Your evening starts as Dubai’s skyline gives way to open desert. At the launch point in Al Lahbab, you and your buggy partner get geared up, briefed and strapped into your own 2-seater Polaris RZR-class buggy no experience needed, since the automatic transmission means it’s throttle, brake, and steering only.
Once the convoy sets off, you’re in control the whole time: climbing dune faces, drifting through soft sand and stopping for photos as the guide leads the group through the red dunes. As the sun dips and the sky turns amber, the pace slows into camp life sandboarding, a camel ride and a Bedouin camp lit by lanterns, where a BBQ buffet, sheesha and live Tanoura and fire performances carry the evening into the night.