The Viator travel company offers the five-hour 4x4 Dubai desert safari tour, taking travelers to explore the city's outskirts. The tour is packed with activities, including a visit to a camel farm where travelers can take a ride on the humpbacked animals, sandboarding and a henna painting sessions. The trip also features a ride through the sand dunes in a sport utility vehicle, racing up and down mountains of sand. Once the tour reaches the desert campsite, guests will enjoy a barbecue dinner and may smoke a traditional Arabic water pipe while watching a belly dancer performance.
Viator
1-866-648-5873
viator.com
City Discovery offers visitors an opportunity to explore the old and new on the Dubai City Tour. The four-hour excursion begins at the Jumeirah Mosque, an important local landmark, before taking a drive along Dubai Creek, which bisects the city. Next, travelers will explore the Bastakiya neighborhood, with its narrow alleyways and restored buildings, before moving on to the Al Fahidi Fort, which contains the Dubai Museum, which documents the city's history from its humble beginnings to the present day. The trip concludes with a water taxi ride across the creek to visit the gold and spice souks, where all matter of goods are sold and traded.
City Discovery
c/o Tours and Co Associates Inc.
13 North Saint Clair St.
Toledo, OH 43604
1-866-988-8687
city-discovery.com
See Dubai from the air on a helicopter tour that flies over the city, offering breathtaking views. Fifteen- and 25-minute tours are available, during which travelers will be flown over some of Dubai's most famous landmarks, such as the Palm, a real estate development shaped like a giant palm tree, and the Burj Al Arab, a hotel designed to resemble a giant sailboat. The tour will also fly past Dubai Creek, the city marina that is home to many luxury yachts and other sites of interest. The trip also includes pick up and drop off from participants' hotels.
Yahoo Tours LLC
P.O. Box 111306
Dubai, U.A.E.
+971-4-297-3545
