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Dubai is an exhilarating year round destination that offers unlimited opportunities for relaxing and leisure, be it a walk through a lush green family park, an adventurous day in the waters of the Arabian Gulf, or a pampering session at one of the many health spas.
City Tour: We offer a variety of city tours of different durations and at different times of the day. The city tour takes you through most of the city’s major landmarks and sights within few hours. These local attractions mostly include the Creek, souks & traditional markets, dhow-building yards, Sheikh Saeed’s House, the Heritage & Diving Village, the windtower houses of the Bastakiya area, Dubai Museum, Jumeirah Mosque and the eye-catching golf courses & beaches.
Shopping Tours: Specialised shopping excursions can be arranged to selected souks and major shopping areas & malls in Dubai &
Sharjah. These tours are specifically tailor made for those visitors with time constraints to organise their shopping trips.
Desert Safaris: One of Dubai's most popular tourist attractions is the desert safari: a unique experience that combines an adventurous 4WD car ride over sand dunes with camels, belly dancers, henna designers, falconers, and a barbecue dinner by starlight.
Other attractions include sand skiing, sand boarding, sand
karting, 4WD desert/dune driving, camel riding, and special visits to Bedouin Village to experience the traditional desert way of life.
Creek/Dhow Cruise Tours: An ingenious way of seeing Dubai is to take a tour of the Creek by traditional wooden dhow or cabin cruiser. Most of the major landmarks on either side of the creek can be seen from within the dhow. The cruises last for around three hours and starts late evening everyday and guests are served with food and beverages on board.
Dubai by Air: Special helicopters tours over the city can be arranged for visitors for spectacular views of the city.
Bird watching Tours: Nearly 400 species of birds are found in the Emirate, thus attracting many birdwatchers from around the globe. Customised bird watching tours can be arranged for a day or two to see full range of landscapes, desert, mountains, and the Creek.
Hatta Fort: An hour’s drive from the Dubai city is ancient fortress village of
Hatta, address to the infamous Hatta Fort Hotel, Dubai’s only mountain resort complex. The drive to Hatta is enchanting as the destination itself, taking the visitor through shimmering sand dunes and mountains. The tour covers visit to old fort and trip through Wadi Hatta with its lush greenery and diverse wildlife.
Beaches: Beaches, waterfronts - the Corniche and the Creek - are free for public access, and feature a range of water sports offered by several operators. Some of Dubai's beaches are attached to private hotels, where, for a small fee, you can spend the day on the sand and in the waters of the Arabian Gulf.
Golf: Dubai has the unique distinction of being the only golfing centre in the world to host major international tournaments on both the European and Asian PGA circuits. Visiting golfers can choose from various clubs and courses, each of championship design and excellence and giving a different type of challenge.
Treatments, Therapies & Spas: Dubai is home to an extraordinary number of spas and wellness clinics, ranging from internationally renowned brands to ancient Chinese and Indian holistic treatments.
Abu Dhabi: The UAE capital is only two hour’s drive the city of Dubai. Tours can be arranged to city to visit local attractions including Petroleum Exhibition, which offers an audio-visual presentation covering the development of the city and the White Fort. Also visit the scenic
Corniche, the dhow-building yard and the day’s trip usually ends with a dramatic view of the sunset at Breakwater Point.
Al Ain: A tour to this picturesque region of Abu Dhabi emirate takes you in the ancient oasis of
Buraimi; the archaeological finds at Hili, some of which date back more than 5000 years, the Hili Fun City amusement park with its wide range of rides and amusements, picnic area, ice rink, landscaped gardens and mini train, Al Ain zoo – with a flock of miniature penguins and the world’s largest herd of the endangered Arabian Oryx and the Ain Al Fayda resort built around a natural hot spring.
Of particular interest is the drive to the winding road of Jebel Hafeet – the UAE’s higest mountain peak from where viewing points offer spectacular views of the resort and the surrounding
copper-coloured desert.
The Northern Emirates: Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al
Khaimah: Tours can be arranged to Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al
Khaimah. Among the main attractions are the spectacular Sharjah
souks, Ajman’s dhow-building yards and palace museum and the fertile agricultural area of Umm Al Quwain’s Falaj Al
Mualla.
Ras Al Khaimah is an ancient seaport which juts out into the Gulf close to the Strait of Hormuz on the northernmost tip of the
UAE, opposite Bandar Abbas port in Iran. Tourist can explore the old town and the picturesque museum, surrounding mountains and numerous interesting archaeological sites.
East Coast: Fujairah & Khorfakkan: Situated in the shadow of the magnificent Hajar Mountains which straddle the UAE and Oman, the East Coast lies on the Gulf of Oman. The two main attraction centres are Fujairah &
Khorfakkan.
A day’s tour to the area may include an inland trip through the wadis and rock gorges of the mountains and then into Khorfakkan and its natural harbour with time for swimming, pausing at Badiyah mosque – the oldest in the UAE – the old fort at Fujairah and the citadel at
Bitnah.
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