Our tour had 5 vehicles with 3 or 4 guests in each, including the SS rep. It was catered to the wants, and one group was put together that wanted light activity.

We went out to Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve and went to the camel farm. We saw the camels we would ride and had a coffee and dates. I don't like any coffee anywhere and liked this. It is more like tea and has a fruity taste at the end.

Dates were good, but there were flies around.

We got on the camels. The white ones are from Sudan, and the brown ones are gulf camels (Austrailia also has a brown camel).

We rode around for some time, and they took pics with our own cameras, never trying to sell us anything. Two ladies did not ride. Everyone else enjoyed it. I found the camel soft as a baby's bottom. Todd was in front and did not feel the same way. I had a back ache before, and the camel cured it. Crazy but true.

Then we went in the dunes for pics and had either an Arabic Coke Light, a Fanta orange or water.

After that, we went to really look at the camels and saw 2 day old babies.

After that, they spun out the 4 x 4's for about an hour (they let out air from the tires before you even start this whole venture) and then headed out. They put the air back in the tires, gave us a city tour and went back to the ship. This was a customized tour for us with no other guests. The regular event following ours would have 300 people and the bbq dinner, belly dancing, star gazing after sunset, etc. Our thing was more to our taste and quite private with constant checking by the 5 tour hosts and our SS host. Attendees were 35 to 55 on this jaunt.