Dubai Safari: entertainment of the day

Ever since Dubai appeared on the world map as a tourism and financial hub, the Dubai government has been putting a lot of efforts to make the stay of visitors in this area a memorable one. One of the most popular tourist activities in Dubai is the famous Dubai Desert Safari. There was a time when Dubai had millions of tourists every year, but times have changed and now the tourist traffic has been reduced due to the Wuhan virus, but the few who come can still enjoy the desert safari.

Desert safari is similar to any other safari like forest or nature park. The only difference is that it is a desert cruise. The desert is made of sand that rises in small mounds called dunes. These keep changing with the direction of the wind. Additionally, desert storms are also common when sand is churned up everywhere and visibility drops to zero. Getting caught in a desert storm can be a chilling experience.

Therefore, the desert safari must have a special type of vehicle that can move on the sand. Only a 4×4 wheel drive vehicle can serve this purpose. The most used vehicle is the Toyota Land Cruiser 4×4 in these desert safaris. The vehicle is spacious and with the air conditioning on it does not get hot in the hot desert where the daytime temperature rises to 50°C. Safaris are suspended during the hot months of May and June. The best time is winter when the temperature is low and you can really enjoy the desert, belly dancing and food.

Booking a Safari is easy and there are many outlets at the hotels where you will be staying. There are two types of safaris. Firstly, there is the Day Safari which picks you up from your hotel and drops you back at midnight. There is also the Night Safari which takes you to a Bedouin village where you spend the night in air-conditioned tents, returning the next night.

The Safari starts from the moment you are picked up from the hotel. After collection, all vehicles are assembled at a meeting point. Remember that no vehicle ventures alone into the desert. This is dangerous as there are high chances that you will get lost in the desert and even sometimes the drivers lose their orientation as well.

The vehicle ride will then drive into the desert. This in itself is a thrilling experience as the vehicle will go up and down the desert dune. Momentum is something that can only be experienced. The safari group will most likely converge on the desert camel farm. You can then go outside and have a look at the camels and even take a short ride on the camel. Here you will also have the sand scooter and riding it in the desert is a great challenge and also fun.

The next stop on the safari is a Bedouin desert camp. These camps are specially designed to serve tourists and have basic tourist services such as bathrooms, electricity and telephones. The stay in the Bedouin camp can be from 2 to 4 hours and dinner will be served. A sumptuous buffet is normally available and you can get both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. It is an international buffet and there are dishes from all over the world from Europe to Japan and India. However, keeping up with the sensibilities of the large number of visitors to the subcontinent never serves beef. This is the time when you can also order whiskey or beer, but this will be charged extra and is not part of the package. However, the soft drinks are free and you can fill up on them. Many women like to hang around the camp and decorate their hands with henna. Foreign women find this exciting. You can also photograph yourself in a hijab as a souvenir.

Standard after-dinner fare is belly dancing. This is the piece de resistance of the night. Many of the girls are local, but a variety of girls from Lebanon and even India do the belly dancing. By the way, during your vacation, if you want to learn belly dance, there are small horses in Dubai and you can learn the rudiments of the dance in a few days.

Belly dance is a melodious dance with a lot of sex appeal and is sure to please visitors. The girls are generally beautiful and fair. I have been on the desert safari a couple of times.

The end of the belly dance marks the end of the safari trip and the vehicles will take you back to where you were picked up. Desert safaris are now highly commercialized, but despite this, a visit to Dubai without a desert safari is something to savor and should not be missed. The price of the Dubai sand or desert safari tour ranges from $100 to $200 per person. Rising rates due to the Wuhan virus and additional precautions that need to be taken. The number of visitors taken on a safari is also reduced by 50%.

The whole trip will be 7-10 hours.