Doha, one afternoon at a time.

Dune bashing to the salt flats, an hour on a wooden dhow, the souq once the heat drops, and the long drive south to where the sea runs inland. The days most Doha trips are built around.

★★★★★★★★★★4.8· 5,291 travellers on the safari that books out first

Every safari leaves Doha the same way and then splits: a fast afternoon over the Sealine dunes, a full run down to Khor Al Adaid, or a night at camp with the engines off. These three carry the most travellers.

• 1Safari, ATV, Camels, Sandboarding and Inland Sea Tourfrom $32
• 2ATV, Quad/Buggy Dune Bashing, Camel Ride, Sandboardingfrom $32
• 3Desert safari, Dune bashing, sandboarding, camel, ATV Optionfrom $46

The short version

Half a day on the Sealine sand

4–6h· hotel pickup· afternoon start

Tyres down at the edge of the sand belt, an hour of dune bashing, a stop on a ridge for the light, and back to Doha before dinner.

The long drive

All the way to Khor Al Adaid

7–10h· 4x4 only· lunch at camp

South past Mesaieed, then an hour of soft sand to the one place on earth where the Gulf runs inland between dunes. There is no road in.

Your own throttle

Quads, buggies and a board

1–3h· Sealine Beach· no licence needed

The safari operators hand you the keys instead. Quad circuits and buggy tracks behind Sealine, plus a sandboard for the walk back up.

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The tours more travellers take than anything else in Qatar, and what makes each one worth its half day.

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Safari, ATV, Camels, Sandboarding and Inland Sea Tour

Review of Doha’s desert safari with dune bashing, camels, sandboarding, Khor Al Adaid, transfers, tips, and honest value advice.

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2 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 3,784 reviews ATV, Quad/Buggy Dune Bashing, Camel Ride, Sandboarding from $32 3 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 2,826 reviews Desert safari, Dune bashing, sandboarding, camel, ATV Option from $46 4 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 2,807 reviews Qatar Gold Dune Safari, Dune Bashing,Camel Ride,Sand Boarding,Inland Sea Desert from $44 5 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 · 2,357 reviews Guided City Tour with Airport and Hotel Pickup from $39 6 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,907 reviews Half Day Desert Safari | Camel Riding | ATV | Sand Surfing from $58 7 ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 · 1,849 reviews City Tour To All Main Attractions Including Transfers from $30 8 ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 1,585 reviews Guided City Tour with Airport and Hotel Pickup from $55

Every tour on the site, sorted by what it actually costs. A shared desert run and a private car for the day are not in the same league.

Under $50

255 tours

Souq walks, museum entries, an hour on a dhow, seats on a shared city tour.

• 1Safari, ATV, Camels, Sandboarding and Inland Sea Tourfrom $32
• 2Desert safari, Dune bashing, sandboarding, camel, ATV Optionfrom $46
• 3Qatar Gold Dune Safari, Dune Bashing,Camel Ride,Sand Boarding,Inland Sea Desertfrom $44

$50–150

494 tours

The standard desert safari, the Inland Sea run, dinner cruises, half-day city loops with a guide.

• 1Half Day Desert Safari | Camel Riding | ATV | Sand Surfingfrom $58
• 2Guided City Tour with Airport and Hotel Pickupfrom $55
• 3ATV,Quad or Buggy Dune Bashing,CamelRide & Sandboardingfrom $63

$150 and up

97 tours

Private 4x4s with your own driver, overnight desert camps, chartered layover days.

• 1Private Half Day Desert Safarifrom $192
• 2Desert Safari & Keshta | (Private)from $178
• 3Private Full Day Desert Safarifrom $185

Skyscrapers and shopping malls repeat all the way down the coast. The inland sea, the steel in the desert and the racing camels belong to this peninsula alone.

Khor Al Adaid

The Sea That Runs Inland

Sixty kilometres south of Doha the Gulf pushes a tidal inlet straight into the dune field, and the dunes come down to the water on both sides. UNESCO lists it as a nature reserve. There is no sealed road: the last stretch is soft sand, which is why every trip out there is a 4x4 convoy and why the tide table decides the timing.

1. 1Safari, ATV, Camels, Sandboarding and Inland Sea Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 5,291 reviews
2. 2Qatar Gold Dune Safari, Dune Bashing,Camel Ride,Sand Boarding,Inland Sea Desert★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 2,807 reviews
3. 3Inland Sea Tour, 4×4 Desert Safari/All Activities★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 · 1,875 reviews

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Zekreet

Four Steel Plates in the Desert

An hour and a half west of the city, on a gravel plain nobody was using, stand four steel plates by Richard Serra, each over fourteen metres tall, spaced a kilometre apart along a former sea bed. The piece is called East-West/West-East. Go late: the plates catch the last hour of light, and the limestone mushroom rocks nearby are on the same track.

1. 1Qatar West Coast tour to Richard Serra Sculpture and Mushroom Rock Formation★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 153 reviews
2. 2Qatar West Coast tour, Zekreet, Richard Serra Sculpture, Mushroom Rock Formation★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 150 reviews
3. 3West Coast Qatar Tour, Sculptures, Camel Racing track★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 111 reviews

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Al Shahaniya

Camels, and Robot Jockeys

Qatar races camels on a track west of Doha with radio-controlled robot jockeys strapped to the saddles, while the owners drive alongside the rail working the reins by remote. Racing runs through the cooler months and mornings are the sessions worth catching. Entry to the track itself costs nothing.

1. 1Half-Day Private Guided Camel Race Tour in Qatar★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 73 reviews
2. 2Richard Serra Sculpture,Mushroom Hill,Camel Race Track★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 · 19 reviews
3. 3Doha Camel Race Track & Richard Serra Desert Sculpture Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 14 reviews

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