A number of companies based in the UAE offer tours of some or all of the emirates. Many of the tour companies have multilingual tour guides and packages can be tailor-made for customers. We have listed some of the more popular scheduled trips, however you will need to contact the individual operators to obtain information on all they have to offer. Discounts are usually given for children.
Business travel management, group and incentive arrangements are all catered
for.
Sunshine Tours (02 4449914)
Email: abusun@emirates.net.ae Operated by Abu Dhabi National Hotels Corporation, Sunshine Tours can handle all of your incoming needs in the UAE. Meet and assist, visa arrangements, city tours, shopping trips, museum excursions, desert safaris, cruises in modern yachts or traditional dhows, diving and golf or any specialist activity ‘from art or archaeology to ornithology or yoga’.
Arabian Adventures (04 3439966)
Website: www.arabian-adventures.com
Email: arabian.adventures@emirates.com
Operated by Emirates Airlines. Offices in Dubai (04 343 9966/3034888 and Abu Dhabi (02 6338111), provides a total travel service – planning, hotel bookings, scheduled excursions and safaris. Incentive packages etc. sporting, entertainment and outdoor activities. They can tailor a package to suit the requirements of an individual or a group, big or small, no matter what your interest. Seven-day operation with 24-hour help-line and 365-day reservation system.
Net Tours (Abu Dhabi 02 6794656; Dubai 04 666655)
Email: netmerry@emirates.net.ae Net has an office on Khalifa St. opposite the Sheraton in Abu Dhabi. One of the largest and oldest ground operators in the UAE, it has a large fleet of 4WDs and operates it's own dhows. Net provides visa transfers, hotels, daily tours, desert safaris, incentive packages, conferences and exhibitions. They will also provide groups with complete itineraries for trips to the UAE.
Orient Tours
(Dubai 04 2828238)
Email: otshj@emirates.net.ae
Website: www.orient-tours-uae.com
Orient Tours run an evening cruise on the Dubai Creek that departs daily at 8.30 p.m. Desert trips, including camel riding and sandboarding, barbecue and belly dancing are on offer.
Desert Adventures Tourism (04 22428000) Website: www.desertadventures.com Visa handling, hotel reservation, sightseeing tours, adventure safaris, car rental, incentive and group travel, Oman trips.
Desert Rangers (04 453091) Website: www.desertrangerss.com Tour the archaeological sites in Ra’s al-Khaimah, explore Hatta rock pools, go rock-climbing or sandboarding, or take a canoe trip around the mangrove stands at Khor Kalba.
Arab Link (04 2689555)
Website: www.arablinkdubai.com
Hotel reservations, safari and sightseeing trips, complete holiday packages,
conference and business travel arrangements, car rental.
Alpha Tours
(04 2949888)
Email info@alphatoursdubai.com
Website: www.alphatoursdubai.com
Hotel reservations, visa arrangements, incentive and special interest
groups, city tours, desert and mountain safaris. Tours of Dubai, Abu Dhabi,
Sharjah, creek cruises, desert safaris etc.
Sharjah National Tourist and Transport Authority (SNTTA, 06 5548296 www.sharjah-welcome.com)
SNNTTA runs tours of Dubai, illuminated dhow dinner cruises in Dubai Creek, dinner in the dunes, cultural tours of Sharjah and Ajman, camel races every Friday afternoon, tours of the ancient sea ports and an overnight safari in the desert.
Sharjah Airport Travel Agency (SATA 06 561 8888)
Website: www.shj-airport.gov.ae
SATA organises Sharjah classical city tours, tours of the East Coast including
Dibba, Khor Fakkan, Fujairah and Kalba, the market at Masafi and Al Dhaid;
desert and mountain safaris, and dinner cruises.
Seven Seas Tours, Sheikh Zayed Road, Sharjah (06 5540860)
Website: www.seastravel.com
Email: seastour@emirates.net.ae,
flight bookings, visa assistance, airport transfer, excursions, car rental
etc.
Al Ain Camel Safaris (03 7688006) Hilton Hotel, Al Ain, one-hour and overnight camel rides.
Danat Dubai (04 2666203)
Email info@danat-dubai.com Website: www.danat-dubai.com
has a number of cruises on offer on it's 34m catamaran ranging from a Sharjah heritage cruise; Sharjah lunch cruise; a trip by sea from Sharjah to Dubai.
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