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ToggleThe city of Dubai is a city that one can never stop being amazed. The city, known to have the tallest skyscrapers, luxury shopping malls and modern lifestyle, also conceals an adventure playground in its golden deserts. Although most visitors to this area may use camel ride or a classic safari when visualizing the Dubai desert, nothing can match the excitement of a dune buggy ride. Equipped with powerful engines, rough tires, and heart-racing speed dune buggy tours in Dubai provide an off-road journey that will have you riding like never before.
Dune buggies are constructed to travel in a desert-like terrain. They are not as heavy as an ordinary car or SUV and are open cars with high suspension, powerful engines, capable of coping with the steep dunes and moving sands of the Arabian Desert. Dune buggy tour is not all about driving; it is about the spirit of adventure and exploring the desert in the most adventurous manner.
Dune buggy tours offer the right mix between adventure and sightseeing, whether you are an adrenaline junkie who can only appreciate the beauty of the desert landscape at high speed, or a nature lover who also desires to explore the natural desert scenery.
The ideal Dubai desert buggy tour starts with a comfortable pick up at your hotel and a ride to the desert. When you arrive, you will receive a safety briefing and be issued with helmets, gloves and protective equipment. No tour is done without experienced guides who would make sure that you are safe but still get the adrenaline rush.
When you are fastened in, you have to take the dune buggy tour in your hands. When you push you hear the engine roar up the sandy hills and racing over the big dunes. The ride is quick, rough and thrilling. The best part? You do not ride in a ring-tailed circle–you travel miles of desert scenery.
Often there are photography and sightseeing stops along the way. Its long expanses of golden dunes, along with the utter silence of the desert, make a beautiful setting. When you go on a sunset or sunrise tour, the scenery is even more spectacular because the desert sky changes to a shade of gold, orange, and pink.
There is a lot of desert work to be done in Dubai with camel rides, quad biking and 4×4 dune bashing.
Full Control: When you go on a buggy tour, you are the driver, unlike dune bashing, where the driver drives you around in a 4×4. You decide how fast, where to go and how exciting it is.
Ultimate Adventure: Dune buggies are intended to be used in the desert. Their strength and maneuverability allow you to overcome surfaces that would otherwise be difficult to manoeuvre in other vehicles.
Freedom in the Open Air There are no doors or windows, and you experience the wind and the sand during your ride, making it a pure and honest ride.
Fits groups: Buggy tours come in single-seaters, two-seaters, or more, so they can be couple-friendly, family-friendly, or have more than two friends.
To a lot of novices, the thought of taking a car ride over dunes might look terrifying.All participants are provided with training on how to use the buggy and there are professional guides who will ride alongside to provide assistance where necessary. Buggies come with roll cages and seat belts, making them as safe as possible even across rough surfaces.
The dune buggy tours in Dubai have been incorporated with other desert related activities, so you get the whole package of fun. Some tours like the ride include:
Rides on the camel: To experience Bedouin life.
Sandboarding: Ride down the dunes on a board like snowboarding.
Bedouin Camps: Bedouin Camps are provided with cultural performances, henna application, shisha smoking, live performances such as belly dancing or Tanoura shows.
BBQ Dinner: Eat tasty Arabian food in the desert, under the stars.
This not only makes dune buggy tours an adrenaline adventure, but a desert adventure in its entirety.
Dubai has a desert climate which is hot throughout the day and more so during summer, therefore early mornings or late afternoons are the best moments to have a buggy tour. The most famous type of tour is the sunset tours simply because, they not only have the exhilarating rides, but the desert scenery is also remarkable. Winter (November to March) is the best time, and the ride is even more fun when it is colder.
Tips for First-Time Riders
Wear loose clothes and closed shoes.
Carry sunglasses and scarf in case of the sand and wind.
Safety depends on how closely the guide follows instructions.
Forget your camera–take pictures along the way.
A desert tour on a buggy in Dubai is not just an adventure, but it is the experience of a lifetime, as you get to enjoy the Arabian Desert in the most adventurous way ever. It is equal parts thrill, beauty, and tradition, whether you are racing up sand dunes or spending time enjoying magical sunsets and cultural events.
When you are in Dubai, shopping malls and skyscrapers no longer appeal to you, grab a dune buggy and be surprised by the desert. The engine will roar, the golden sands below your wheels, the sky above you wide open, and you will indeed ride like never before.