Your Ultimate Guide to Unique Experience in Dubai, Abu-Dhabi, and other Emirates

The UAE is more than just futuristic skyscrapers and stunning coastlines. For unbelievable adventures, check out our guide to a variety of unique experience in Dubai, Abu-Dhabi, and other Emirates. It includes information on where to go shark swimming, mangrove exploring, savoring coffee or gold cake, freezing on a ski slope, and much more.

List of Unique Experience in Dubai

Jet Car Ride

A popular beach vacation activity is jet skiing. However, what if a jet ski were fashioned like a genuine automobile?

Driving a jet car across the water in Dubai and snapping pictures and videos while listening to musical compositions can make you feel like a famous rapper. Views of the Burj Al Arab and Atlantis the Palm add some exceptional feeling to the experience together with the water’s surface and vibrant cars.

Along with jet car riding, which lasts for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hour, you will also get access to the beach, lockers, changing facilities, and showers on site.

• Location: Fishing Harbor – Jumeirah St – Umm Suqeim – Umm Suqeim 2 – Dubai
• Price: from 630 AED

Skydive above Palm Jumeirah

Taking a stroll around the well-known artificial island and admiring Palm Jumeirah from the hotel is enjoyable, but for a more comprehensive experience, try a tandem parachute jump with qualified instructors to ease your fears.

Not only can you see the entire island with your own eyes during the flight (unless you close your eyes out of fear, of course), but you can also see Ain Dubai and the Burj Al Arab.

You may also receive standard videos and shots, as well as edited reels for Instagram or selfies, for an additional fee.

• Location: Al Seyahi St – Dubai Marina – Dubai
• Price: from 2,299 AED

Dinner in the Sky

With this unique restaurant service, diners, tables, and waitstaff are lifted 50 meters in the air by using a crane. Flying above the earth and experiencing new-level cuisine takes a total of ninety minutes.

Charm is enhanced by the breathtaking views of Palm Jumeirah, Burj Al Arab, Dubai Marina, and Bluewaters with Ain Dubai, the water, buildings, and sunset.

Fresh burrata is served as an appetizer, followed by dishes like salmon with steamed vegetables or polenta, and sweets like chocolate dome and blueberry cheesecake.

The cost of reservations and meals is 699 AED per person, except for Friday and Saturday dinners, which start at 6:30 PM and cost 799 AED per person.

Note that guests must be at least 110 cm tall.

• Location: Al Sufoh – Al Seyahi St – next to Zero Gravity – Skydive – Dubai
• Price: from 699 AED

The World’s Deepest Diving Pool

With a shape akin to a gigantic oyster and a capacity of 14 million liters of water, Deep Dive Dubai is the world’s deepest diving pool. It pays homage to the pearl-fishing customs of the United Arab Emirates.

There is an entire underwater city at its base, complete with abandoned buildings, including libraries and apartments, as well as game areas with table football, bicycles, and graffiti-covered walls.

Visitors of all skill levels can take advantage of its freediving and scuba diving classes. They are designed for guests 10 years and older and split into three categories: Dive for experienced divers, Discover for beginners, and Develop (classes with a trainer).

Beginners can try solo diving or snorkeling (certification not required) or start the process of becoming qualified scuba divers.

The pool features 56 underwater cameras that capture every aspect, dry capsules at depths of 6 and 21 meters and an emotional lighting system that transforms the enormous pool into a movie theater for those who don’t want to hold their breath.

• Location: NAS Sports Complex – Nad Al Sheba – Dubai
• Price: from 400 AED

Sky Views

For those who want spine-tingling experiences, there are two attractions: the Edge Walk and the Glass Slide.

The Sky Glass Slide, located on level 53 and accessible via a magnificent spiral staircase, whisks visitors to an astounding height of 219.5 meters above the ground. The crew will give you detailed instructions before you slide down, so this is not a ride for the timid.

Any contact with the glass when descending is forbidden, as is descending on your back or stomach. Only when sitting on a specific mat and firmly gripping the straps may you slide down. All that is present is glass, giving you the entire illusion that you are flying through the air.

Sky Edge Walk: using specialized equipment, you can get out of the building and dangle over the abyss at a height of more than 200 meters. Individuals who would like to participate must be between 1.20 and 2 meters tall and between 30 and 150 kilograms in weight.

• Location: Area Downtown, Standard Chartered Tower – Address Sky View – Dubai
• Price: from 80 AED (for Glass Slide) and 499 AED (for Sky Edge Walk).

The Longest Urban Zipline

With a 1-kilometer track, XLine Dubai Marina extended from the skyscraper’s roof to the ground above the city.

This attraction is the longest in the world in an urban setting, according to the organizers. The flight lasts for around two minutes, during which you can accelerate to 80 km/h.

In addition to recharging your adrenaline during this period, you will be able to take in a bird’s eye perspective of Dubai Marina, the most picturesque part of the city.

The Amwaj tower is the starting point. As you soar past the well-known towers Princess Tower and Cayan Tower, you’ll get to see the Palm Jumeirah and the yacht-lined coastal strip lined with white yachts.

Age restrictions: 12 to 65 years old. Written consent from parents or legal guardians is necessary for those under the age of eighteen.

Weight ranges from 45 to 100 kg.

Height: starting at 130 cm.

• Location: Dubai Marina Mall – Dubai Marina – Dubai
• Price: from 499 AED (kids 12-16 y.o.), from 650 AED (adults)

The Longest Zipline in the World Сertified by Guinness World Records

The longest zip line in the world, measuring 2.83 km, is called Jais Flight. Reaching speeds of up to 150 km/h, you will soar between rugged mountain peaks and through deep valleys. You will experience feelings and sensations that are one-of-a-kind during a breath-taking three-minute trip at 1,680 meters above sea level.

• Location: Jebel Jais – Ras al Khaimah
• Price: from 550 AED

Hot Air Balloon Ride above the Desert

If the desert’s vistas aren’t enough for you, take a hot air balloon journey over its vast stretches at an elevation of more than 1,200 meters to experience the feeling of being a sheikh with extra luxuries like breakfast on the sand, a ride on a camel or SUV, and a chance to interact with falcons.

• Location: Margham (Dubai Al Ain road near Exit 47) – Dubai
• Price: from 1,000 AED

La Perle

The jewel in Dubai’s entertainment crown is, without exaggeration, Dragone’s La Perle. Traveling to the other side of reality and being submerged in a realm of illusions and unrestrained fantasy can be experienced by visiting the remarkable theater situated within the Al Habtoor City complex.

Experience a one-of-a-kind show with acrobatics, water, lighting, amazing acoustics, jumps and flights. The acting is also exceptional. The breathtakingly skilled acrobatic leaps from great heights into a 12-meter pool will especially astound you.

• Location: Al Habtoor City – 260 Sheikh Zayed Rd – Dubai
• Price: from 269 AED

Shark Dive

You will never know what it’s like to be surrounded by enormous stingrays and toothy sharks if you don’t take a chance. Wondering? Visit the Dubai Mall to see an aquarium that was inducted into the Guinness World Record due to its enormous size.

Three times a day, for 20 to 30 minutes, depending on your level of competence, you can go shark diving. You will swim with your instructor to discover the aquarium’s most fascinating locations. You’ll see sharks and rays swimming above you — very unusual!

• Location: Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo – Dubai Mall – Downtown Dubai – Dubai
• Price: from 790 AED

Mangrove Tour

A special trip to Jubail Mangrove Park for those who enjoy experiencing nature and taking photos: you may see the park’s inhabitants, including turtles, herons, and gazelles, as you meander along a complex network of boardwalks that span two kilometers and pass between mangroves and water surfaces.

Activities in the Park of Mangroves:

1. Trek through mangrove forests: park ranger tours start at 40 AED.
2. Yoga with an instructor in the morning or after dusk: from 105 AED.
3. Going on a kayaking tour at night to observe the night sky is the most unique experience: from 100 AED.
4. A group boat ride during the day or at sunset: from 100 AED.

• Location: Al Jubail Island – Abu Dhabi
• Price: from 5 AED (kids 3-6 y.o.), from 15 AED (adults)

The Largest Water Park in the World

Everyone who enjoys excitement on one of the 105 slides, refreshing water, and seeing marine life will adore the 17-hectare Aquaventure Waterpark.

The water park offers a wide variety of attractions, featuring numerous slides with varying degrees of incline. Each slide possesses its own unique charm, but the most thrilling ones can be found within the towering structures of Poseidon and Neptune. Additionally, the park boasts a designated children’s play area, a pristine white sand beach, relaxing lounge spaces, delightful cafes and restaurants, and an intriguing shark lagoon and dolphin bay.

For more info about this unique waterpark experience read our guide.

• Location: Atlantis The Palm – Crescent Rd – Dubai
• Price: from 320 AED

Camel Cuisine

It seems like you’re walking into a typical Middle Eastern restaurant – Local House Restaurant. Arabian style, flower-filled wicker plants hanging from the ceiling, plush, vibrant rugs and couches… What makes it unique? Not to mention that this is where the camel meat burger is located! And it’s the first restaurant in the UAE to serve such a delectable menu item. This can be tried for 50 AED.

Other dishes on the menu are a Shark Fish Platter (40 AED), Hommus (20 AED), Tabbouleh Salad (32 AED), and Camel Ice Cream (30 AED).

• Location: Historical Neighbourhood – 51 – Bur Dubai – Al Fahidi – Dubai
• Price: from 100 AED per person

Unique Restaurants

• At. Mosphere: Remarkable as a fine dining experience and an observation platform alike, this elegant restaurant made history by being named the highest restaurant in the world. It is situated on the 122nd level. 475 AED is the starting price for the four-course meal.
• Ossiano: The most fascinating feature is the enormous aquarium featuring sharks, rays, and active schools of fish that stretch from floor to ceiling. The average cost per person for a lunch is 800-1000 AED.
• Ce La Vie: With panoramic windows offering views of Dubai’s modern surroundings, it showcases the silhouette of the Burj Khalifa. The average meal cost is 350-600 AED per person.
• The Pods: The area has the effect of isolating you from the outside world with a glass dome. There are plush couches and a sizable dining table decorated with flowers inside. 299 AED is required to reserve a pod for 2 hours.

Looking for more unique restaurants? We’ve got you covered with unforgettable dining experiences!

Сoffee with Gold

Arabic coffee-making is a true art that calls for certain abilities and workmanship. Additionally, if 24-karat gold is added to it, you can fully indulge in luxury and treat yourself.

You may select from five guided tours of the renowned sailing hotel at the Burj Al Arab, where you will discover fascinating details and view its décor and treasures. Following your tour, savor a cappuccino, espresso, or frappuccino and pair it with a gold leaf tiramisu.

• Location: Umm Suqeim 3 – Dubai
• Price: from 399 AED

Cake with Gold

By buying The Armani Cheesecake for 79 AED, you can get 23-carat gold in the Armani Lounge. Take pleasure in the golden shine and consume it without feeling guilty.

• Location: Armani Hotel Dubai – 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd – Downtown Dubai – Dubai
• Price: from 79 AED

Ski Dubai

Where is snow found in Dubai? Right here! Ski Dubai is a sizable indoor ski resort that offers every kind of snow-related activity imaginable, including skiing, snowboarding, slalom, sledding, utilizing the required gear, a ski lift, and even going on a date with penguins.

• Location: Sheikh Zayed Rd – Al Barsha – Al Barsha 1 – Dubai
• Price: from 220 AED

Desert Safari

For a fee starting at 75 AED, visitors can experience a variety of new activities that are unavailable to city dwellers in the UAE’s deserts. These activities include sandboarding, quad biking, dance performances, photography with falcons, and jeep tours through the dunes and into Bedouin places.

In addition, a master class on drawing henna designs, a photo session in traditional Arabic costumes, a camel ride, and a feast are all included in the 125 dirhams that you can pay to spend the evening or morning in the desert.

• Location: Lahbab desert/Margham desert – Dubai; Al Faya Desert/Al Madam desert – Sharjah
• Price: from 75 AED

Desert Hotels

You can enjoy desert views and safari activities at the following hotels: 

• Al Maha – A Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa: from 3,879 per night.
• Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa: from 837 AED per night.
• Terra Solis: from 825 AED per night.
• Telal Resort Al Ain: from 320 AED.

Check out our guide to desert hotels to learn more about places to stay in the desert.

Desert Cafe

• Hidden Café: The pet-friendly café’s feature is the mirror installation, which reflects the gorgeous surroundings and makes it the ideal location for tourists to take pictures. You may order shisha and marshmallows on sticks (starting at 65 AED for making a campfire plus 15 AED for marshmallows and sticks).
• Common Café: Here, you may sample a wide selection of coffee and pastries and snap interesting pictures close to pillars that reflect the orange hue of the sunset and sand.
• Klock Café: Gather around a massive wooden clock for a unique desert sensation on a small coffee counter complete with desserts.
• Tea Lounge: This is the first and only location in the desert dedicated to charcoal-prepared tea.

Find the best desert cafes in Dubai and other emirates.

Amusement Parks

A whole day can be spent exploring the following themed amusement parks in Abu Dhabi’s renowned Yas Complex:

• Ferrari World: Take a unique tour called The Roof Walk (125 AED) to explore the park’s distinctive red rooftop walking area while admiring breathtaking views of Yas Island, or choose to Drive a Ferrari Experience (from 895 AED) to get the whole racing (or assistant) feeling.
• Warner Bros. World (from 345 AED): The park was designed with inspiration from the Warner Brothers film company’s most well-known movies and cartoons. At the entryway, beloved figures welcome guests, and entertain on stage, and 29 attractions “recreate” the crazy adventures of Catwoman, the Flintstones, Batman and Superman, and Tom and Jerry.
• Seaworld Yas Island (from 375 AED): Eight immersive zones featuring over 150 different animal species, a sizable aquarium, an animal care and protection facility, interactive entertainment, eateries, and gift shops are all present.

IMG Worlds of Adventure (which is the Largest Indoor Theme Park), Legoland Dubai, and MotionGate are Dubai’s entertainment treasures. Click to know more about them.

Emirates A380

Across from the aquarium on the second floor of the Dubai Mall is where you can find the aviation simulator. Everybody will be able to take the controls and experience flying at any airport worldwide. Visitors are escorted “in flight” by a qualified instructor during the 15–45 minute session.

• Location: 57XH+4JC – Financial Center Rd – Downtown Dubai – Dubai
• Price: from 160 AED

Luxury Cars

Experience the tourist attractions in a Mercedes G63 2024, Rolls Royce Cullinan, Ferrari F8 Tributo, or Lamborghini Urus. Why not? This can be accomplished by renting a car for a day, which will cost between 175 and 2,900 AED, depending on the model of car you choose.

• Price: from 175 AED / per day

Helicopter Tours

From the air, a helicopter flight over the desert will reveal the Burj Al Arab, Atlantis Resort, Palm Jumeirah, and more. This experience costs 715 AED, so it’s not cheap.

• Location: Dubai Police Academy, Near Burj Al Arab Hotel/ White Beach Parking, Atlantis Hotel – Dubai
• Price: from 715 AED

Artificial Island – Palm Jumeirah

Discover breathtaking views of the man-made wonder island from the top of the Palm Tower by going on an excursion to the observation deck “The View at The Palm” (from 100 AED), visiting CouCou restaurant, which is located atop the 52-story Palm Tower and has the most desirable location on the island, going on helicopter tours, or getting in touch with the Parachute Center, where you can arrange for tandem jumps with photo and video recording and gyroplane flights (from 2,299 AED).

• Location: Palm Jumeirah – Dubai
• Price: from 100 AED

The Highest Hotel in the World

The highest hotel in the world right now is the Gevora Hotel in Dubai.

It boasts 529 guestrooms that range in size from deluxe rooms to spacious 2-bedroom suites with all the facilities, two restaurants with panoramic views, a cutting-edge health club, outdoor pools that are open seven days a week, and a business center.

• Location: 101 Sheikh Zayed Rd – Trade Centre – DIFC – Dubai
• Price: from 380 AED per night

The Highest Outdoor Infinity Pool in the World

The highest infinity pool in the world is found at Dubai’s Address Beach Resort, which has achieved a Guinness World Record. It is 294 meters above the ground on the 77th floor of the hotel. The infinity pool occupies 560 square meters.

It has sections for lounging and sunbathing in addition to a 75-meter swimming area. Views of Bluewaters Island, Ain Dubai, The Palm Jumeirah and The World Islands, Dubai Marina, and Burj Al Arab can be seen from the pool. Only guests staying at the hotel have access to it.

Aura Skypool, the tallest infinity pool in the world with a 360-degree outlook, is another record holder. The water cascades over the sides of the pool, giving the impression that it is limitless. A large bar and restaurant, as well as a lounge area with single or double sun loungers, are available to guests of the Aura Skypool.

• Location: Address Beach Resort – The Walk – Jumeirah Beach Residence –  Dubai; Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Tower – 50th Floor – The Palm Jumeirah – Dubai
• Price: from 1,900 AED per night; from 200 AED

Traditional Souks

List of traditional souks in Dubai:

1. Gold Souk: There is real gold available at a fair price.
2. Spice Souk: Wonderful spices and dried herbs that you can get here will make your meal perfect.
3. Dubai Textile Souk: Fabric for needlework and crafting your own creations, natural silk, leather, and wool for felting or knitting.
4. Dubai Perfume Souk: Traditional fragrances in the form of oils, agarwood, custom smell creation, and well-known brand formulae.
5. Bur Dubai Souk: There are a variety of items, including clothing, food, décor, jewelry, kitchenware, and much more.
6. Meena Bazaar: Modern goods, accessories, folk costumes, and gifts for the whole family.

Souks in other emirates:

1. Camel Souk (Al Ain): Indeed, you may view and purchase camels or birds here.
2. Carpet Souk (Abu Dhabi): Handmade carpets to add coziness to your house.
3. The Central Souk (Sharjah): A popular destination for both residents and visitors: Items ranging from fabrics and perfumes to antiques and sculptures are housed in a stunning building.

Learn more about souks in Dubai in our comprehensive guide.

Abra Boat Tour

An authentic wooden Arabian boat with a canopy that can accommodate 20 passengers is called Abra. Today, it serves mostly as a tourist attraction. This is one of the oldest passenger water transportation. Exploring the uniqueness of regional transportation customs can also be thoroughly enjoyed during an abra ride.

Only Dubai Creek is the location where abras are used as a public transportation system. Here, boats run on four routes, providing access to places including Al Jadaf, Dubai Festival City, Deira, and Bur Dubai.

Air-conditioned water taxis under RTA regulations that are controlled currently charge 2 AED per journey.