15 Safaris with a Buffet Worth Booking

1.Safari, Quad Bike, Camel Ride, and Buffet Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 33,424 reviews · 7 hours · from $46Our pick

Spend seven hours in Dubai’s Lahbab Desert with hotel pickup, red-dune bashing, sandboarding, a short camel ride, and optional quad biking. Guides such as Aftab, Raziq, and Choudhry Munawar are often praised for safe driving and friendly service. Finish with a BBQ, henna, shisha, and live performances.

“Totally worth it, arshad is a great tour leader, he was always helpful for us. We had such a great day with him”

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2.Premium Desert Safari Sharing Transfer with 5* Unlimited Buffet

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,571 reviews · from $70Top rated

Leave Dubai around 4pm in a shared Land Cruiser for red-dune driving in Lahab. You’ll stop for sunset photos, sandboarding, a short camel ride, henna, Arabic coffee, and a large buffet dinner with live entertainment. Drivers such as Akbar, Jay, Sameer, and Syed Tariq are specifically praised for friendly service.

“Our tour guy and the driver Mohamad was excellent. He has so much knowledge about everything , what kind and very polite, also he was very professional driver on the sand.”

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3.Abu Dhabi Desert Safari With Live Shows And BBQ Buffet Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,177 reviews · from $60

Spend about six hours beyond Abu Dhabi with 4x4 dune bashing, camel riding, sand boarding, sunset photos, henna, BBQ dinner, belly dancing, and a fire show. Guides such as Arham, Rehan, and Ateeq have earned praise for friendly help and excellent photos, though service and food quality can vary.

“I had an incredible time . As a person doing a 2 day layover, the desert safari was a perfect combination of activities, relaxing, thrill, and leisure . Our guide Arkham was incredible in guiding us through the process; ranging from taking great Read more”

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4.Evening Desert Safari Dubai with Camel Riding & BBQ Buffet Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 786 reviews · from $23Best value

Start with 4x4 pickup at 2:30 pm, then ride the Lahbab dunes with a professional driver, try sandboarding and a short camel ride, and settle into a Bedouin-style camp. Dinner includes BBQ and vegetarian choices. Henna, shisha, costumes, and quad bikes add optional fun, while fire, tanura, belly dance, and Arabic shows fill the evening.

“Food was terrible, total rip off when you got there to ride camels, photos etc total scam artists!!! I do not recommend”

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5.Desert Safari Evening Tours:- Special Rides, BBQ Buffet ,Live Entertainment

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 767 reviews · from $39

You’ll leave Dubai at about 3:00 pm in a Land Cruiser for dune bashing, sunset photos, sandboarding, and a short camel ride. At Royal Adventure camp, expect Arabic coffee, henna, robes, a BBQ buffet, private VIP table service, belly dance, tanoura, and fire shows. Drivers named Rafiq, Tyriq, and Muhammad Asif have earned special praise.

“Our driver was nice but offered no additional information on what to expect or what was available to do. Apparently, we were early because he drove VERY slowly on the way to the sand dunes without an explanation. Driving the sand dunes Read more”

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6.Best Dubai Desert Safari with Buffet Dinner,Sand Boarding & Shows

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 740 reviews · from $52

Spend 6 to 7 hours traveling from Dubai into the red dunes with an English-speaking guide. You’ll ride over the dunes, try sandboarding, take a short camel ride, visit a Bedouin-style camp, and eat a BBQ buffet during tanoura, belly dance, and fire shows. Quad biking costs extra.

“Our tour guide Naveed is an excellent tour guide. Very humble and professional. He took good care of us.”

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7.7-hour Small Group 4×4 Desert Safari Tour with Buffet Dinner in Dubai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 526 reviews · from $30

Start with Dubai hotel pickup around 3 pm, then head to Lahbab for a rough 4x4 ride over the 300-foot Big Red dunes. The evening continues with sandboarding, a short camel ride, buffet dinner, unlimited soft drinks, and live entertainment. Groups are capped at 15.

“The overall experience is better than average, driver message us before he come to pick us up. The desert is actually quite far from city, many of the free/included item are sharing among many of ppl. Sand boarding is not really workable, the board is old and not working.”

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8.Dubai Premium Desert Safari – Live Buffet Dinner & Luxury Camp

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 445 reviews · from $55

You’ll be collected from your Dubai hotel or residence in a 4WD, then head into the desert for dune bashing, sandboarding, a camel ride, and sunset photos. Guides including Ijaz, Sohail, Tariq, and Zohaib are praised for careful driving and friendly service. The evening ends at a premium camp with dinner and live shows.

“Very good experience.Cooperative driver Mr Zahid.Good hospitality.Proper planning.We were provided with free water bottles.”

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9.Red Dunes Desert Safari Dubai with Dinner Buffet, Show & Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 373 reviews · from $27

Leave Dubai by air-conditioned 4x4 for red-dune bashing at Lahbab, sunset photos, sandboarding, and a short camel ride. Your evening continues at a desert camp with henna, Arabic dress photos, barbecue and continental buffet, belly dance, Tanoura, and fire shows. Guides may include Hamza, Omar, Jehangir, or Abdum.

“Will evaluate this tour by item: 1- Car: Excelent, comfortable, spacious, powerful, clean and safe! 2-Driver: Excelent, pick up on time, very skill on driving, mainly on the desert sand, always available, gave us good tips, very friendly, very professional. 3-Desert experience by car: Exciting, will strongly recommend, the driver made it very special! 4-Desert Campground: Very poor, hindi food variety was the only option, will rate the food cooking as very poor. Atractions/performances were too short. Animals mistreated (falcons, camels, horses) it is a shame, would quit early not to see so many animals in such a degradating situation, I hate this Campground experience. 5-Shared tour: We d...”

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10.Dubai Desert Safari & Buffet Dinner and Camel ride with PRIVATE CAR

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 333 reviews

Ride from your Dubai hotel in a private air-conditioned Land Cruiser, then tackle red-sand dunes, sandboard, and stop for sunset photos. At a shared Bedouin camp, enjoy a short camel ride, henna, shisha, buffet BBQ, and live belly dance, tanura, and fire shows. Guides Jameel and Jamil are noted for careful driving and helpful photos.

“Jamil our tour guide was amazing. He is an excellent driver and we all enjoyed our package. I would highly recommend this package to anyone who wants a professional. He is also very attentive to all guests and will take the best pictures for you.”

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11.Abu Dhabi Desert Safari Tour with Shows & Buffet Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 140 reviews · from $60

Spend an afternoon and evening beyond Abu Dhabi with hotel pickup, a 30-minute 4x4 dune ride, sandboarding, a sunset stop, camel loop, Arabic coffee, snacks, buffet BBQ, and live belly dancing, tanoura, and fire shows. Guides such as Johnny, Sayed, Mansoor, and Zayed have earned special praise, though assignments vary.

“The tour was very poorly organized. I have used Viator in Europe and now Middle east, but this time it's horrendous. The driver came in a beaten down, rackety mpv squeezing exactly 7 pax into very tight quarters, for 1.5 hour drive each way. ARead more”

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12.Full Day Desert Safari with Buffet Dinner,Sand Boarding & Camel Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 117 reviews · from $325

Spend 6 to 8 hours in a private 4x4 from Doha, with hotel pickup, dune bashing, Sealine Beach, Khor Al Udaid, sandboarding, an inland sea swim, camel riding at extra cost, and a buffet BBQ dinner at a Bedouin-style camp. Guide names may include Yousif, Abid, Ammed, or Mehti.

“Yousif was an amazing guide and driver taking us on an exciting drive up and down the sand dunes. The dinner in the desert was great as well as having access to a room to shower and change after a swim in the Gulf”

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13.Desert Safari, Camel Ride, Sandboard & Buffet Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 90 reviews · 7 hours · from $28

Spend seven hours in Dubai’s desert with hotel pickup, a luxury 4x4 dune drive, short camel ride, sandboarding, henna, barbecue buffet, and belly dancing, tanoura, and fire shows. English-speaking drivers such as Hamza, Arsalan, and Kashif are praised for attentive service.

“Manzurf did a good Job. Event is fair for the Price”

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14.Private Desert Safari With BBQ Buffet Dinner And Live Shows

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 58 reviews

You get a private Land Cruiser pickup in Abu Dhabi, dune bashing, sandboarding, a short camel ride, sunset photos in Arabic dress, henna, unlimited soft drinks, a BBQ buffet, and three live shows. Guides such as Arham, Saqib, Ateeq, and Ali have earned praise for photos and friendly service.

“It was a fun & adventurous trip with my friends.”

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15.Desert Safari Dubai With Buffet Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 45 reviews · from $36

You’ll travel by shared 4x4 from Dubai to the red dunes, ride through the sand, stop for sunset photos, then spend about four hours at a desert camp. Expect dune bashing, optional sandboarding and quad biking, a BBQ buffet, camel photos, henna, sheesha, Tanura, belly dance, and fire shows.

“Enjoyed every moment. Kamran our guide was amazing from start to finish. We would definitely recommend it.”

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