72 Hours in Dubai: Desert Decadence in Just 3 Days

If you take one piece of advice from this article, make it this: do a sundown safari. We booked a sundown safari to the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve through Arabian Adventures; they picked us up at our downtown hotel in an adapted Land Cruiser for a seven-hour excursion. We started by traversing the sand dunes in the car a la Indiana Jones — while it was a highlight for me and my father, this part wouldn't be safe for those with medical conditions or severe car sickness. After multiple photo stops to watch the sunset over the desert, the tour then continues to a Bedouin-style camp with camel rides, a buffet BBQ dinner, belly dancing, shisha, bonfires, and Arabic coffee.