Top Dubai Day Trips - page 38

What a great afternoon & evening. Our guide, Ravi, was prompt and professional all day long. Every aspect of this excursion was fun and fulfilling. So much authentic food was served at dinner, and gazing at the stars afterward in the middle of the desert was a great finish to the night. Highly recommend Heritage for this excursion.

A long, fruitful day. Ghulam Ali was a good guide. Highlights were the Mosque and the Louvre Museum. The palace (which is a Mandarin Oriental Hotel) is an amazing building, but the historical context a bit lost on me. The "date market" was a stop at a single spice/tea/coffee shop similar to 10s of others. Nice people and we dropped some cash, but a more historical introduction to the trading community and types of goods and how they. got there would have been very good. Our car of 6 people waived off the other clearly shopping stop to spend more time at the museum. The stop at Ferrari World is a mystery to me. It was very interesting to go to Yaz Island and see how AD is expanding the world of learning and amusement parks, but the particular stop, again, missed the chance. to emphasize the important points, to me. I think Ali was just doing what he was ordered to do, but the powers that be might rethink some of this. The drive back at night is a herculean task Ali performed well. All is all a good day to be exposed to AD and this amazing country.

We did the tour and it was great! We had Umar as our guide / driver. He explained different land marks and provided information as we were driving around, which was informative. It was flexible which was nice as we could go at our own pace but still manage to see all the sites. Would recommend if anyone is visiting Abu Dhabi!