Not Only Skyscrapers: The Most Unusual Places in the UAE

The UAE is known for its luxurious hotels, stylish residential districts constructed of glass towers, the chicest gastronomy, a stunning coastline, scuba diving in the world’s largest aquarium, skydiving over Bul Island, and even snow slopes for skiers at + 40 degrees. But is that enough? We’ve compiled a list of odd sites and activities for anyone looking to make the most of their trip. The East is ready!

Flamingos in the desert

The Ras Al Khor Wetland Reserve is an excellent opportunity to touch wildlife in the environment of broadband highways multi-story glass giants and hot desert sand. The territory is protected and constantly monitored, and in 2007 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The reserve is well-known for its permanent habitat of pink flamingos! All year, you may see the calm lives of these magnificent birds. It is very amusing to watch flamingos being fed. Come watch this “ritual” at the park’s opening or closure. The reserve is located in Dubai Creek Bay’s interior, however, this is quite far from the city center, so you can get there by taxi or a rented car.

Love for subjects and Instagram

In the very center of the Seyh Al Salam desert, near the Bab Al Shams Desert Resort, which is half an hour by car from Dubai, an unimaginable attraction opened in January 2019 – two artificial lakes in the form of giant hearts connected.

The lakes are located 700 meters from another essential object for the greening and enrichment program of the desert territory of the emirate – the protected lake Al Kudra, where there are now more than 170 species of rare birds, many wild animals, such as chamois and gazelles. To get there only by taxi or by your own or rented car. Luckily, there are several rental companies in this region providing outstanding service. Check the variety of options for cars in Dubai. You can rent a comfortable SUV if you are traveling with a company or a convertible, for instance, if you are traveling as a couple. All you have to do is contact the rental service in advance and book the vehicle that is most appealing and suitable for your needs.

Journey to the Arabian Desert

Before the middle of the past century, Dubai’s land consisted of nothing but desert and little fishing communities on the shore. The Arabian Desert is an important component of Arab culture and history.

Even though Dubai is an ultramodern emirate with a highly developed economy, tents of Bedouins, and indigenous nomads, may still be seen in the Dubai desert. As a result, if you are on vacation in the UAE, take a desert safari Dubai tour and go to the desert to see with your own eyes where it all started. But keep in mind that it is forbidden to drive a hired vehicle off-road, otherwise, you may be charged fees by the rental company. You must enroll in the trip in order to ride on the dunes.

Arabian Holland

Dubai Miracle Garden is a natural open-air wonder park, included in the Guinness Book of Records, and a truly fantastic location for photo shooting. The park has an area of 7 hectares and accommodates 7 different flower areas. Each is a detailed thought-out world of children’s fantasies. Here you will meet an 18-meter Mickey Mouse, a giant Teddy bear 12 meters high, and in the center of the flower garden you will find a real Airbus A380 aircraft, the fuselage and wings of which are entirely covered with flowers.

At the pace of the mountains

Hatta is a well-known resort in the heart of the Hajar Mountains, just 1.5 hours drive from Dubai. The most comfortable way to get there will be to rent a car from one of the rental companies. The climate of this region is much milder and cooler, and the air is drier, so a large number of indigenous people come here to breathe air and swim in lakes and many waterfalls with the purest water.

If you are curious to see what villages in the Emirates looked like many years ago, be sure to come to Hatta Heritage Village!