Camping

Camping, or settle your “house” for a shorter or a longer period of time somewhere else other than your daily living place, as far away as possible from your normal daily routine…

This automatically involves family or friends but if you are a solitary guy, then the horizon is yours.

UAE is filled with beautiful sites for camping: open beaches – for example- Jebel Ali in Dubai or some of the beaches on Fujairah’s coast. Mountains –especially those from the Eastern Emirates which offer some very impressive camping spots and of course the mystical desert – you will have unmatchable experiences camping out in the desert. All of these locations are waiting for you. There are no special regulations regarding camping activities but common sense and carefulness for the environment is always required.

For a long time camping used to be a way of life in UAE. This activity, if we can call it that, is still very popular between local families and today you can see in some parts of the desert many tents, some big, some small, surrounded by fences, or not. They are camping there with families and friends, enjoying and sharing their time together. It is just like having a retreat house in the desert. If you have never been camping before, but would like to, the UAE is a great place to do it, especially during the cooler times from October until March or April. If you are comfortable with the higher temperatures then just simply go camping any time of the year.

Preparing yourself to go camping is not rocket science, the planning of the camping trip can be fun, considering the opinion “differences” between friends (like the route, the spot, who is taking who and what, the tents sizes, the grill size with its adequate “accessories” and so on).

Of course you can take whatever you want to take besides tent and grill, it is up to you to decide what a succesful camping trip means to you. We just timidly dare to tell that the most special ingredient is “friends” and without it your trip won’t be as tasty