Top Middle East & Africa Half-day Tours

No trip to Dubai is complete without an exciting trip into the desert. Spend an evening riding quad bikes, sandboarding down the dunes, and riding a camel like a Bedouin during this evening experience. After you’ve worked up your appetite, sit down for a delicious barbecue dinner accompanied by live belly dancing and traditional tanoura shows at an Arabian desert camp.

Discover the beauty and customs of the desert on this Dubai desert safari. Leave Dubai in a comfortable 4x4 with a guide, and enjoy an exciting mix of traditional and modern desert adventures. Ride a camel, surf a sandboard down the Dubai sand dunes, and relax at a desert campsite as the sun sets. Get a henna tattoo, watch a ‘tanoura’ folk dance, and top off your trip with a delicious barbecue dinner, including shawrma station, and exotic belly dancing show under the stars as you sit around the campfire.

You don’t have to journey to the Sahara for a Moroccan desert experience—the Agafay Desert is a desert oasis located just outside of Marrakech. On this full-day tour, soak up the scenery as you travel through the High Atlas Mountains, stop to explore the local villages and visit a Berber souk, then mount up for a thrilling camel ride through the rocky desert of Agafay.

Take an off-road adventure through the red desert dunes of Al Lahbab, and then head to a Bedouin-style camp for cultural experiences and a barbecue dinner. Ride a camel, sandboard down the dunes or, for an extra charge, zip around the desert on a quad bike. As the sun sets over the camp, enjoy a belly dancing and ‘tanoura’ show while you eat. You can even dress up, try a shisha pipe or get a henna tattoo.

Discover the best of Dubai on a half-day Dubai sightseeing tour with an expert guide. Traveling by comfortable coach or minivan, take in Dubai’s top landmarks as you absorb the cosmopolitan atmosphere. Snap photos of the Burj Al-Arab, the sail-shaped hotel on its own artificial island; learn about local history at the Dubai Museum, ride an ‘abra’ water taxi across Dubai Creek, and much more. Sign off with a visit to the Deira Spice Souk and free time to explore the brilliant Gold Souk.

Enjoy a mix of activities on one tour. Drive to the desert for dune bashing and sandboarding sessions, then take a short camel ride. Next, it’s time to unwind at a traditional Bedouin camp with henna painting, shisha smoking, refreshments, and more. A full buffet dinner is served while Nashaat show “group of ladies” dance and tanoura dancers entertain the crowd.

Get a bird's eye view of Luxor's ancient sites from aboard a hot air balloon. Your driver will pick you up and take you to the launch site in an air-conditioned vehicle, where you'll attend a safety briefing before getting ready to fly. You'll then head up to the sky, with a local guide on board to point out sights and tell you about their history and relevance.

For a truly memorable evening in Dubai, you need to escape the city—for just a few hours—and enjoy an adventure in the desert. On this desert safari, enjoy convenient hotel pickup, in a sand-ready 4-wheel-drive vehicle, and try dune bashing (the local term for desert off-roading). Try desert activities, like sandboarding, and enjoy dinner and live entertainment in a Bedouin-style tent. End a perfect desert safari with hassle-free hotel drop-off, included in the tour price.

Experience a desert safari on this excursion from Dubai. Venture to a desert camp and after Arabic coffee and dates, take off on a thrilling quad bike ride across the sands. Enjoy a camel ride, see some sand art, get a henna tattoo, and finish with a starlit barbecue dinner back at the camp. As you feast on delicious Arabic dishes, watch a sequinned belly dancing show and hypnotic ‘tanoura’ performance, with dancers spinning in time to traditional Emirati music.

See one of the seven wonders of the ancient world on this guided, private, half-day tour. Marvel at the Great Sphinx, a large half-human, half-lion statue, and the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex. Also, take a ride on a camel for a view of more pyramids along the Giza plateau at the edge of the Sahara Desert. All entrance fees plus lunch and a hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

Enjoy bird’s-eye views of Morocco’s deserts and the foothills of the Atlas Mountains on a sunrise hot-air balloon ride from Marrakech. Ride a 4x4 to the launch spot in the early morning and drift through the dawn skies over the desert valleys and hillsides just as the sun casts them in gold, orange and pink. Then, land safely back on ground to enjoy a tasty Berber breakfast and memorable camel ride. A flight certificate to commemorate your balloon ride is also included.

Make the most of your time at Serengeti National Park by adding a sunrise hot air balloon ride to your vacation, which lets you view the plains and wildlife from a perspective many never experience. Pre-book to save time and secure a flight in advance. Then, on the day, take a pre-dawn transfer to the launch site, absorb the aerial views as dawn breaks, and enjoy a post-flight glass of bubbly and scrumptious breakfast under an acacia in the plains.

Take advantage of your morning on a half-day tour of the Arabian Desert with convenient round-trip transport from your Dubai hotel. In addition to navigating, your guide offers a range of activities for all ages, including dune bashing, sandboarding, and camel rides.

Book your preferred departure, choosing pickup in Doha from your hotel, the port, or the airport, or from Hamad Port. Your driver-guide will take you south along Qatar’s coast in a private climate-controlled 4x4. Pass oil fields and towns, then head off-road into the deserts that frame Qatar’s border with Saudi Arabia. Enjoy an optional camel ride (own expense) and set off on an exciting dune bash. Carve up huge dunes and slide down the sheer drops sideways as your driver deftly spins the wheel. Continue across desert to the Khor Al Adaid Inland Sea, a vast expanse of turquoise water that forms a natural border with Saudi. Admire this stunning UNESCO-listed body of water before traveling to one of just 3 places in the world where the desert runs into beaches. Enjoy soda at a desert camp here before returning to your starting point.

Go deep into the Mesaieed dunes around Doha to experience a thrilling ride in a 4x4 vehicle. After pickup in Doha, have a seat in the Land Rover helmed by a professional driver who will take you on an exhilarating roller coaster ride up and down the dunes. Visit a local camel ranch, a Bedouin camp, and the inland sea of Khor Al Adaid, a UNESCO World Heritage site near the borders of Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia.

Watch the sun rise over red dust, palm groves, and majestic open landscapes from a hot air balloon. Flying with a small group of travelers and live commentary from your veteran pilot, soak up the sights as you glide through the air, then refuel with an authentic Berber breakfast in a Moroccan tent. For ease, your tour includes door-to-door round-trip transfers.

Adventure and culture lovers, this tour is for you. After a thrilling dune bashing ride in the desert, arrive at a bustling camp with live music, quad bikes camel rides, belly dancing, sandboarding, henna painting, and much more. Enjoy the activities until dinner (a lavish buffet with vegetarian options) is served. Hotel pickup and drop-off in Dubai or Sahara Center is included.

Your visit to TANZANIA is incomplete if you haven't experienced this SAFARI FROM THE SKY! Explore the untouched parts of Serengeti as you casually drift away from the surface of the earth in the early hours of the morning, safe in the basket of a hot air balloon. Join us for a luxurious UNFORGETTABLE balloon safari in Serengeti followed by a lavish Bush Breakfast. With a permanent base in Seronera, the heart of the Serengeti, and seasonal bases in Ndutu, Kogatende, and Kirawira, we follow the migration all year round. PICK-UP & TRANSFERS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE FROM A SELECTION OF LODGES AND CAMPS IN SERONERA & TARANGIRE.

Take in aerial views of the Magaliesbergs and the Cradle of Humankind on this hot air balloon safari. Get the best possible perspective on this striking landscape without paying for the high price of an airplane or helicopter tour. Spend the hour-long flight sipping champagne and enjoying the high altitude breeze, snapping photos and listening to commentary from your guide before landing for an included breakfast.

This hands-on experience puts you behind the wheel of a sleek 2,000cc engine dune buggy. Unlike 4x4 vehicles which need their tires deflated to drive on the dunes, these powerful machines were built to drive on sand. Climb and crawl over massive dunes as your convoy leader forges the path. You’ll also have the opportunity to do some sand boarding if you choose. All safety equipment and an unlimited supply of water are included in the trip.

Red Dunes Desert Safari is very unique experience in Dubai Desert. Awsome moments of sunset scene,Thirilling adventure of Dune Bashing with 4x4 car

See the desert sunrise from the air on this hot air balloon ride in Dubai. Rise early, travel by air-conditioned minibus to the launch site, and glide over the billowing dunes of the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve with your pilot. Watch falcons fly up to 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) above Earth in a trained demonstration as the sun rises over the Hajar Mountains. Conclude with a gourmet breakfast back on the ground.

Experience a host of desert activities in one afternoon and evening on this 5-hour trip from Dubai. After a 4x4 dune bash, spend time at a Bedouin-inspired camp, enjoying pursuits such as sand boarding, camel riding, and quad biking (additional cost), and other entertainments. Your experience includes a barbecue buffet dinner with belly dancing, fire dancing, and whirling ‘tanoura’ shows, plus hotel pickup and drop-off.

Escape the city for a thrilling desert adventure on this afternoon tour from Dubai. Drive through the Dubai Desert in a 4x4, get your adrenaline pumping as you enjoy quad biking, sandboarding, and camel riding in the dunes, and experience Arabic culture with a delicious dinner and dance show at a traditional desert camp.