Dining Beyond the Dunes: UAE’s Top 10 Desert View Experiences

The UAE hosts an array of the most different and extreme things in the world – the skyscrapers of the city on one side will take your breath away, while the limitless desert on the other will leave you astonished. However, the trend of desert dining is rapidly increasing as people are discovering it to be a perfect way to have an enchanted evening, not only with their favorite gourmet food but also with the amazing Arabian culture and stunning natural beauty. Here are the Top 10 desert dining experiences that promise unforgettable nights under the stars.

1. Al Hadheerah, Bab Al Shams Desert Resort (Dubai)

The experience is a thrilling jaunt to the desert where you are presented with the very choicest of the emirate’s native food, live music, falconry demos, along with the loveliest of the night scene, moon-illuminated dunes.

2. Sonara Camp (Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve)

Different from any other, the Camp offers the luxury of fine dining to complement in a perfect manner the program of an exclusive fire show, astronomy lectures, and eco-friendly practices, all while being comfortably close to nature.

3. Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara (Abu Dhabi)

 A night walk through the shining dunes with a delicious Arabian meal at this hotel located in the middle of the Liwa Desert is only one of the things that you can have here. 

4. Platinum Heritage Desert Safari Dining (Dubai)

One of the rare chances to experience a desert safari for the wildlife sighting and dining with a Bedouin style under the stars.

5. Starlight Camp (Dubai)

The artists of an alien world in a private bubble tent offering tranquility and a night dining under a very clear sky, which is generally the perfect place for lovebirds who want to have a desert retreat.

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6. Al Maha Desert Resort (Dubai)

Amidst the sightings of gazelles and oryx grazing gently at the far reaches of the desert, this environmentally friendly resort also invites guests to dine with the stars in a very romantic setting.

7. Mleiha Archaeological Centre (Sharjah)

Guests can find out about the desert ancient civilizations of the UAE, and thus combine history, food, and gastronomy while eating under the stars.

8. Bedouin Oasis Camp (Ras Al Khaimah)

Transformed into a place where the sands of time did not affect it with the traditional barbecue of food, camel riding, and listening to the native music under the starry sky, is what the camp, which is located in the desert, is offering to its visitors in a very special way.

9. Liwa Nights Camp (Abu Dhabi)

The camp is in the centre of the Empty Quarter and provides the opportunity of private barbecues set against the backdrop of the never-ending dunes.

10. Arabian Nights Village (Abu Dhabi)

The experience is going back in time and a retreat to the past that not only displays folk dances, Emirati cooking, but also offers amazing views of the dunes, which will be your dinner’s unforgettable witness.

The Desert – A Dining Room Like No Other

Indeed, one could argue that the food is not necessarily what turns these experiences into something extraordinary, but rather the means of introducing the guests to the desert’s vast beauty. The enchantment of Arabian nights is what each destination offers, a luxury resort or an authentic Bedouin-style camp alike.