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 | Jan 31, 2018 | Liwa, Our Trips, Trip Reports
My Very Special Trip – Abu Dhabi Desert Guide I am often blessed with the opportunity to lead so many wonderful people through the deserts of Abu Dhabi. Early in the season, in fact, during the rather warm first weekend of October 2017, I was tasked with taking...
by Marina Bruce | Dec 18, 2017 | Our Trips, UAE, Weekend Trip Listings
If you follow the Desert Diva on social media you might already have heard that after a year away in Oman, Marina has returned to the UAE – at least until Spring 2018! Oman didn’t work out for a number of reasons; we had not planned on renewing our UAE Freezone...
by Marina Bruce | Jun 9, 2017 | Oman, UAE
As a European with visa free access across 28 countries I used to find it strange to have to stamp out of one country and into another when visiting Oman from the UAE; I have done it so often now it has become second nature and my passport is full of Oman visa stamps...
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...
