10 Apr 2023
We had a great experience with Mohammad for this trip. He was a very courteous and thoughtful driver. I just wish that when booking this experience that it would have mentioned that we would be sharing a car with two other people. My husband sat in the back with me in the middle and a gentleman next to him. He was very uncomfortable when taking the long drive and doing the sand bashing as there was nothing for him to hold on to. He also didn’t know the person next to him so he didn’t feel comfortable leaning that way. Our first stop was cool. We went to an atv place but you have to pay. My family greatly enjoyed this. This was definitely the highlight of the experience for us.
The other thing that wasn’t mentioned was that we would be required to pay the falcon handler if we took pictures with the bird. I was being harassed to pay the handler even though the picture was suppose to be free. I then offered to pay him a $5. (20 AED) tip and he was not happy with that. He was trying to tell me how much to tip him for a supposedly free picture. I would rate the food and show a 3. We enjoyed the the camel ride. There wasn’t any sand boarding. They had a board for us to use but the sand wasn’t for sand boarding. We should have done it where we did the sand driving. That sand was perfect for it. All in all next time I would book the activities separately with Mohammad as my driver.