Dubai & Abu Dhabi Highlights with Grand Mosque
Overview
A Dubai and Abu Dhabi tour package from India that runs six days and five nights from a single central base, built around the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, a morning desert safari and Old Dubai's Creek and souks. Abu Dhabi is a full-day trip for the mosque, about 1 hr 30 min each way, rather than a second hotel stay. It is a land package, so your international flight is booked separately. Best enjoyed from November to March, when Dubai's weather is at its kindest. Tell us your travel dates, and we will build the quote around them.
Key features of this package
5 Nights / 6 Days
One base, no movingSheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
A full Abu Dhabi dayMorning Desert Safari
Dunes, camels, no late nightDubai Frame + City Tours
Old and new DubaiOld Dubai Creek
Abra, souks, Al FahidiGST Included
The price is the pricePremium itinerary
Explore your journey day by day, with every stay, transfer and experience clearly planned.
Arrival: Private car meets you at Dubai airport and runs you to the hotel, about 15 to 30 min.
Check-in: The old town puts you on the metro and walking distance of the Creek.
Evening: Walk Al Seef's restored creek-front, or ride to the Dubai Fountain - both free.
Early pickup: Out to the dunes for dune bashing, a camel ride and sandboarding, about four hours.
Why morning: Cooler sand, softer light for photos, and you are back in the city by lunch.
Evening, free: Head to Downtown for the Dubai Fountain show and the mall promenade, both free.
Morning, self-guided: Al Fahidi's wind-tower lanes, then a one-dirham abra ride across the Creek.
Souks: The Gold Souk and Spice Souk in Deira - browsing is free, haggling is the sport.
Afternoon: The Dubai Frame - old city on one side of the glass bridge, new city on the other.
Drive out: Dubai to Abu Dhabi, about 1 hr 30 min by road on a shared coach.
Grand Mosque: The white-marble halls and courtyard, with entry and a dress-code abaya arranged.
City run: The Corniche, a photo stop at Emirates Palace, and the Heritage Village before heading back.
Why this route works
Culture carries the trip, not just the skyline
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and old Dubai's creek are what this trip is built on, and both are nearly free to see - mosque entry is a token tour-operator fee and the abra across the water is one dirham. That free layer lets the days stay full while the headline stays low, instead of leaning on expensive towers to justify the price. Abu Dhabi is a day trip for the mosque, not a second hotel, which keeps a night off the bill.A morning in the desert, not a late camp night
Almost every Dubai safari is sold with a BBQ dinner at a night camp. We put the safari in the morning instead - the same dune bashing, camel ride and sandboarding, cooler sand and better light, and you are back in the city by lunch with the evening free. It also keeps the package honest to the no-dinner rule: a morning safari carries no meal. The evening BBQ camp and a dhow dinner cruise stay as paid add-ons for anyone who wants them.One base, few paid tickets
Five nights in one central hotel, two guided city tours and the Dubai Frame - and the expensive icons kept optional. Dubai sells combo attraction passes, but they are built for people doing the big towers and parks one after another. We priced a pass against the handful of paid entries this itinerary actually uses, and for a culture-led route it costs more than it saves, so we buy individual tickets and keep Burj Khalifa and the rest as add-ons you choose.Inclusions & exclusions
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- 5 nights in a central 3-star double room, Bur Dubai or Deira, double-bed basis
- Daily breakfast at the hotel, all five mornings
- Private airport transfers, arrival and departure
- International flights - this package is quoted for Dubai airport, in and out
- UAE tourist visa fee - we assist with the paperwork, but the fee itself is additional
- All lunches and all dinners, every day - no dinner is included anywhere on this package
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No monetary refund or Travel Credit will ordinarily be provided for no-shows, unused services, partially completed holidays or cancellation after travel has commenced.Other packages you might like
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