The desert, with no one else in it.
Private expeditions out of Dubai, into the Al Marmoom reserve and south into the Rub' al Khali — the Empty Quarter.
One family or one group to a vehicle, one guide, and a route set on the morning of your trip by where the wind has put the dunes.
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Departing daily, October to April
Every night, the wind moves the dunes.
On the morning of your trip, we read where it left them.
Then we draw a route for one vehicle. Yours.
This morning's route
Half a day, one evening, two nights.
A drive through the dunes, an evening that runs from sunset to the stars, or an expedition deep into the Empty Quarter. All three are private, and all three follow the route the wind set that morning.
Half a day
The dune drive
A half-day in the dunes with your own guide and your own 4x4, on a route set that morning.
About the dune drive
One evening
Sunset to stars
Out at sunset to a private camp with no other camp in sight, for dinner cooked over a fire. You stay until the stars are out.
About sunset to stars
Two nights
The Empty Quarter
Two nights deep in the Rub' al Khali with a mobile camp, a falconer and a Bedouin tracker. A paramedic comes too.
About the Empty Quarter
Nothing is shared.
One vehicle
One family or one group to each 4x4. No seat is sold to a stranger.
One guide
A guide for your vehicle and no one else's, in English, Arabic or Russian.
One camp in sight
On the evening trip, dinner is cooked over a fire at a private camp, with no other camp in sight.
Two brothers who grew up driving these sands.
Rimal Desert Co. was founded in 2014 by two Emirati brothers. Today it runs four vehicles with a team of eleven.
Our 4x4s are maintained in-house. Every vehicle carries satellite comms, a paramedic comes on the long trips, and our guides speak English, Arabic and Russian.
Who we are
Tell us the day. We'll read the wind.
Book by WhatsApp or phone. A deposit confirms your trip.
We depart daily from October to April, and in July and August by arrangement.
WhatsApp +44 7700 900881
Call +44 20 7946 0214