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Highlights
- Experience a sunrise hot air balloon flight over Dubai’s desert, with private round-trip transfers.
- Ride across the dunes in a vintage 1950s Land Rover as your guide shares stories of Bedouin traditions and desert wildlife.
- Enjoy a traditional Bedouin-style breakfast featuring authentic Emirati dishes served at a desert camp.
- Take a short camel ride across the dunes for to experience the region’s heritage of desert travel.
Your Experience
In the early morning light, start an memorable journey starting with a hot air balloon ride over Dubai’s stunning dunes. Your adventure includes exploring the desert in a classic Land Rover and savoring a traditional Bedouin breakfast, all while benefiting from private hotel transfers.
Getting Started
Your day begins at your hotel where you'll be picked up by a private vehicle for transport to the Margham Desert launch site. Here, after receiving an important safety briefing, start your hot air balloon flight that promises spectacular views as dawn breaks over Dubai’s desert landscape.
What to Expect: The Dubai Hot Air Balloon & Desert Experience
This signature half-day adventure in the United Arab Emirates offers a sunrise balloon ride and includes a vintage Land Rover drive through the dunes, camel riding, and an authentic Emirati breakfast. Renowned for its stunning views of both Margham Desert's rolling sands and the Hajar Mountains.
Features
- A magical sunrise hot air balloon flight lasting one hour allows you to soar above Dubai’s desert landscape, offering a chance to spot wildlife such as Arabian oryx and gazelles.
- The 30-minute vintage Land Rover drive through the dunes is not only thrilling but also educational, providing insights into Emirati culture and its unique ecosystem.
- Enjoy a Bedouin buffet breakfast featuring fragrant local dishes complemented by dates. You can choose between tea, coffee, or kava to accompany your meal.
- Climb aboard gentle camel rides for a serene journey across the desert sands, enhancing the authenticity of this experience.
- As a keepsake from your adventure, receive a pilot-signed flight certificate commemorating your time above Dubai's dunes.
- Take home a Ghutra and Sheila scarf as a memento to remember your unique desert journey by.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Entry to the Half-day Dubai Desert Experience
- Use of a 1-hour hot air balloon for sunrise flights in Dubai Hot Air Balloon Experience with Private Round-Trip Transfers & Vintage Land Rover Desert Drive, Features Sunrise
- Access to a 30-minute desert drive using a vintage 1950s Land Rover
- Ticket includes Bedouin buffet breakfast
- Admission for a Camel ride
- Return private round-trip hotel transfers (based on option selected)
- One choice of Dates and tea, coffee, or kava
- Access to Ghutra and Sheila scarf souvenir
- Entry with Safety briefing
- Use of Pilot-signed flight certificate
- Individual Costs
This product offers multiple ticket options. Some items above (like transfers or fast-track access) may only apply to specific options — confirm what's included when you select yours.
Ticket Delivery
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Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.
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Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the meeting point.
Hotel transfers
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This ticket includes hotel pickups and drop-offs.
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In the next step of booking, please specify the name and address of your hotel.
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On the day of your tour, please report at your hotel lobby 10-15 min prior to your scheduled departure.
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If your hotel does not have a lobby, please wait at the entrance of the hotel.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 48 hours before the experience starts.
Frequently asked questions
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