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Dubai Morning Safari, Camels, Sandsurf & Quad Bike Option by OceanAir
- Free cancellation available
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
- Selective hotel pickup
- Enjoy morning safari in the tranquil quiet peaceful desert
- Experience the adrenaline excitement of a dune-bashing
- Feel like a king by riding the ship of the desert the Camel
- Try Sand-boarding activity and test your balancing skills
- Refreshments with Soft drinks, Tea, Coffee & Dates
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- Lahbab Desert
- Lahbab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Shared Tour with Refreshment
- Activity duration is 4 hours 4h 4h
Dune bashing, sandboarding, photo stop, falcon, camel ride and refreshments - tea/coffee with dates and soft drinks in an air-conditioned tent.
Sharing Tour with 35Mins Quad Bike & Refreshment
Self-drive 35 min Quad Bike, dune bashing, sandboarding, photo stop, falcon, camel ride and refreshments - tea/coffee with dates and soft drinks in an air-conditioned tent.
What's included, what's not
- What's included What's included Pickup and drop off from your selected location/hotel
- What's included What's included Transportation by clean, air-conditioned 4-wheel drive vehicle
- What's included What's included Services of a professional licensed safari guide
- What's included What's included Dune bashing experience (30-45 minutes) & Sandboarding
- What's included What's included Camel ride experience
- What's included What's included Photos with Falcon
- What's included What's included Cold mineral water and soft drinks & Arabic tea or coffee with Dates
- What's included What's included Quad biking (if option selected)
- What's excluded What's excluded Any extra services or expenses not mentioned as included
- What's excluded What's excluded Gratuities
Know before you book
- Children 3 years 11 months and younger are not allowed.
- Pregnant women and anyone with back or neck pain, heart problems or other serious medical complaints are not allowed to participate.
- Customers should be ready 45 minutes prior to the default timing.
- This activity is not wheelchair accessible.
- In order to redeem your voucher, you must present a valid passport or ID photo matches the contact name of your booking.
- Complimentary pickup is available from Dubai city hotels, apartments, and Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal & Port Rashid. Pickup from Dubai Airport available from Holiday Inn Airport hotel. Pickup from Bab Al Shams, Al Maha resort, and Jebel Ali is available with an additional fee.
- Pick-up timing is subject to change due to the emerging summer heat: 1 hour earlier in the morning and 1 hour .Pickup will be within 45 minutes from your selected departure time. Please be ready at the hotel lobby on time.,Kindly share your Whatsapp number for an easy communication during the pickup
- We recommend you have international travel insurance as self-driving activities are prone to risk, leading to serious injury & is covered only by your insurance companies.
- Quad biking is a self-driving activity to be taken at your own risk and the company’s insurance does not cover it.
What you can expect
Your 4-hour morning safari begins when you’re picked up at your hotel in a 4x4 vehicle and head off with your local guide to the desert, just a 30-45 minute ride from Dubai.
Along the way you’ll enjoy riding up and down the dunes in the morning sun. You’ll be astounded by the beauty of the desert at this time of day!
Your first activity involves bashing some dunes, driving up and down high sand dunes, to get your adrenaline flowing. Later, you'll have a chance to try sandboarding, one of the most exciting sporting activities in the desert.
After your Sandboarding experience, ride camel in the open desert and get a refreshments with Tea, Coffee, and Dates in an air-conditioned tent Then program end the guide will drive you back to your hotel.
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Enhanced cleanliness measures.
- Vehicles and venues cleaned with disinfectants
- Vehicles and venues kept vacant between travelers
- High-touch surfaces cleaned and disinfected
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- Social distancing measures in place
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- Masks and gloves required
- Personal protective equipment worn by staff
- Hand sanitizer provided
- Masks and gloves provided
- Temperature checks given to staff
- Temperature checks available
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Dubai’s desert safari ranked world’s no.1 tourism experience
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Dubai’s popular desert safari has been ranked the world’s top tourism experience with leading travel company OceanAir’s camel riding and desert BBQ offering winning the top global award for Experiences in Tripadvisor’s 2020 Travellers' Choice Awards.
An initiative of Tripadvisor, one of the world’s largest travel platforms, and its subsidiary company Viator, a renowned tours and activities platform, the 2020 Travellers' Choice Awards saw OceanAir’s much sought after activity, the Premium Red Dunes & Camel Safari with BBQ at Al Khayma Camp taking the No.1 spot in the Top 5 experiences worldwide. The Awards recognise the world's top experiences featuring tours and activities as decided by Tripadvisor and Viator travellers. Winners are determined using a system based on the millions of reviews and ratings of travellers around the world over a 12-month period.
Issam Kazim, CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DCTCM) said: “Our world-class propositions and experiences showcase the diversity of the destination’s offerings and this latest accolade not only reaffirms the city’s position as a must-visit destination but is a timely positive development in the current situation, as it complements our ongoing global campaign to increase consideration for Dubai as the first choice for international travellers. Dubai Tourism congratulates OceanAir for this significant achievement, as well as for the package of experiences it provides to attract tourists to the city. The Award is testament to the strength of the relationships we have built with our stakeholders and partners, both in the domestic and key international markets, as we continue to work closely to achieve the strategic goal of making Dubai the world’s most visited city.”
Essam Salah, OceanAir Travels, Co-Founder & CEO, said: “As we constantly strive to provide the best travel experience to our guests, we are delighted at winning the top award for the world’s best tourism experience, and is a reflection of our continuous cooperation with Dubai Tourism and its efforts to promote Dubai in international markets. OceanAir would like to dedicate this Award to the government and people of the UAE and extends its heartfelt thanks to all guests for their endorsement of our desert offering, and to the company’s dedicated team of tourism professionals for working hard to ensure that visitors are able to enjoy the best handpicked destination experiences in Dubai.”
Jasem Al Shehhi, OceanAir Travels, General Manager assured that the company is going ahead with its future projects to expand in safari projects and heritage restaurants serving locals and tourists alike, focusing specifically on sustainable tourism projects and preserving environments, which is one of the vital sectors that Dubai Tourism places special priority on, ahead of preparation for Expo 2021. He pointed out that OceanAir established Al Khayma Company, which refers to one of the pillars of the old Emirati house that still exists in the present time, as part of the company’s efforts to create a sustainable tourism environment.
For international travellers it would be unthinkable to visit Dubai and not experience its famous desert safari featuring the adventures in dunes and sand, riding camels, handling falcons, and enjoying traditional Bedouin hospitality at a delicious barbeque buffet dinner under a starlit night. Rising demand for adventure travel experiences is demonstrated in the increased popularity of desert safaris among all visitor demographics, an activity that was enjoyed by 41 percent of all international visitors, according to Dubai Tourism’s Annual Visitor Report 2019.
OceanAir specialises in offering desert safari packages for visitors and residents of all age groups with its award-winning Premium Red Dunes & Camel Safari with BBQ activity taking guests to the heart of the Dubai desert at its Al Khayma Camp, which is designed to let every traveller experience primitive desert life in a natural habitat. All experiences arranged by OceanAir are underpinned by stringent precautionary measures to ensure the health and safety of guests and staff in line with protocols that are in place in Dubai to combat the pandemic.
The Top 5 Experiences in the World that won the Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Awards
1 .Premium Red Dunes & Camel Safari with BBQ at Al Khayma Camp – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2 . Pizza and Gelato Cooking Class in Tuscan Farmhouse – Florence, Italy
3 . Luxury Small-Group Canal Cruise in Open-Air Boat – Amsterdam, Netherlands, bookable from $22
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Air's Moon Safari is an era-defining French album worth celebrating, 25 years on
There's no telling how many special moments have been soundtracked by Moon Safari, the acclaimed 1998 debut album from French duo Air.
An era-defining record of pristine, space-age lounge music delivered with cinematic atmosphere and a distinctively French je ne se quios , Moon Safari was a universal critical and commercial success upon release.
The lush easy-listening music was perfectly suited to post-club comedowns, hip cafes, and make-out sessions: smooth and dreamy enough to be played in the background, but singular and masterfully crafted enough to reward close listening.
It proved highly influential, too. But the wave of mellow, down tempo imitators and 'chill out' CD compilations it spawned struggled to surpass Air's chic, exquisitely woozy beauty.
'It was not meant to be played live'
Jean-Benoît Dunckel, one half of Air alongside Nicolas Godin, never expected Moon Safari's enduring success.
"We never imagined this album could work that way worldwide," he tells Karen Leng on Double J Lunch.
"It took time, it took decades, [but] the success is not by us, the audience made [it]."
This year, the duo has been playing Moon Safari in full around the world on their first tour in seven years, including Australia.
"It was not made to be played live," says Dunckel.
"We had to adapt it for the live [setting]. That is what the people want to get — this special feeling they heard the first time… to live again these feelings."
Having played two nights at the Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid Live , Air will live-stream their show at London's Royal Albert Hall this weekend.
"It's a beautiful venue," says Dunckel, who is keen to preserve a pristine performance of the album online for future access.
"It's really important to do that because… people can also discover the band live. Some people appreciate the live versions more than the recorded versions."
Performing as a trio, alongside drummer Louis Delorme, Air play inside an oblong box adorned with dazzling lights and visuals, which morph from swathes of minimalist colour to the perspective of a spaceship enjoying interstellar travel.
"We play in a box of light. It looks a bit like the studio on the cover of 10 000 Hz Legend," says Dunckel, referencing the band's second studio album — a weirder, wilder reaction to Moon Safari.
"It could be a home, it could be our world, our head, our architectural concept. It helps for people to enter into a world… people like [that] intimacy."
Dunckel says people often ask: "Are you not bored to play these songs you play for 20 years now?"
"Sometimes I struggle — because you have to concentrate, and you have to play. But I'm never bored. It's always a pleasure."
Moon Safari is a product of its era, but it's also aged beautifully.
It's an evocative listening experience, from the moment lengthy opener 'La femme d'argent' ushers you in with the sounds of water and slinky bassline, through to the weightless pop and robot-voiced melodies of 'Kelly Watch The Stars' and 'New Star in the Sky'.
In 1998, its retro-futuristic arrangements already sounded timeless. 25 years later, its ability to transport your mind and imagination elsewhere hasn't dated one iota.
"It could be a journey, a love story," remarks Dunckel. "That's why we're really attached to it. I think the audience is searching for that, too.
"It helps human relationships in every way," adds Dunckel. Over the years, Air fans have shared "so many stories" of what the album means to them.
"Most of the time it's for love. It's always, 'I met my girlfriend or wife this time'."
Back in 1998, Dunckel told triple j that while hiking in Iceland, his guide revealed Moon Safari was his love-making soundtrack.
There's "probably" plenty of babies in the world with some of the album's DNA in them since, Dunckel estimates of a new generation discovering Air for the first time.
"As we are getting old now, it's becoming that people say, 'oh yeah, my parents were listening to Moon Safari when we were travelling in a car; this family time'."
Sexy Boy, the surprising queer anthem
For many, debut single 'Sexy Boy' was their first introduction to Air. A seductive slice of synth-pop that brought vocoder back to the pop charts and sung in both French and English.
It's a seemingly simple song but Dunckel notes there's "a lot of tolerance and freedom" embedded in it.
"Sexy Boy, first of all, is a strange title because it breaks a certain taboo. The taboo is that heterosexual boys can check out other boys," he explains.
"Also, it became a gay slogan in a way. A gay anthem."
The song took on a new meaning in late 90s Paris when the electronic music scene's wider acceptance of the LGTBQI+ community led to more club and techno nights dedicated to queer punters and DJs emerging.
"There was a lot of gay parties," says Dunckel. "Homosexuality is everywhere in the world, and it's always existed, always there. So, it was important to liberate this movement."
Originally, the song's titular phrase was inspired by Parisian fashion culture.
"People are checking each other out all the time… In Paris, when a couple is meeting another couple, the girl is not going to check out the boy. She's going to check out the other girl: analyse what she wears, how she behaves, what is the fashion or type of the boyfriend.
"Sexy Boy is speaking about that. The fact a man wants to be a pretty man and he is checking [out] other boys."
A popular soundtrack choice, featured in teen rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You and noughties TV drama Queer As Folk, 'Sexy Boy' is also a testament to youth.
The French verses are "celebrating that golden age of being young," Dunckel explains.
"When you're young you don't realise you're at the top of your life. You have a lot of power, actually… because you're beautiful. Your skin, hair, you feel great, you have a lot of energy."
The makings of a classic
Despite its iconic status, Moon Safari was actually the last roll of the dice for Dunckel and Godin.
Raised in the conservative suburb of Versailles, the pair began making music together after meeting at school. But after having their demo tapes rejected by every record label they approached, they quit music and instead focused on their studies.
Each had established careers — Godin in architecture, Dunckel in mathematics — when an opportunity presented itself in a close friend landing a role with Virgin Records imprint Source.
They landed a deal with the label but ditching their jobs for a full-time career in music to support their burgeoning families was a gamble.
"We were 26 years old. We were not sure we come be musicians for the rest of our life," remembers Dunckel. "I was already working [as] a physics teacher… I had a baby."
Thankfully, their risk was rewarded when their debut album became a breakout international hit. Air was swiftly lumped alongside a fresh wave of Parisian artists reinventing the electronic music scene in the late 90s.
Dubbed French touch, the movement included Cassius, St. Germain, Étienne de Crécy, and Daft Punk, who recorded their breakout 1997 album Homework down the street from where Air made Moon Safari.
"There was a kind of energy circulating all over Paris," recalls Dunckel. "Paris is kind of small; all the media, artists and business part of it [were] working all together."
The worlds of music, fashion, contemporary art, cinema — "everything was mixed," Dunckel says.
"At this time, new generations of young people coming from the suburbs are even inside Paris and mixing all these rich, futuristic concepts together with new machines, samplers, computer programs to make music."
A fond farewell to youth
Despite being poster boys for the future of French music, Moon Safari was an evocative, nostalgia-drenched ode to Dunckel and Godin's past.
"In a way it was the end of my youth… That's why the songs [on Moon Safari], there are a lot of regrets and it's a goodbye to our youth and the innocence of it.
"It's full of vibrations from teenage times."
Although labelled an electronic act, Air's music wasn't rooted in beats and house music. Instead, they armed themselves with analogue Moog and Korg synthesizers, vintage drum machines, vocoders and the trusty Rhodes piano.
The resulting compositions bore the esprit of Serge Gainsbourg, electronic pioneers like Jean-Michel Jarre, and the 1970s film and TV soundtracks of Dunckel's childhood.
There's a fondness for the psychedelic grandeur of Pink Floyd and ELO. But also, Burt Bacharach arrangements, particularly in the wistful French horn topline of ''Ce matin là' (This morning) and the easy-going 'You Make It Easy' and 'All I Need', both featuring the lyrics and vocals of Godin's then-neighbour, Beth Hirsch.
From its lush, otherworldly sounds right down to its title, Moon Safari gives rise to cosmic ideas and conducive to escapism. That spirit is central to Air's entire ethos.
"I think music exists in paradise and you can feel this [album] is in a strange interface between our world and something else."
Such ephemeral expressions might be surprising coming from a former physics teacher, but Dunckel says "both sides of your brain help" when it comes to making emotive art.
"There is a mathematic aspect of music, that analyses and helps you perform and conceive music. But there is something else happening, your heart is talking.
"As a musician you're organising the vibrations of your heart and the feelings into music… vibrations travelling into space and air."
"When I do a song, it's all about 'what do I feel?'" Dunckel concludes.
"For me, good means it affects me. No good means I don't feel anything… if it affects me, it's going to affect others, too. They're going to feel the feelings I do, too."
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