THE BEST EXCURSIONS IN DUBAI - PRICES AND OUR EXPERIENCE IN 2021

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Author: Anastasia

Excursions in Dubai: where to go, what to see and how to have an economical (but high-quality) rest in a non-budgetary country. Gathered our experience, friends and members of the forum. Relevant? Then we read.

Input data. We have been to the UAE 4 times: the first - in the already distant 2014 in Ras Al Khaimah, the second - in the winter of 2018 in Dubai, the third - in December in Sharjah and Dubai.

Prices and description for the best excursions in Dubai

Best (according to reviews) entertainment in a nutshell. The short-list includes:

Name	Price	Description	Where is it more profitable?
Abu Dhabi	$120-150 $ 50-75 (if only a mosque)	Trip around the capital with a visit to the Sheikh Zayed Mosque and Ferrari Park.	In place But you can also online at Sputnik
Sightseeing in Dubai	$ 25-35 - per person $ 220-250 - for a tour (if only by your own company)	Tourists insist on taking individual excursions (not a bus, but a car). Without haste, soap and nerves to the main attractions.	In place But you can also online at Tripster
6 emirates	$80-$100	The ability to embrace the immensity in a day: ✓ Dubai ✓ Sharjah ✓ Ajman ✓ Umm al-Quwain ✓ Ras al-Khaimu ✓ Fujairah + Indian Ocean.	On Sputnik ($ 80)
Evening desert safari	$50-$55	A mini desert trip in jeeps / camels is an extreme dream!	On Sputnik ($ 45)
Hop-on hop-off bus	$65-70	A modern version of a group excursion: you look at the city from the height of a two-storey bus, listen to an audio guide in Russian, if you wish, you go out and enter. The blue bass runs along the embankment, and the red one - in the city.	On GetYourGuide ($ 66)
Dhow - Arab boat ride	$55-65	Sail on Creek Bay or Marina and dine.	On the Tripster ($ 55)
Burj Khalifa	Minimum "set" - 124 and 125 floors - from $ 40	Climbing the tallest building in the world.	On GetYourGuide, the official ticket seller for Burj Khalifa. A combo is also available here - a tower and an aquarium for $ 58

We will tell you more about each excursion in Dubai and about the prices in 2021 ↓. And even lower, for those interested, we will make a list with the prices of the same excursions from tour operators that "push" in hotels.

Dubai Desert Safari / Obzorka - Dubai Marina

Our Dubai Travel Experience - How To Save On Excursions?

Dubai, like all Emirates, is not a budget one. Thank you, cap :) Therefore, it is relevant and it would not be superfluous to save some money. About tickets, accommodation and package tours - have already been painted. How to find inexpensive excursions?

Here's how you can knock down the price tag:

Choose in English - GetYour Guide has a lot of great deals - both for excursions and admission tickets - but for the former you need to know the language
Book in advance and online; good services - Sputnik and Tripster
Do not accept offers from tour operators (even from Anex tour or Biblio Globus). As a rule, the tour operator inflates the cost of excursions.

Fountain in front of Burj Khalifa / Burj Al Arab

Sightseeing tour of Dubai

When they say "the best excursions in Dubai", this sightseeing comes to mind. A suitable option if you:

1) for the first time in a city / country

2) there is little or no time to inspect iconic places

3) stopped in Sharjah - from there it is the most popular

It includes the key attractions of Dubai: the artificial island of Palm (where the largest water park is), the Dubai Marina area rich in mansions and yachts, the largest shopping center Dubai Mall, the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and a number of other structures.

Price: adult - about $ 30, children - $ 25.
Individual (for a 4-seater car): $ 200-230 (many reviews on the Tripster).

But! The check may increase depending on your geolocation. So, let's say, the cost of such a group excursion from Sharjah to Dubai starts at $ 55.

Duration: 6 o'clock
Feedback-thesis: Gallop. But you will have time to inspect everything you need.

If you decide to cope with the city on your own, we can recommend our article - impressions of a trip to Dubai. Maybe our route will "come in" for you? :)

Jeep Safari in Dubai

Desert Safari Tour

Literally: a desert safari outside Dubai at sunset. One of the most popular tourist attractions. From transport - camels, jeeps and ATVs (they are for an additional charge, 250 dirhams for two).

Description of the excursion: transfer from the hotel, ride on something from the list above + sandboarding, dinner at the Bedouin camp, hookah and henna tattoos on request. Usually this business is carried out in the late afternoon. Apparently, for the sake of the eastern atmosphere.

Price: $ 45-50; $ 50-55 - from local guides.

Duration: 5-6 hours

Reviews: The very thing about which we can leave our subjective - FIRE.

Excursion to Sheikh Zayed Mosque (Abu Dhabi)

Sightseeing tour of Abu Dhabi + Ferrari Park

The name speaks for itself: a tour of Abu Dhabi (with a visit to the Sheikh Zayed Mosque) and immersion in the world of Ferrari in the park of the same name (connoisseurs will understand). In the latter: a museum of retro and modern cars, halls for the assembly of cars and ATTRACTIONS.

Price: adults - $ 130-140, children - $ 110, entrance ticket included.

But as pies are snapping up, of course, just a survey of Abu Dhabi without additional. options. The cost of such a group is about $ 70 for an adult and $ 45 for a child. Individual (for four) will cost $ 200-250.

Duration: 10 hours.

Reviews of tourists: With a child - the very thing.

Burj Khalifa

Climbing Burj Khalifa

If you are going to Dubai, you could not help but hear about the local Tower of Babel - Burj Khalifa. Or could they? Anyway, 828 meters, Karl! Can you imagine the view?

A skyscraper is not only about shops, offices and restaurants. Burj Khalifa is a city within a city (residential apartments, parks, boulevards). And for tourists there are also observation decks. There are two of them:

Аt the top - 124th and 125th floors - standard, but the most demanded
Sky at the top - 124th, 125th and 148th floor - VIP zone without queues

Price per standard: before 15:00 and after 19:30 - $ 40 per adult, $ 30 per child; from 15:00 to 19:00 - $ 62 and 52, respectively.

Price for vip: before 18:00 - $ 145 for any age; after 19:00 - $ 106.

Better to buy your ticket online to skip the line at the box office. The official ticket seller, along with the Burj Khalifa website, is the GetYourGuide service. It is even more profitable because a service fee of several dirhams is added on the site. Tourists often take a combo offer right away: a standard observation deck and an aquarium in Dubai Mall for $ 58.

Advice. Best of the best time for photos is 1 hour before sunset (that's why it is more expensive). You will catch both daylight and sunset against the backdrop of the bay.

Night view of Dubai

Dubai Night Tour

You can see Arabian Knights on a tour of Dubai at night. You will kill several grays at once: you will see the show of singing fountains (and Burj Khalifa nearby), look at the old Souq al-Bahar market, an artificial island. In the late afternoon, take a speedboat tour of Dubai Marina and sip a complimentary drink in a skyscraper bar.

How much do the excursions cost: group - adults for $ 85-100, children for $ 35-50; individual - $ 350-380 per car.

Duration: 5:00.

Half day hatta trip

Educational program for 1-4 people on Arab history. According to the plan - a visit to the Hatta resort with mountain landscapes (Hajar) and the village of nomads with restored buildings (16th century for a second), the oldest mosque and fort from the 18th century.

In add. program: rest on the lake (catamarans), a walk in the zoo with peacocks and a fragrant national lunch at the restaurant of the Hatta Fort hotel ~ $ 25 per person (above), visiting the markets.

Price: $ 290-300 per car. Airbnb and its impressions will save everything - there is $ 40 for each.

Duration: 5-6 hours

Excursion to Oman from Dubai

A sea trip to the Musandam Peninsula (Oman) is an opportunity to see two countries at once in one trip. During the excursion you will visit Dibbe (the city of fishermen), visit the carpet market. Afterwards, take a dhow (Arab boat) to meet the fjords of the Indian Ocean. Snorkel in the sea + beach + lunch and phishing.

Price: $ 85-90 - adult, $ 55 - child. Lunch and equipment are included in the tour price.

Duration: 10 hours

Not forget! Passport for crossing the border.

Helicopter flight

Aren't you afraid of heights? Interesting, IMHO, will be a helicopter flight over Dubai to Burj Khalifa, over Burj Al Arab and the islands. The spirit will intercept for sure. The number of attractions “underfoot” and the start-site depend on the chosen time.

Duration: 12/15/25 minutes in the sky (excluding road / organizational moments).

Price: 12 minutes - $ 180 per person + free transfer (if from Dubai).

Reviews of tourists: read our.

6 emirates in 1 day

There are a lot of plans, not much time, but you want to see as much as possible? Then take this! 6 (except Abu Dhabi) from 7 emirates per day with a Russian speaking guide. Galloping across Europe - yes. But if there is only a week in stock (or even less), why not?

The program includes: Dubai, Sharjah (Faisala Mosque, Stella Unification), Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah (operating Bidiya Mosque - 15th century). Photo stop in the Hajar mountains against the backdrop of the canyon. At the end of the excursion, you can swim in the Indian Ocean.

Price: for an adult - $ 90- $ 100; for children (from 4 to 11) - $ 60- $ 80.

Duration: 10 hours.

Remark. Two.

1) The excursion program will include mosques. With clothes it is better (= desirable) more modest.

2) + lunch included.

Streets of Dubai

Excursions in Dubai on your own (free)

Some excursions in Dubai can be taken on a self-contained trip: free or relatively (for example, only a park entrance fee). If you are interested in the budget of the trip or how and where to save, leaf through our guide (can be found in the section "Countries" and the United Arab Emirates, respectively). Info will not be superfluous, considering how much a standard tour to the UAE costs *.

* Holidays in Dubai are not cheap. Tour for 7 days for two:

no frills - from 60,000 rubles
by AI - from 140 thousand

Flower park

The world's largest flower park Miracle Garden. Petunias, marigolds, roses, tulips are combined into interesting compositions, such as a portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, organic copies of Burj Khalifa and a heart-shaped arch. In 2021, Miracle Garden is open until the end of May.

Issue price: adults - 50 AED, children up to 12 - 40 AED.

Near the Butterfly Garden or Butterfly Garden. Works all year round. Buy a ticket to it separately. Price: adults and children from 3 years old - 55 AED.

Reviews different, not for everybody. But everyone agrees on one thing - it doesn't hurt to see it once.

Festival Mall / Dubai Mall

Fountain show in 2 locations

No, this is not a mistake. There are two such grandiose ones:

➢ The first is the musical fountain at the Burj Khalifa. The jets rise up to 150 meters, every second there are about 83 thousand liters of water in the air. Together with music (voices of Whitney Houston, Andrea Bocelli and Arabic melodies) and light, the performance is mesmerizing.

➢ The second is on the waterfront of the Dubai Festival City Mall. The fountain is just an element of the laser water-light show. Performances with projections of holograms on buildings go on daily from noon to the closure of the mall, every half hour. We were impressed.

Where is the best place to buy excursions in the UAE? Reviews of tourists in 2019-2020

Where to book a tour of the UAE without the hustle and bustle? And so that the cost of excursions in Dubai / Sharjah / (substitute your own) does not bite too much! We recommend:

Tripster
Sputnik8
GetYourGuide (here you can look for excursions from Ras Al Khaimah to Dubai)

Why? A detailed description, adequate prices and reviews of tourists for 2019-2020 on the services are attached. Personally, we didn't save so much with the first and third aggregators.