I had never thought before how much charm the desert, especially coloured desert, has in itself. Let even just red, as in the Emirates. And of course I could not miss the chance to see this desert in Dubai. After all, from there it is a direct road to the Big Red Dune.
The easiest way to get there is to buy a jeep safari excursion, there are plenty of such excursions. The programme is the same, the price is about the same – from $40 to $60.
On the first part of the excursion.
Many people do not like the long wait for jeeping on this site. I don’t see any reason for discontent – it is a common practice of mass tourism.
Such programmes always include activities for additional squeezing of money from tourists, it is the world principles of the tourist business. One should take it as a given.
Therefore, I advise you not to wait for time and take a ride on quad bikes, you will immediately set the right mood! And when there will be such an opportunity.
All this time jeep drivers are patiently waiting. There were a lot of white and blue cars in the car park, I think it is for big tourist groups, which are sold by tour operators.
Our jeep was black, we drove privately, and we wandered in Al Badayer less, about 20 minutes. As it seemed, our programme was more individual – more time was on the desert itself.
Desert.
For the sake of justice it is necessary to say that near to tourist “breaks” in the desert it is rather dirty, a lot of different rubbish between bumps and rare trees. You don’t want to, but you pay attention to this freebies.
But far away from human activity the sand will be cleanest and nothing will irritate your eyes.
Before starting races on the dunes, drivers prepare jeeps – deflate tyre pressure. They do not drive one car at a time, always several cars in a bundle.
As soon as we started, the driver switched on Arabic music, they like decibels to hit the head like a hammer. I had to ask him to turn the volume down.
Here we go!
Outside the window, the red dunes of Rub Al Khali and the local camels. Skinny as bicycles and red in the colour of the sands.
And here it started!
Our jeep steeply climbed to the tops of dunes, dived from them somewhere into the abyss, drove off the dune sideways…. The driver gave such turns that the sand around the car was blizzarding, and my soul was going to the heels!
It was practically impossible to take photos at that time, it was necessary to hold on – the car was thrown sideways and tossed around. That’s why there won’t be any cool photos, it’s not possible to take a clear picture from the car, we got only a couple of shots. But believe me, what jeeps were doing on the sand was just circus numbers!
The driver drove the car in a daring and daring way. We were scared at first, but at the same time very funny, and then rousing and excitement! We wanted new turns and a new drive.
Only on more or less flat areas we managed to make an unsmoothed photo, below all our small column of five cars.
The desert is huge, and barchans are as high as mountains. But unlike mountains, the desert has not only peaks, but also craters. Sometimes cars ahead disappeared in these funnels, and then came out again on the barchan.
Before the trip I had seen a lot of photos from the Rub Al-Khali desert, I was very surprised by the rich red colour. I understood that photos are processed, brightness and saturation is added.
But my friends! This desert really has such a vibrant colour! Below is the photo as is, unprocessed.
It’s great to roll down the sand! But climbing back up is not easy, your feet drown))) And then how much sand you have to shake out….
But it’s unusual and fun!
Not in vain this desert Rub-Al-Khali is called a waterless sea, even the relief here looks like waves. This is the orange boundless sea!
Amazing desert on the Arabian Peninsula, amazing, incredible!
To come to the Emirates and see the Rub Al Khali Desert is to miss the main natural attraction of the area.
Don’t miss the opportunity to see this red-haired wonder with your own eyes!
Who might not like this part of the tour?
1) Those who get carsick or have serious back problems. Then on jeeps you will get not emotions, but torment.
2) And also this excursion is not for those who see danger everywhere, such entertainment will seem to you recklessness, you will scold the driver and prevent others to receive their portion of adrenaline.
At certain times, everyone is invited to dinner.
It is organised in the form of a buffet – in big boxes, salads, side dishes, kebabs… are put out on a long table. Not exquisite, but you can satisfy your hunger. What is interesting, for food there are two distributions, girls are directed to the left, boys – to the right.
I agree with the opinion of many that the dinner is organised so badly. It’s not particularly tasty, eating on those tables is uncomfortable. But this is a camping option, so I will not reduce the grade. We were fed, and thanks to that.
About pros
For 45-55 dollars you on good cars (almost taxi), are taken to the most beautiful desert, arrange an attraction with races, in the end still entertain and feed. Quite worthy excursion for this money!
Half a day in a cool jeep with a driver! Across the desert and through the city. This alone is worth $86 for two people. And besides, the excursion included camel rides, dinner and a concert. Agree, it is quite a lot.
From all excursions in Dubai we liked Abra-tour in Madinat Jumeirah
and “Jeep safari”. The last one was rated higher than the others:
- The organisation of the excursion at a decent level, here the price exactly corresponds to the services rendered;
- jeep safari is cool, we got an explosion of emotions, and it is also worth a lot)).
- We saw the main natural attraction of the Arabian Peninsula, the miracle of nature – the Rub-Al-Khali desert. And not only saw it, we were in it!