Dubai is a two-hour drive from almost everything else worth seeing in the UAE, and the day trips are the part of a holiday people are most surprised by. Abu Dhabi is a different city with the most beautiful mosque in the Gulf and a Louvre on the sea. Musandam is an Omani enclave of sea cliffs and dolphins. Hatta is mountains, a turquoise lake and cool air. Al Ain is a UNESCO oasis and a camel market that has not changed in a century.
We run these as shared minibus tours with a guide, or as private days with your own driver and a schedule you set. Every tour includes hotel pickup from Dubai and the northern emirates, entrance fees where stated, and a guide who knows the dress rules at the mosque and where to eat.
Below: the tours themselves, what they cost, and how to choose the right day for your group.