Desert Safari: Fun With Sands

It was all sands, all your eyes can see are hills made of sands. The driver speed up and here we go, directly to the top of the sand hill and we don't know what's behind it, cannot see since it was a sharp edge.

Fun in sand dunes

Seconds later our car feels like falling just as a roller coaster ride when you feel your body grabbed by the gravity and what's holding you at the seat is of course, the seatbelt.

Super fun!

We screamed loud, so happy and excited. All those maneuver at the sand dunes are just so fun and exciting, not as much as scary as what some people think about speeding up and downs those sand dunes; it was all fun and safe! The driver knows what to do and how to handle driving on sand dunes, so what we gotta do is just sit, put seatbelt on and enjoy the thrill.

There are some safety rules before you hop onto this car. First you must always put your seatbelt on, don't open the window during maneuver and just tell the driver if you feel a bit dizzy.

Sands everywhere!

I think I got the right dress for this safari

After the fun ride, we stop at - of course - some sand dunes and just enjoy the scenery filled with desert wherever you set your eyes on. I just wish the are places with all sands because there are some tree on those area and for me it would be so exotic if we got a spot with all sands, no tree at all.

She's beautiful, isn't she? :)

This is the best shot I can get haha

Another thing you can see during the safari is the falcon show. Basicaly they will show you how fast the falcon is, which is about 300 kilometers per hour on average top speed, wow! On this show, the falcon won't move at those speed but even in their "basic" speed, it was so hard for me to take the picture of the peregrine falcon while flying, they just move so fast - and I'm not a pro photographer also so small dots of bird is what I got.

So lucky that an oryx came when we wait for the falcon show, it doesn't usually appear if they sense people are around so we are lucky :)

in front of the camp

night at the desert

here comes the belly dancer

You can see this falcon show before the safari with the car on the sand dunes, and after sunset all cars will go to the big camp with open tent and foods. The main attraction on this camp is the belly dance show. The dancer's body is very supple, she can bend or twist her hips easily (of course, she's a belly dancer) and it's quite amazing to see how she can move her hips and belly :D

Milky way at the desert, photo by Yuriy Kulik

After all those show, we then enjoy the show presented by nature: stargazing. They turn off all the lights at the camp so we can see the stars on the desert. A sweet ending before we leave to go back to the hotel.

Desert Safari is a mandatory thing to do while in Dubai, and you just have to believe me on that ;)

@marischkaprue - at the desert or at the beach, she loves sands

NOTES:

• There are a lot of tour providing Desert Safari Tour, I went with Arabian Adventures, you can see their package here
• The price for Desert Safari is 360 AED (Emirati Dirham) or around Rp. 1,2 juta per person. It will include pick up from your hotel, all drinks during safari and dinner, all attractions during safari and drop back ride to your hotel.
• It took around 1 until 1,5 hours from Downtown Dubai to the Desert Conservation Reserve where the safari took place.

Thanks to Emirates and DTCM (Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing) Dubai for inviting me to Dubai. This is as a part of their "See You in Dubai" campaign. I went to Dubai with Emirates, they have a very nice business class.

Visit Dubai with these fun people, glad to know you guys!