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The 13 Best Half-Day Tours in the UAE

13 tours  ·  from $16 a head

The 13 best half-day tours you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.

Dubai: Half-Day Desert Safari, Camel Ride, ATV & Dune Buggy - The 45-minute drive from Dubai to the desert
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Dubai: Half-Day Desert Safari, Camel Ride, ATV & Dune Buggy

Dubai: Half-Day Desert Safari, Camels, Quad Bike & Refreshments - Dune bashing across the Lahbab red dunes
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Dubai: Half-Day Desert Safari, Camels, Quad Bike & Refreshments

Dubai: Half-Day City Tour with Blue Mosque, Creek, and Souks - The Museum of the Future from the ground floor
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Dubai: Half-Day City Tour with Blue Mosque, Creek, and Souks

3.Half-Day City Tour with Blue Mosque, Creek, and Souks

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 3,059 reviews · 5 hours · from $49

See Dubai in five hours, from Burj Al Arab and the Blue Mosque to Old Dubai souks, an abra ride, and Emirati coffee for $49.

“The locations visited gave an excellent perspective of what Dubai was all about. Our tour driver/tour guide, Muhammad Iqbal was very knowledgeable and exceptionally hospitable. well recommended.”

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Half-Day Desert Safari from Abu Dhabi - Camel farm, camel riding, and sandboarding
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Half-Day Desert Safari from Abu Dhabi

Dubai Half-Day City Tour with Visit to Dubai Gold Souk - Al Seef and Bastakiya: Dubai before the skyscrapers
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Dubai Half-Day City Tour with Visit to Dubai Gold Souk

Dubai: Old & Modern Guided Half-Day City Tour - Jumeirah Beach and the Burj Al Arab photograph
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Dubai: Old & Modern Guided Half-Day City Tour

6.Old & Modern Guided Half-Day City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 804 reviews · 5 hours · from $49

See Dubai’s old souks, Blue Mosque, Burj Al Arab, Al Fahidi, and Museum of the Future on a practical five-hour city tour.

“Rez is the best tour guide ever! Kind, attentive and ready to answer every question and request if possible. He went out of his way to give us the best day. An experience we will never forget. He brought magic to every sight we visited.”

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Dubai: Old to New Dubai Private Half-Day Sightseeing Tour - Palm Jumeirah, The Pointe, and Atlantis
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Dubai: Old to New Dubai Private Half-Day Sightseeing Tour

8.Old to New Dubai Private Half-Day Sightseeing Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 550 reviews · 5 hours · from $130

See Dubai’s Palm, souks, creek, skyline, and Dubai Frame with a private guide on a flexible five-hour old-to-new city tour.

“Adnan was a great guide! Very helpful and extremely knowledgeable- we learned a lot today. Also never overly rushed, we took our time everywhere we went- we had a fantastic time! Thank you Adnan!”

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Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Mosque Half-Day Guided Tour from Dubai - Riding From Dubai to Abu Dhabi
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Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Mosque Half-Day Guided Tour from Dubai

9.Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Mosque Half-Day Guided Tour from Dubai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 431 reviews · from $59

Visit Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque from Dubai with hotel pickup, entry, transport, and a guided look at its marble halls.

“This trip was absolutely amazing!! Had a time on the atv. The guy, can’t remember the name but he’s in the photos, was very patient and kind. My friend flipped off the atv and else immediately ran to assist and drove her the rest of the way. ORead more”

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Half-Day Dubai City Tour with Blue Mosque, Creek, Souks & Abra - Inside the Blue Mosque in Dubai
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Half-Day Dubai City Tour with Blue Mosque, Creek, Souks & Abra

Half-Day Dubai Desert Safari With 7 Live Shows and BBQ Dinner - Sunset over the red sand
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Half-Day Dubai Desert Safari With 7 Live Shows and BBQ Dinner

11.Half-Day Dubai Desert Safari With 7 Live Shows and BBQ Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 288 reviews · from $47

Review of Dubai’s half-day desert safari with dune bashing, sunset views, camel rides, seven live shows, BBQ dinner, and hotel pickup.

“The tour is good, a taste of everything in a day. Private tour is much better than the group. The best part was our driver, Imran! Such a humble and nice person, soo attentive and sensitive to individual needs, great and safe driver, he knew all the tricks how to cut corners and bring the best of experience to us. Chose Imran at all cost!”

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Abu Dhabi: Half-Day Guided City Tour - Heritage Village and the older face of Abu Dhabi
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Abu Dhabi: Half-Day Guided City Tour

12.Half-Day Guided City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 245 reviews · from $41

See Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque, Heritage Village, Emirates Palace and more on a five-hour guided city tour with hotel pickup.

“This tour is a joke! It is an Uber driver that memorized some random facts about the buildings, driving around 8 people in a small car. If you are sitting in a 3rd row, you can’t see anything. Besides the mosque every other stop is complete bs inclRead more”

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Ras Al Khaimah: Half-Day Desert Safari with Dinner - The 4WD dune drive and photo stops
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Ras Al Khaimah: Half-Day Desert Safari with Dinner

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