🏨 4x4 Hatta Safari to Fossil Rock & Honey Bee Garden visit with Breakfast Activity

Overview

Start your day with a scenic drive in a rugged 4x4 Jeep to reach the desert. Watch a Falconer demonstrate the hunting skills of the Emiratis’ favorite bird and share in his knowledge about why the magnificent Falcons are so special to the Nation. the first photo-stop will be at the famous Fossil & Camel Rock which are unusual rock formations hidden in midst of high sand dunes. The Honeybee Garden is your first stop in Hatta where you learn all about the fascinating art of beekeeping and honey making. Enjoy a picnic breakfast in the lap of the Arabian Desert. Continue your drive to reach Hatta Heritage Village where you have free time to explore the country’s past at this open air museum. The last stop brings you through the stony Hajjar Mountains to Hatta Dam from where you have amazing views. Later you will drive back to the City.

What's Included

Beautiful photography opportunity

Camel Rock Formation Drive

Cold mineral water in the vehicle

Hatta Heritage Village & Hatta Dam visit

Hatta safari with English speaking Professional licensed and trained drivers

Honeybee Garden Visit

Hotel pickup and drop-off with 4x4 wheel luxury air conditioned Jeeps.

Picnic Breakfast

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 5 - 12
ADULT: Age: 13 - 99

Additional Info

Dress code: lightweight summer clothing is suitable for most of the year, but sweaters or jackets may be needed for the winter months, especially in the evenings. Good quality sunglasses are advised. Hats are advisable when in direct sunlight.
Guests visiting the UAE during the Summer months (June – September) are advised that peak daytime temperatures sometimes reach 42 – 45 degrees Celsius. Humidity levels can also exceed 90 percent during this period. We recommend all our guests to take adeq
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Public transportation options are available nearby
The duration of the actual tour takes 6 – 7 hour but the driving time from Dubai hotel and return may take another 60 – 90 minutes depending on traffic conditions and time of day.
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Dress code: lightweight summer clothing is suitable for most of the year, but sweaters or jackets may be needed for the winter months, especially in the evenings. Good quality sunglasses are advised. Hats are advisable when in direct sunlight.
Guests visiting the UAE during the Summer months (June – September) are advised that peak daytime temperatures sometimes reach 42 – 45 degrees Celsius. Humidity levels can also exceed 90 percent during this period. We recommend all our guests to take adeq
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Public transportation options are available nearby
The duration of the actual tour takes 6 – 7 hour but the driving time from Dubai hotel and return may take another 60 – 90 minutes depending on traffic conditions and time of day.
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Hatta

Hop aboard your comfortable 4x4 in front of your central Dubai hotel in the morning. Settle into the air-conditioned interior and with your driver-guide at the wheel, set off on your journey through the UAE’S stark desert landscapes. Head toward the UAE-Oman border and Hatta, an old trading settlement with a historical fort and rock pools, nestled high in the craggy Hajar Mountains. Watch as the terrain shifts from open plains to dunes and rocky mountain slopes, and after roughly two hours on the road, arrive at Hatta Heritage Village. A recreation of an old mountain hamlet dating back to before the 20th century, the complex comprises dwellings and buildings built from mud, palm leaves, reeds, and stone. Head inside with your guide to stroll around the houses, mosques, and watchtowers and see the displays of weaponry, handicrafts, and traditional dress that showcase what life was like here until the mid-1900s. See Hatta Fort as you learn more about the region’s history, and then climb back inside your 4x4 to venture deeper into the desert. Continue to Jebel Maleihah, otherwise known as Fossil Rock. This large rocky outcrop rears sharply from the sands and gets its nickname from the many ancient marine fossils embedded in its slopes. Hop out to look for these swirling, aeons-old fossils — imprints of shells and tiny marine creatures that lived on the ocean floor when the Arabian Peninsula was covered by the sea millions of years ago. Then, make your way to nearby Camel Rock. Take snaps of the desert rock formation that resembles a camel, and then return to Dubai where your day trip ends at your hotel.

4 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Hatta Water Dam

Photostop Only

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hatta Heritage Village

Visit inside Heritage village

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Reviews

Excelent and profesional

MCJPP, 16-03-2022

Eveeything fine the service excelente and very profesional,thanks you!! Yesterday with Mustafa we had a good time, best guide!!

Hatta trip

Dalia_E, 03-01-2022

Easy booking, showing on time, Nice trip, well informed tour guides. Good amount of time allows you to use the remainder of day dong other things. Thank you.

Hatta tour with breakfast

Alan_L, 08-01-2022

The Hatta tour was very good, and the driver/guide was very friendly and informative. Unfortunately the dam was closed for maintenance, As an alternative we visited a camel farm, which was very jnteresting. Loved the driving through real desert with breakfast which was a fantastic experience, and would have liked to have seen more even more desert. Overall a really good excursion to experience other areas and scenery of Dubai.

Interesting and insightful

Alasdair H, 20-09-2022

Musthafa was our tour guide and was very knowledgeable on the sites and surroundings. He was entertaining and helpful at all times. Could not fault his service

The trip was interesting but had more driving that anticipated, we stayed in dubai and it was almost 4 hours of driving in a half day session and the heritage site was shut due to construction work.

Would recommend but check the driving distance to hatta from your start location and ensure everything is open along the way!

Good tour, excellent guide, unfortunate ending

Karen_H, 22-04-2022

It is a little hard to grade this trip as I will explain later. We had an excellent guide and were kept well informed about pick up. The trip across the desert was interesting and our guide pointed out various interesting plants. We felt no need for 'sand bashing' and asked him to drive slowly so we could see and experience the early morning desert, he was happy to do as we asked though it was a pretty bumpy ride anyway! Breakfast was good, a lovely spot, clean and litter free. We were able to watch birds and see some desert plants. We then went on to the bee farm. It seems a bit of an odd option and we felt it might be just a 'filler' to break the trip to Hatta. It was actually very interesting with a very professional and in depth tour, followed, of course, by the opportunity to buy. We did shop as it seemed a worthwhile enterprise. A quick stop at the Hatta dam and then on to Hatta Heritage village which is where the problems arose. While we were admitted, everything was locked up and apart from wandering round the outside there was nothing to see, all the exhibits and rooms were padlocked, all we could see were courtyards. Our guide was surprised and was told on asking that there was a staff shortage, he was very apologetic. As this was a significant part of the tour we asked for a partial refund but Orient Tours refused. The small print says that they reserve the right to cancel parts of the tour but they did not do this and insisted that the village was open. I suppose if being allowed through the entrance counts as open then they are technically correct but even when we sent pictures of padlocked doors they insisted that the village was open. In the end Viator stepped in and kindly offered a partial refund for the missed part of the tour. So in conclusion, this is a good tour, especially if you actually get to see Hatta heritage Village properly, the guide was excellent but we cannot recommend Orient Tours, so maybe look for a different company offering this.

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