Dune Safari & Drinks in the Desert
Cruise the dunes with four-wheel drive — then ditch the motor vehicle and trek around your camp, which is stocked with snacks and drinks.
Get up close and personal with the Arabian Desert in this high-octane dune safari. After a stop at the desert's edge to let some air pressure out of your tires, you'll launch into "dune bashing," a favorite sport of locals and tourists alike, which involves navigating your all-terrain vehicle across shifting sands at varying speeds for a bumpy and thrilling ride to camp. Once there, you can wind down and chill out with hookah and drinks, or keep the adrenaline rushing with sandboarding.
This experience is exclusive to Virgin Voyages; additionally, a donation to our environmental and social impact charity partners will be made on behalf of your booking.
This tour operator has received third-party certification based on the Global Sustainable Tourism Council criteria.
Shore Thing Highlights
Ride a 4x4 to your desert campsite
Wet your whistle with two drinks — beer, wine, or something harder if the mood suits — and a snack of strawberries and nuts
Go sandboarding — all the fun of snowboarding, minus the cold — down sunlit dunes
Enjoy shisha, the aromatic and flavorful tobacco used in traditional hookahs
Need to know
Exclusive to Virgin Voyages
Sailors in wheelchairs or with limited mobility should not select this Shore Thing
Includes tour by four-wheel drive vehicle with driver
Sailors with back/neck, cardiac conditions, or respiratory conditions should not select this Shore Thing
Includes adult beverages
This Shore Thing is weather dependent
Approximately 1 hour of dune bashing, and 1 hour and 45 minutes in the desert for other activities
Approximately 45-minute drive each way to/from the pier
April 25, 2024 - this tour is only available to Sailors returning to the ship
This Shore Thing operator has received third-party certification based on the Global Sustainable Tourism Council criteria
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