What it costs
The Dubai camel ride cost people expect and the one they find are different numbers, because the camel is almost never sold on its own. What you pay for is a desert day with the camel inside it, and the fares here run from $27 to $305. Our fare from is $30 — a private Lahbab safari with dune bashing, camel riding and sandboarding, with 44,864 reviews behind it. This page takes all 20 listings apart and shows what actually moves the number.
Quick answer
The short answer. Budget $30 for a four-hour afternoon in the dunes with the camel in it, and $69 for the seven-hour version that stays at Al Khayma Camp for three buffets and the shows. Those two fares cover what most visitors want. Above them, $79 buys a day built around the camel trek itself, and $305 buys a balloon at sunrise. Below them, $27 is the lowest fare on this site and still a seven-hour evening.
The basics
Nineteen of the twenty listings here put the camel inside a safari. So the fare is not a camel fare; it is the price of a vehicle, a driver, an hour of road each way, the dunes, and whatever happens at the camp afterwards. Read it that way and the spread from $27 to $305 stops being mysterious.
The transport. A 4WD out to Lahbab and back is the fixed cost underneath every one of these numbers. It is why nothing here is priced like a fairground ride, and why a listing with Pickup included at $30 can be better value than a lower fare that leaves you arranging a car.
The food. This is the biggest single lever on the Dubai camel ride cost. $30 comes home before dinner. $69 serves three buffets at Al Khayma Camp with live bread and BBQ stations. The dunes are comparable; the evening is not.
The machines. Quad bikes and buggies carry their own hire cost. $95 is an hour with a 1000cc buggy and a camel ride, and $91 is 1h 30m of the same idea at a 5.0 rating. Both look expensive next to a four-hour safari until you notice you are hiring a machine.
The exclusivity. Private vehicles and private tables cost money everywhere, and the desert is no exception. $30 is listed as a private safari at the lowest fare we quote, which is genuinely unusual; $55 sells private table service at the camp instead.
Every trip, current fare
Sorted the way the days actually differ: the camel-led trek, then the safaris that stay for dinner, then the machine-led runs, then the balloon. Cost per hour divides the fare by the listed length, which is the only fair way to compare a one-hour buggy with a seven-hour evening.
| Tour | Length | Price | What is included | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai: Sunset Camel Trek, Al Khayma Camp, Stargazing & BBQThe camel trek itself | 6 hours | $79 | A camel trek at sunset, a Bedouin camp, stargazing and a BBQ dinner | $13.17 | 4.8 · 2,630 |
| Dubai: Premium Safari, Camel Ride & Al Khayma Camp 3-BuffetsOur top pick — three buffets | 7 hours | $69 | Red dune safari, a camel ride and three buffets at Al Khayma Camp | $9.86 | 4.9 · 30,728 |
| Dubai: Safari, Quad Bike, Camel Ride, and Buffet DinnerSeven hours, buffet dinner | 7 hours | $46 | Dune bashing, sandboarding, optional camel and quad, buffet dinner | $6.57 | 4.9 · 33,555 |
| Dubai: Self-Drive Quad Bike Desert Safari with Al Khayma BBQYou drive the quad | 7 hours | $59 | A quad bike you drive yourself, a camel ride and the Al Khayma BBQ | $8.43 | 4.9 · 10,404 |
| Dubai: Desert Safari, Dune Buggy, Sandboarding, Camels & BBQBuggy and camels, 7 hours | 7 hours | $69 | Dune buggy, quad biking, sandboarding, camels and a BBQ dinner | $9.86 | 4.9 · 1,933 |
| Dubai Desert Safari - Premium BBQ Dinner, Camel Ride & ShowsPremium dinner and shows | 7 hours | $55 | Dune bashing, sandboarding, a camel ride, shows and a buffet dinner | $7.86 | 4.9 · 1,074 |
| Dubai: Desert Safari Camel Riding, Sandboarding & BBQ DinnerLowest fare on the site | 7 hours | $27 | Dune bashing, sandboarding, a camel safari, BBQ and entertainment | $3.86 | 4.8 · 1,029 |
| Dubai: Desert Safari, Camel Ride, Quad Bike & BBQ DinnerLive Tanoura show, BBQ | 4 - 7 hours | $30 | Dune bashing, quad biking, a camel ride, a live show and BBQ dinner | $7.50 | 4.9 · 18,185 |
| Dubai: Desert Safari, Camel Ride, BBQ Dinner & Live ShowCultural show and dinner | 4 hours | $30 | Dune bashing, sandboarding, a camel ride, a cultural show and dinner | $7.50 | 4.9 · 5,807 |
| Dubai: Red Dune Safari, Quad Bike, Camel Ride, BBQ DinnerRed Dunes and a camel farm | 4 hours | $30 | A 4WD crossing of the Red Dunes, sandboarding, a camel ride and a camel farm | $7.50 | 4.9 · 32,718 |
| Dubai: Evening Desert Safari with Camel Ride & StargazingEvening safari, stargazing | 4 hours | $35 | An evening drive, sandboarding, a camel ride and stargazing | $8.75 | 4.8 · 2,080 |
| Dubai: Desert Safari, Quad Bike, Camel Ride & Al Khayma CampMost reviewed — 71,790 | 4 hours | $30 | Dune bashing, a camel ride, sandboarding, falcons and quad biking | $7.50 | 4.9 · 71,790 |
| Dubai: Desert Safari, Quad Bike, Camel Ride and SandboardingOur fare from — private Lahbab | 4 hours | $30 | A private Lahbab safari with dune bashing, camel riding and sandboarding | $7.50 | 4.9 · 44,864 |
| Dubai: Half-Day Desert Safari, Camel Ride, ATV & Dune BuggyBestseller, four hours | 4 hours | $30 | Dune bashing, quad, buggy, sandboarding, a camel ride and refreshments | $7.50 | 4.9 · 19,585 |
| Dubai Desert Safari - Camel Ride, Sandboarding & 30 Min Quad30 minutes of quad biking | 4 hours | $45 | 45 minutes of dune bashing, sandboarding and a camel ride | $11.25 | 4.8 · 12,700 |
| Dubai: Desert Safari, Camel Ride, Sandboarding, Dune BuggyBuggy as an add-on | 4 hours | $41 | Dune bashing, sandboarding, a camel ride and an optional buggy | $10.25 | 4.9 · 4,334 |
| Dubai: Adventure Quad Bike Safari, Camel Ride & RefreshmentQuad trails and refreshments | 4 hours | $55 | A quad bike ride, sandboarding, a camel ride and refreshments | $13.75 | 4.9 · 3,183 |
| Dubai: Dune Buggy Desert Safari, Camel Ride & SandboardingOne hour, buggy first | 1 hour | $95 | A 1000cc buggy across the red dunes and a camel ride | $95.00 | 4.9 · 661 |
| Dubai: Buggy Dune Bashing, Sandboarding, Camel Ride & ShowRated 5.0, 1h 30m | 1h 30m | $91 | A 1000cc buggy, sandboarding, a camel ride and a show | $60.67 | 5 · 1,516 |
| Dubai: Sunrise Balloon Flight with Camel Ride & BreakfastSunrise balloon and breakfast | 5 hours | $305 | A sunrise balloon flight, a camel ride, falcons and breakfast | $61.00 | 4.8 · 437 |
The tiers
The Dubai camel ride cost groups into four bands, and the band explains far more than the exact number does.
| Tier | Typical fare | What you get for it | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| The afternoonfour hours | $30 | Pickup, the drive out, dune bashing, sandboarding and the camel loop | $30 — 71,790 reviews |
| The eveningseven hours | $69 – $27 | The same dunes plus a camp dinner, live shows and time after dark | $69 — our top pick |
| The machine dayone to four hours | $91 – $95 | A 1000cc buggy or a self-drive quad, with the camel ride as the calm part | $59 — you drive it |
| The special dayfive to six hours | $79 – $305 | A camel trek built around sunset, or a balloon flight at first light | $305 — the highest fare here |
The verdict
Four fares cover almost every version of this trip worth booking.
Spend $30 if you want the desert for an afternoon. Private, four hours, dune bashing, camel riding, sandboarding and an optional quad, with 44,864 reviews at 4.9. It is the fare this site quotes from, and it is a complete afternoon rather than a sample of one.
Spend $69 if you want the evening as well. Seven hours, red dunes, a camel ride and three Emirati, Moroccan and Arabian buffets at Al Khayma Camp, rated 4.9 across 30,728 reviews. The extra over the afternoon fare buys the part of the day most people describe afterwards.
Spend $79 if the camel is the point. Six hours, a trek into the sunset, a Bedouin camp, henna, falcon photographs, a telescope and a BBQ. It is the only listing here where the animal sets the shape of the day, and the Dubai camel ride cost of that difference is modest.
Spend $305 only for the balloon. It is the highest fare on this site and it buys a sunrise flight with a camel ride and breakfast after it. As a desert safari it is not the best value here; as a balloon morning it is the only option on the page.
Where the money stops working: above $69 the dunes stop improving and you begin paying for machines, private tables and altitude. That is a fair trade if you want those things, and a poor one if you thought you were buying more desert.
Book direct
Six fares that mark out the Dubai camel ride cost: the one we quote from, our top pick, the lowest number on the site, the camel trek, the one-hour buggy run and the balloon morning at the top.
★ 4.9 · 44,864 reviews
★ 4.9 · 30,728 reviews
★ 4.8 · 1,029 reviews
★ 4.8 · 2,630 reviews
★ 4.9 · 661 reviews
★ 4.8 · 437 reviews
The levers
None of them is the camel. All four are decided at checkout.
Dinner
Meal included on $69 and $30; absent on the shorter runs. It explains most of the gap between four-hour and seven-hour fares.
Machines
$95 for one hour with a 1000cc buggy, $59 for a quad you drive yourself and the Al Khayma BBQ.
Exclusivity
$30 is private at the lowest fare here; $55 sells a private table at dinner; $30 offers a private option on top of its fare.
Pickup
Pickup included on $30 and $35; available as an extra elsewhere. On an hour-long drive that line has real value.
Value
Cost per hour and review counts do most of the work when you read the Dubai camel ride cost.
$27 across seven hours works out at $3.86 an hour, which is the cheapest rate on this site; $95 for one hour is the highest rate per hour here.
A run of listings sit at $30, including the one with 71,790 reviews. When that many operators land on the same fare, it is the market rate for a four-hour afternoon.
299,213 reviews across twenty listings. A 4.9 average on 44,864 reviews, as on $30, is a far stronger signal than a perfect score on a hundred.
$69 over seven hours is a lower rate per hour than most four-hour safaris, and it includes dinner. Length is where the value sits.
$305 is a balloon flight and $91 is 1h 30m of buggy driving at a 5.0 rating. Neither is competing with a safari fare.
Checklist
Each of these changes what the Dubai camel ride cost actually covers.
A printed line on the listing. It is the difference between coming home hungry and a buffet at the camp.
Two different lines with two different costs on a trip that starts an hour out of the city.
Four hours, six on $79, seven on the camp listings, or the 4 - 7 hours option on $30. The drive is inside those numbers.
Quad bikes, buggies and camp upgrades are chosen at checkout on several listings, and they move the total after you have compared fares.
Shown across the listings gathered here, and worth keeping on any desert plan.
Our pick at $69 is the fare where the desert day stops being a stop on an itinerary.
See what the day contains→Common questions
From $30 for a private four-hour Lahbab safari with dune bashing, camel riding and sandboarding. Our pick is $69 for the seven-hour version with three buffets at Al Khayma Camp.
Because nineteen of the twenty listings sell it inside a safari. $79 is the closest thing to a camel-only day: a sunset trek with a Bedouin camp and a BBQ.
$27 for a seven-hour evening with transfers, a camel safari, sandboarding, a BBQ and entertainment shows. It is shared rather than smaller.
$305 for the sunrise balloon flight with a camel ride and breakfast afterwards, five hours and rated 4.8.
On many listings yes — $30, $30 and $35 print Pickup included. Others print Pickup available, which means it is arranged as an extra.
If you want dinner, the shows and the camp after dark, yes — per hour it is usually the better rate as well. If you want the dunes and your evening back, the four-hour fare is the honest choice.
Go deeper
Where the camels actually are, and what the ride is like.
Safari + camelHow the camel fits into the afternoon, and which safaris give it more time.
At sunsetThe hour everyone wants, and which trips reach the dunes in time.
At sunriseThe quiet, cool half of the day, and the balloon that goes with it.
With kidsAges, laps and which safaris work with small children.
What to wearClothes, shoes and the scarf question, by season.
Dubai: Premium Safari, Camel Ride & Al Khayma Camp 3-Buffets
★ 4.9 · 30,728 reviews · Free cancellation 24 h