Tour 12
One Hotel Throughout
6 nights, 7 days
- Length
- 6 nights, 7 days including 1 night in the air
- Shape
- One Dubai hotel throughout, with the desert, an Abu Dhabi day, a desert safari evening and three signature meals.
- Overnights
- Al Maha 1, Paramount Hotel Dubai 4
How the Relaxed version differs
One hotel throughout, as printed. The three booked meals that define this tour stay: dinner at Atlantis The Royal, lunch at the Emirates Palace, and the desert barbecue. Everything around them thins out.
Every itinerary runs at two paces. Full: three or four stops a day, most meals booked, early starts. Relaxed keeps the same length, the same hotels and the same arrival and departure, and books less into each day: one anchor per half day, later starts, lunch mostly at leisure, and a free afternoon or evening every second day. Either pace can run from the same booking, because the rooms do not change. What changes is tickets, meals and guide hours.
The program at a glance
- Day 1Overnight flight
- Day 2One hour in the old city, then the desertAl Maha
- Day 3Desert morning activity, then dinner at Atlantis The RoyalParamount Dubai
- Day 4Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, lunch at the Emirates PalaceParamount Dubai
- Day 5A free morning, then the desert 4x4 adventure and campfire barbecue nightParamount Dubai
- Day 6Burj Khalifa level 148 and The Dubai Mall at an easy paceParamount Dubai
- Day 7Hotel to airport
One Hotel Throughout, relaxed pace
- Day 1Dubai
Overnight flight
Depart in the evening. Nothing is booked on the ground.
Night of day 2
Al Maha desert- Day 2Dubai – Al Maha desert
One hour in the old city, then the desert
Land early and breakfast in the city. One abra across the creek and the Gold Souk, about an hour, then lunch at leisure. Al Maha mid-afternoon, check in, one sunset activity, dinner at the resort.
Nights of days 3–6
Business Bay- Day 3Business Bay
Desert morning activity, then dinner at Atlantis The Royal
A second desert activity or a free morning. Back to Dubai and check in at the Paramount. The afternoon is free. Dinner at Atlantis The Royal.
- Day 4Abu Dhabi – Business Bay
Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, lunch at the Emirates Palace
After breakfast, the road to Abu Dhabi. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, then lunch at the Emirates Palace. Back to Dubai by mid-afternoon and the rest of the day is free.
The full day
Included this day
- Mosque admission included
- Day 5Al Maha desert – Business Bay
A free morning, then the desert 4x4 adventure and campfire barbecue night
The day is free until late afternoon. Then the desert safari: dune driving by 4x4, sunset, and the campfire barbecue with the belly dance show.
The full day
Included this day
- Desert safari included
- Day 6Dubai – Business Bay
Burj Khalifa level 148 and The Dubai Mall at an easy pace
The Burj Khalifa at level 148 and The Dubai Mall, lunch at leisure in the mall, and the fountain at dusk. Back to the hotel for a last evening free.
The full day
Included this day
- Burj Khalifa level 148 included
- Day 7Business Bay
Hotel to airport
Breakfast in the hotel or a box to go, then the transfer to the airport with your guide.
- All hotel accommodation as listed, with partner-rate benefits.
- All transfers in chauffeured vehicles. Vehicle class scales to pax count.
- Mandarin-, English- and Arabic-capable guide on every operating day.
- All entrance tickets named in the itinerary.
- Meals as listed (B / L / D).
- Bottled water on coach. 24/7 on-call dispatch.
- International flights to and from Dubai.
- UAE visa support (verified third-party processor, per-program).
- Optional desert add-ons — dune-bashing, camel/horse.
- Personal expenses, alcohol outside listed meals.
- Gratuities for driver and guide.
What this itinerary does well
Best for
Groups that prefer one hotel and want the signature meals rather than the signature hotels.
Why it sells
No hotel changes after the desert night, a lower hotel cost than Tours 9 to 11, and the dinners and lunches that guests talk about afterwards.
Send us the brief
Group size, target dates, preferred hotel tier and any non-negotiables are enough for us to start. A costed proposal follows within two working days.