Private Evening Desert Safari at Al Badayer

About This Tour — Private Evening Desert Safari

Private Evening Desert Safari — the same Al Badayer route and the same camp evening, except the 4WD belongs to your group alone for the whole trip.

The difference shows up before the dunes do. There is no shared pickup loop collecting strangers from four hotels, so you leave when you are ready and reach the Al Badayer Red Dunes in one run along the Dubai–Hatta Road (E44). Inside the vehicle it is your family or your friends and one licensed desert guide, which changes how the dune bashing is driven: tell the driver the children are nervous and he softens the descents; tell him your teenagers want the real thing and the ridge crossings get sharper. Thirty minutes of red-dune driving, paced to the people actually in the car.

Privacy also buys time. A shared 4WD leaves the photo stop when the last guest is back in their seat; your own private dune bashing Dubai vehicle waits while you finish the shot, so golden hour on the ridge is yours rather than a queue. The rest of the evening runs as normal — sandboarding, a short camel ride, then the BBQ dinner with live Tanoura and belly dance at our Al Badayer Desert Camp.

At AED 800 per vehicle for up to six guests, the maths turns in your favour from about five people onwards — the table further down this page shows exactly where. Families with prams, car seats, elderly parents or a tight flight time almost always find it worth the difference.

Private Evening Safari Photo Gallery

Real photographs from our Al Badayer desert camp and the Big Red dune field.

Desert Safari Step by Step

• Step 1

  Private pickup

  Your own 4WD collects your group from one address in Dubai. No other guests, no extra stops.

• Step 2

  Arrive at Al Badayer

  The vehicle is prepared for soft sand near Big Red, and the guide runs the safety check.

• Step 3

  Red-dune bashing

  Around 30 minutes across the red dunes. Tell the guide how much movement your group wants — gentle or full.

• Step 4

  High-dune photo stop

  Step out on a scenic ridge for photographs across the Al Badayer desert.

• Step 5

  Sandboarding and camel ride

  Camp activities at your own pace rather than the convoy's.

• Step 6

  BBQ dinner and shows

  Desert camp dinner and the scheduled entertainment programme.

• Step 7

  Direct return

  Straight back to your address with no other drop-offs on the way.

Included & Not Included

Vehicle, pickup and desert base

Vehicle: Private air-conditioned 4WD. Pickup: Afternoon pickup from your Dubai hotel or residence. Desert base: Al Badayer Desert Camp, Al Badayer Desert (Big Red), Sharjah, UAE, reached from Dubai via the Dubai–Hatta Road (E44). Plus Code XP57+V87, Al Badayer, Sharjah, UAE.

Pickup areas and any applicable transfer charge are confirmed before you book. Send us your hotel or building name on WhatsApp and we will check it.

Operated by BNB Travel & Tours L.L.C. · DTCM-Approved Tour Operator