Dubai Private Sunset Desert Drive With Wildlife Experience

Pick up at the hotel. To arrive in the desert and it left for 1 hour of 4x4 in the dessert. Mr. Sahib 007 is an excellent driver and animator, followed by a camel ride, falcon presentation, show, shisha, dinner. It was perfect. Good group, glad to have met is two young Chinese. Thank you Sahib for this good time. I recommend. Sylvain. France

<p>The provider was great friendly and prompt but it was so hot admittedly we were there at the hottest time of the year. we only went down once as the walk back up the dunes nd the heat took 30 mins would be nice of we could go down and were picked up at the bottom</p>

<p>This is the perfect tour if you're wanting to try sandboarding. It is great fun but exhausting having to walk back up the dunes carrying your board after each turn. Our guide was friendly and informative and we enjoyed the dune bashing experience (and felt safe!) too.</p>

<p>Really great experience. Definitely must do but it is super tiring. Going down is the easy part but climbing back up the sand dunes is a tough workout!</p>

<p>So much fun!! What an experience!! Super fun sand bashing and boarding, BUT you have to walk back up the hill!! HaHa!!</p>

<p>Tour is focused on Sandboarding and short 4x4 Dune Safari. For those who don't have much time to see the dunes and do mostly Sandboarding, this will be the perfect one! very friendly and proffesional tour guide is guaranteed.</p>

<p>The equipment's are for snowboarding i.e. you just can't get the straps tight enough to control the board take your biggest shoes with you and also one of them was broken! Walking up the dynes is a good exercise! Well, you'll get nice pics - been there done that!</p>

<p>We really enjoyed the tour, however you will need to be physically fit to do this as once you slide down the dunes you have to climb back up again. Great Adrenaline rush definitely something to try once.</p>

<p>we loved the tour and it was great if you wanted to get out into the desert for just sandboarding and none of the other stuff such as camel riding. Driver was friendly and helpful. we had a brilliant time it's just the getting back up the sand dunes which is hard work.</p>

<p>It was good we were only with the 2 of us and a guide/driver. The guide picked us up at our hotel in time and we had a nice ride into the desert with some touristic information. The sandboarding was quite a dissapointment since you have to walk all the way up the sandy dunes, which is very very heavy. Therefor you only sandboard downhill for 1-2 times, because it's just to heavy and hot. We were ready sandboarding in max. 30 min. and drove back to Dubai, whereas the entire trip should have lasted several hours. I find it quite expensive for the experience and would 've appriciated honest information on this trip.</p>

<p>We left our hotel early, at 7 a.m., but at least we avoided the morning rush. It takes about 1 hour to get to the site, because of the early departure, we were the first there. Also it wasn't hot.<br/> Sandboarding is a fun activity. Depending on the group size, you have 3-4 turns on the board.<br/> The tour includes some driving among the dunes. Sometimes you may think the car will turn over, but the drives are well-trained, they keep the car on its wheels : If you have motion sickness you get seasick, air-sick or car-sick, this part is not for you.<br/> I recommend this if you spend only a short time in Dubai, but want to some outdoor activity. With an early start, you are free to do anything in the afternoon.<br/> One tip: use the air-pump at the service station to clean your shoes, so you won't pour the desert sand everywhere for weeks.</p>

<p>Really nice to experience sandboarding. The trip towards the area was also nice, with the 4x4 through the sanddunes.<br/> It's time they implement a tow lift in these dunes :</p>

<p>A really funny experience, but be aware that walking up the sand dunes is really hard work.</p>

<p>This was billed as being a 4 hour 4x4 dune and sand boarding safari so we expected to be on the dunes for probably half of the time. In reality the 'dune bashing' was about 20 minutes, 10 minutes from a restaurant to a chosen dune for sand boarding and then 10 minutes back. The sand boarding was fun but the boards are old snowboards so the fastenings don't work with trainers. That part was however worthwhile and a new experience. The dune bit was a disappointment as we were probably not more than 500m away from the main road and therefore did not really get to experience the vastness of the dunes away from civilisation. 4 hours translates to a bit over 3 in reality 2 hours to get there and back so disappointing and could have been so much better if it wasn't so staged.<br/> It felt like the driver does it a couple of times a day and it is just a conveyor belt operation, same route, same tacky restaurant, same sand dune, despite the huge space available the dune we used was covered in previous tyre tracks.</p>

<p>Such a great experience.<br/> Only down-side: everything is a bit too fast... I haven't had much time to enjoy it but I definitely recomment this tour!</p>

<p>The driver was excellent - courteous and very friendly.<br/> The sandboarding was disappointing. As a good snowboarder, I was disappointed with the speed you could reach and also the hike back up to the top of the hill was tiring. <br/> The dune bashing was OK but nothing special.<br/> A long way to go for what it was, would be OK if you were interested in doing this at the start of the day and follow it with other activities.</p>

<p>very nice, a must to do when you are in Dubai.<br/> also a very good service, pick-up at hotel and drop-off</p>

<p>Excellent time had on this trip, but 1 1/2 hours was all we got before we were taken back to our hotel, I would recommend this trip but it is physical on the sandboarding and it is an experience</p>

<p>Was okay the actual experience was only about 20 mins not that great may be worth paying a bit more and doing another excursion</p>

<p>Was very impressed with the guide who picked us up on the day at 0730. He was very punctual and made the experience even more memorable!!</p>

<p>The service provider was good. Private driver arrived on time, comfortable drive to the desert, cold drinks in the car. However the experience of sandboarding I would not recommend. For someone who snowboards and kite surfs this was a real let down. One can only glide straight down a sand dune very very slowly! The sand dune being very small made the descent very short and having to climb back up the sand dune in the desert sun did not help the situation. For those who have tried any gliding activity I would recommend avoiding this one.</p>

<p>Transportation was reliable and on time. The driver was nice and informative. The red sand was beautiful. The 4x4 ride was an experience.</p>

<p>it's a little scary at first but in the end it was all worth it!</p>

<p>It certainly is worth doing and good fun coming down however it's not for those of an unfit nature walking back up a steep sand dune is not easy. Our guide was good at insuring we remained hydrated by offering us water every time we made it back up to the top, but even so we needed a good few minutes to get our breath once up. A couple of tips: you don't need to buy any head scarves or any other souvenir paraphernalia from the shop you first start at, however I would recommend long socks or strong boots. The reason being that the board uses typical snowboard bindings designed for a boot and as such won't do up tightly on anything else. The net result being if when you fall over the back of the binding scraps the back of your leg as it's not fixed securely.</p>

<p>It was so much fun, but the guide was a bit disappointed. He just threw our boards in the sand and said "go down this hill". No instructions whatsoever. We had fun anyways.</p>

<p>Unfortunately our pre booked trip starting at a civilized 9 am was changed to 8.15am the day before, so OK, was expecting just us 4 in vehicle but another couple was already in the vehicle when we picked up, no real problem. <br/> Trip out and onto dunes was good, thought driver was going to blow up engine :-) but guess that's part of it, sand boarding was fun everyone had as much time as they wanted. Overall the trip lasted just over the 3 hours, which to be honest was enough. Would recommend as overall was a good experience.</p>

<p>The boarding is fun and the guide was also very good. However, the walk back up is very tiering and therefore need very good physical staminor to last 3hrs. </p> <p>This activity needs to be combined with another to make it worthwhile. We managed 1hr and then decided to leave.</p>

<p>has been really funny , with a nice riding across the dunes with a land cruiser</p>

<p>Not value for money. We were picked up from hotel at 7.30am, drove for 90mins to the dessert where the driver spent 5mins driving around the sand dunes. Sand-boarding great but so tiring walking back up the dune in 35c heat only did it 3 times. Spent another 90mins driving back to hotel for 11am</p>

<p>Great morning. <br/> Pick on time - very friendly guide/driver - very safe. <br/> We were just the 2 of us so it was amazing. First time sandboarding also well explained and good equipment</p>

<p>Well organised trip. It was good fun and well organised. Good value for money and the guide was helpful and friendly.</p>

<p>Our tour guide was fantastic. Very animated and discussed the city Dubai on our way to the dunes. When on the dunes his skills on the 4x4 was exciting and exhilarating. Then with the sand boarding he found us a very clean area and we went down it as many times as we wanted. Don't worry about falling cause its soft sand. Of course going back up for another run was the hard part. We had a great time and would recommend it highly!</p>

<p>It was so much fun!! And the guide/driver was extremely nice and gave great personal service. I highly recommend. Be prepared though, climbing the sandy hill back up was very hard work. :)</p>

<p>very great experience, we hat a lot of fun; nice and friendly tourguide, unfortunately the tour only took 3 hours instead of 4 hours.</p>

<p>Pick up car was good but the experience was VERY disappointing. Just drove to behind Their office to a very small dune next to a major road. Thought this was just for practice but told we were not going anywhere else. Dont know how they could make us stay 2 hours in the one dull spot! We had enough 30 mins!</p>

<p>This trip is worth doing, if more for the younger, fitter amongst us!<br/> The jeep dune rude was good but short and the sandboarding was great going down but hard work on the way back up!<br/> Driver was friendly, helpful and informative even though he did turn up half an hour earlier than planned.</p>

<p>It was just myself and the guide which was awkward at first but ended up being fine, he was nice, made conversation, made sure I had a drink or anything else that I needed. I had a great time sandboarding and 4x4 drive through the dunes, got some great photos. Would recommend to others.</p>

<p>A complete waste of money and a waste of a day out of my holiday, asking the 4 of us to surf down the dunes and then in the blistering heat to climb back up!!! Rubbish def don't recommend it</p>

<p>A great experience for kids and parents. A really good guide. Just check the time of pick up the day before with the local agency.</p>

<p>The operator is completely unprepared for sandboarding. The boards were old and not waxed - therefore not sliding at all. Despite the assurance that boots will be provided, we had to go bare foot. The operator had chosen dunes right next to the road - little fun and not really a "desert" experience. Shall I go further? Not recommended.</p>

<p>This morning-trip consists of a short stay in the part of the desert, which is near by the main highway. This part of the dessert is great, but it is not the kind of untouched desert I have expected. The Sandboarding part was really worth trying.</p>

<p>George, our guide, was relaxed and told us many interesting things about the UAE on our way to the dunes. The dune was very suitable. George took care of us (softdrinks, took pictures, gave us a lot of time).</p> <p>You have to know that Sandboarding is easier then Snowboading caused by the reduced speed.</p>

<p>The tour was good. The sand boarding experience was fun ! The tour guide was very friendly , the only drawback is climbing back the dunes , it is very tiring ! Other than that it s a fun thing to do while you're in Dubai !</p>

<p>Driver/guide was a bit vague as to how long we had to sandboard and we felt we didn't have very long due to mis-communication over last run.Our whole trip lasted about 21/2 hours as opposed to 4hrs advertised. Where we sandboarded was a bit grotty with litter strewn everywhere!</p>

<p>The dunes where they bring you are located beside a small shop where they basically harass you into buying souvenirs and rip you off by charging 3-5 times what you would pay in the malls in Dubai. BE WARNED . DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THESE CON ARTISTS. YOU WILL BE SCAMED. The drive on the sand dunes was great fun. The sand was too hot this time of year for climbing up the dunes after sliding down. I was on my own so maybe this is why the whole trip from my hotel there and back including the activity was only 2hr 15 mins and not the 4 hrs it was described as.</p>

<p>Excellent Tour! Our guide, George, showed up early and was very friendly and told us a ton of info about the UAE and Dubai on our way into the desert. He was helpful with the sand boarding, allowing us to decide how many times we wanted to go down the hill. He had cold water and drinks in the car, as well. After sand boarding, he even took us to ride camels although it wasn't on the itinerary! He dropped us off after the tour right at the doorstep, which was very nice and convenient. It's a great way to get out of the city and see the desert - definitely recommend.</p>

<p>This was a fun excursion to the desert. On the day, I was the only participant booked so it turned out to be a private tour. The driver/guide was very professional and accommodating. The 4-wheeling prior to the sandboarding was fun and edgy. The sand boarding equipment was a very good standard. There wasn't much instruction so it's a case of 'give it a go'. Be prepared to get dirty (sandy). I enjoyed the morning and would definitely recommend it as a break from the shops and glitz of the city.</p>

<p>It was cool being in the desert instead of a snowed mountain, changing the cold for an extreme sun. Know the differences between both sports. Having good takings. Only one bad point: climb back up the dunes everytime</p>

<p>I had a great time on this tour! The guide was really nice and I enjoyed the drive on the dunes.</p>