Morning Desert Safari with Quad Bike Tour Abu Dhabi

We had booked the half day morning tour but because of a few communication issues with my phone we re arranged to the full 7 hour tour later that day. We were picked up by Amir, he was our guide, driver and boss photograph taker, absolutely brilliant guy! We headed to the dunes in a big 5 litre Lexus 4X4 and we stopped at a Camel farm while they deflated the tyres, Amir had no problem throwing it all over the place up and down the sand dunes, scary and thrilling at the same time, brilliant fun. Amir then took us to some really high dunes where we got out and did some great photos with amazing backdrops if the desert. We were then taken further into the desert to do the quad biking. I've done this before in Egypt some years back and they had us in a line following a lead bike, not here, we could let rip in and it of the dunes for something like 20 mins, this was unbelievable fun, the quads were so easy to ride. Now I have to say that the people already booked on this tour had to pay 69 Dirums about 15 euro to do this but because ours was included in our original tour we didnt, but I would have paid it anyway because it was brilliant. The sun was just going down and Amir took us to a camp for food and soft drinks all complimentary, with 2 shows, a belly dancer who was great and a traditional Arabic dancer which was very entertaining, I have to say that I got up with the belly dancer, throwing some shapes as you do! There was a barbecue of chicken and beef, freshly made rice and salads, pitta and dips, which was so tasty, I really enjoyed it. They had a falcon and you could let it on to your hand and have photos done, so majestic, though I'm not into animals being used as a side show, this was a healthy well cared for bird and very well trained. You could do same boarding down the dunes while the BBQ was being cooked but this was too much effort for us and it had already been a long day. Finally we got to do a short camel ride, this was a great experience and how we never fell off as it got up is beyond me. All in all this was a brilliant day, one I wont forget in a long time, well worth the money and we felt safe with a brilliant Englush speaking guide.

très beau moment passé avec Shamil. La sortie dans le désert était très chouette de même que le quad (nous aurions même aimé en faire plus long temps). Nous avons moins aimé les chameaux et le gite un peu trop touristique à notre gout.