Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve: Tours & Tickets

Dylan was punctual on time & to mysurprise brought the FALCON in his car.We drove all the way from hotel to Desert with the FALCON in the back seat. He is so passionate about FALCONRY & said that he has trained a bunch of Falcons and other birds (Eagle Owl, etc). While he explained in detail about the different FALCONS (the wing type; what characteristic is special for each FALCON,etc)......He has provided me LIFETIME pictures/videos with FALCON activities; like move each bird towards me, making me hold it by teaching me how to hold it, making the bird flyover to my hands, fly through my hands...it was all amazing.Has tremendous experience with the DESERT;spotted ALL the animals that were available by going to the right places on time. Took to the Museum;showed ALL the necessary equipments for FALCONRY - hunting, training the falcons and the electronic equipments, Falcon/Camel race,etc Has experience in Scuba diving but thats 4 next time :-)

Picked up at the hotel with a jeep through Rebecca our Falconer. With her in the Jeep, one of the birds (it was an eagle, name = forgotten) :-) After an hour drive, with a short stop at a camel race course, we arrived at the Dubai Desert Resort in time with the sunrise. In the desert resort we had a short drive, to watch animals like oryx, mountain gazette, etc. After arriving at the spot for the bird show, Rebecca was explaining us the methods and internals about here work as Falconer. The demonstration for our group includes a hawk, an eagle, an owl, and a falcon. We stood the whole time in our group of four and finishing with the stop at the Dubai Falcon Souk. Thanks to Rebecca we appreciate this tour with unforgettable memories.

The tour was exceptionally well organized and the tour guide started early in the morning on the route to the desert to provide us with a lot of insights into falconry as well as other cultural aspects such as the camel races. In the desert we were able to get hands on experience in the training of falcons and again learned tremendously from the guide's experience and knowledge. After the training we had an excellent breakfast in the desert to enjoy the beauty of the landscape along with some excellent food.

It's a very pleasant tour and has many interesting aspects. The animal's were abundant and we were photographing them with ease. High end vehicle kept immaculate. Our guide was so knowledgeable and answered all our questions well. The breakfast at Al Maha a delight. We were seated on the terrace overlooking the Empty Quarter. Beautiful food served with style. Excellent in every aspect. But what else would you expect after all it's DUBAI.

Very well organised; really fun and friendly staff; a good 45-50 minute camel ride; great food at the camp; perhaps not the sand-only scenery with steep sand dunes you see in Sahara desert (i.e. there are some desert bushes and plants and a fence at parts of the ride), but still very impressive! Although I was afraid it would, it didn't feel too 'touristy'.