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 | Jan 8, 2019 | Al Ain, Camels and Domesticated Creatures, Festivals and Shows, UAE Heritage and Culture
It’s that time of the year again folks! A fantastic camel festival only an hour’s drive from Abu Dhabi and Dubai, even less from Al Ain! This is your chance to discover more about the ship of the desert and its revered place in Emirati culture...
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 | 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...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 13, 2016 | Al Dhafra (Western Region) AD, Camels and Domesticated Creatures, Festivals and Shows, Madinat Zayed
It’s that time of year again! The dates – 13th to 29th December 2016 Timings – normally something to see from 8am through to the evening – can sometimes stray a little from the published schedule The place – 18kms south of Madinat Zayed,...
by Marina Bruce | Jul 28, 2016 | Festivals and Shows, Liwa, Photo Blogs, UAE Heritage and Culture
The Liwa Date Festival is running until Saturday – you might have seen my blog about it last week. They are running an instagram competition and I’ve put in 12 entries – would love if some of my instragram-account-owning followers could like their...
