Dubai is a modern-day city that exemplifies futuristic living. As a tourist, you can take any of the Dubai city tours and see the futuristic architecture, attractions, and lifestyle. They are just simply awe-inspiring. Dubai retains their culture and, in fact, even provides tourists with a feel of that fantastic culture. Now you must need to explore the Dubai Desert Life.
Desert life in Dubai is the best way to experience the culture of the Emirati people. So, we have many different kinds of safaris where you can enjoy Dubai's cultural heritage along with adventure. UAE has 80% desert land and the Emirati people face many harsh conditions for thousands of years.
Let's taste the traditional life of Emiratis, along with the Desert Safari tour:
Desert Safari camp
Dubai desert life can reproduce the lives of Bedouins who were the aborigines of this very place and used to call it their home in this vast desert. They could live here, enjoy over there, and make people see what fun could really be done. And those fun-filled moments are indeed about that great time spent at these desert safaris. The whole camp is like a time capsule that is still along with the anecdotes of old times. Beautiful majlises, gigantic bonfire, people attired in national dresses and the aroma of shisha, coffee, and BBQ, you get lost completely in this novel world.
Desert Safaris
In the desert safari, before getting to your favorite dancing form, innumerable adventures are waiting ahead for you. Firstly, you have to be a little bit bold, do some dune bashing. You take a bumpy ride over the azure sand dunes in a very powerful 4×4 SUV Jeep. It gives you a feeling that you are in one of the world's most exciting roller coaster rides. The SUVs are driven by experts so you are safe on the entire ride. All that is required of you now is to enjoy the ride throughout.
Desert Safari Life
After dune bashing, you can have a go at quad biking and sand boarding. These quad bikes are the new models, super fun and full of thrills while riding, and this time no drivers, it is just you and the sandy dunes.
Sand boarding is really a fast-rising popular sport. Just like snowboarding, the difference is that you're riding on the golden sand dunes instead of powder white snow. It is totally super fun, and one should enjoy it very much by growing kids.
Another adventure you should not miss is camel riding. Well, what is the reason for visiting a desert if you do not ride a camel? The camels are friendly animals that are highly trained. They also have human handlers so you are assured of a safe enjoyable desert ride.
Bedouin Style Desert Camp
After the desert adventure, you will be taken to the desert camp where you can experience your favorite dance performance. However, there are several other activities that you may enjoy before the performance. You can wear Bedouin traditional dresses and have pictures taken. I promise you that you will take pictures that are worthy for your social media. Ladies can get Henna tattoos on their hands and feet. These paintings last for a couple of days, and will make your hand and feet look beautiful.
Smoking Shisha is another very traditional activity that you must try. It is commonly known as Hubble Bubble. This used to be a tradition of all the Bedouins, who would sit by the fire and smoke it every evening. You can do this too. It is harmless and fun.
Time flies with these activities, and soon, it's time for dinner and entertainment. Dinner is suitable for both veg and non-veg, all the food is prepared by the best cooks.
Desert safari camp
Your dinner experience becomes even better when Tanoura and Belly dancers perform. Tanoura is a male ancient Egyptian dance, and belly dance is performed by women. Both these performances will entertain you totally as the desert life tour camp has the best dancers. You can witness entertainment and dance performances, part of the Emirati culture.
Now comes dinner and the performance, followed by head back home, except if you have chosen an overnight desert safari. Having an overnight desert safari leaves you back to spend night under stars. They also are popular as you finally get the true essence of a desert safari experience while night falls.
People who visit Dubai often undertake all the different types of safaris there are. Therefore, in case you are looking for a taste of the famous desert of UAE or UAE's culture and see an original belly dance performance- just one of many, do head to the desert and take a desert safari adventure.
What are you to find in UAE's deserts?
Deserts may have no water, but do not have less life. Plants and animals here have adjusted to reduce losses of water. They have become really efficient in soaking up the little water, storing and managing it such that they can survive months of dryness. To illustrate this, the root of a Ghaf tree can stretch up to 30 meters to find deep underground sources of water.
Dubai desert animals have adapted to subsurface living and are nocturnal to cool themselves. Reptile species are quite diverse, and many of those species are very well adapted for hot and dry environments. Of interest also are the following interesting species found in the UAE desert: Trees like Ghaf, Samur1, and Arabian Gum Tree These trees are roosting and breeding sites for species such as the Desert Eagle Owl.
Shrubs: desert shrubs are Haloxylon salicornicum or locally known as Rimth, and small trees are a native plant called Haloxylon persicum, locally as Ghada.
Why are deserts important?
The desert ecosystem has habitat for several wild animals. What is the importance of the desert for the people, history and culture of the UAE? The desert has really played a role in defining the culture and traditions of the Emirati people.
His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE President once said: "The desert occupies the largest part of our country and is the factor with the deepest and far-reaching impact on our cultural history and social activity and tremendous influence in our economy. It is the source of our home, life, identity, and our future. It is land thriving with life. There are lots of ways to enjoy the desert: moonlight walks, gossip around the campfire, desert camping, seeing species, and astronomy.
