by Marina Bruce | Jan 12, 2022 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Festivals and Shows
It’s the Al Dhafra Camel Festival 2022! Usually in late December, this year it has been moved to late January – so who wants to go? ***very important! Negative PCR result less than 96 hours old required to enter souq and arena. This may change to 48 hours...
by Marina Bruce | Apr 7, 2020 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Liwa, Madinat Zayed, Offroad
I’ve been visiting THE tanker for 8 years – and how it has changed/deteriorated in that time! It was lying in the desert for many years before that however, here’s a screen grab from google earth 2001 (the first survey of the area). Read on and see...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 24, 2018 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Camels and Domesticated Creatures, Festivals and Shows, Madinat Zayed, UAE
[pdf-embedder url=”https://thedesertdiva.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DD-guide-to-al-dhafra-1.pdf” title=”DD guide to al dhafra”] Download the full guide here Location pin here Previous posts about camel festival here, here, here,...
by Marina Bruce | May 21, 2017 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Offroad, Wildlife
Mike Nott, author of Advanced Off-Road Adventure Routes UAE & Oman, kindly included a couple of routes of mine in the second edition of the book. Here is the story of the original recce trip for one of them which was originally printed in OutdoorUAE magazine back...
by Marina Bruce | Jan 30, 2017 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Liwa, Madinat Zayed, Offroad
Next month will see the 5th anniversary of the day I was introduced to the famous old abandoned Oshkosh water truck! It has been lying deteriorating in the desert for the best part of 20 years and you will see from the photos how it has fared under the desert sun...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 19, 2016 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Camping trip reports, Festivals and Shows, Liwa, Offroad, Trip Reports
Friday started with a particularly beautiful sunrise; a lovely prelude to a great day! After meeting my guests we set up our campsite: always put a flag on the dune above it to reduce the chance of finding a vehicle on top of your tent in the middle of the night! If...
