - a thrilling and sometimes painful adventure. We were caught in a short sand storm and had to stay in our vehicles for a few mintutes.

DINNER PERFORMANCE

Arriving at this new venue was hundreds of people, some were riding the camel, buying from various store keepers.

We were usher to our dinning area, as part of the package we had to wait 2 hrs later or VIP add another Dhs 50 and we can eat right away. We went for the VIP with better seating and the food had BBQ chicken and kerbabs. The rest of the menu is the same.

Our dinner seats

There was no need to wait and lots of food to eat.

Emirati dancer

Belly dancer

The fire show and fire dancers.

The fire show was the last entertainment and our driver was waiting for us to bring us back to our hotel and we reach back at 9:30PM.

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