Multi-day programme
Activities Holiday: 7 Days (No Hotel)
7 days of tours and experiences bundled at the sharp price: you book the bed, we run the days: one price for your whole group, refundable in full up to sixty days before travel.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Party size
- 1–20 guests
- From
- $278per person, accommodation not included
- Destinations covered
- Abu Dhabi
- Dubai
Read out of this programme's own day-by-day itinerary, printed further down this page.
The programme
What this trip is
7 days of tours and experiences bundled at the sharp price: you book the bed, we run the days. One booking covers every day of activity (private touring, transfers between them and the named entries) sequenced so each day builds on the last. The bed is yours to choose; we work around whichever hotel you pick.
Every package is adjusted to your dates, pace and taste before anything is confirmed. Tell us who is travelling and we will shape it around you.
Multi-day trips live or die on sequencing: which day to spend in the desert, when to see the mosque, where the rest day belongs. That ordering is the craft we sell.
Practicalities, handled: your driver's WhatsApp arrives the evening before with the exact pickup time; the vehicle carries chilled water and chargers; timings flex on the day if a flight, a nap or a whim demands it. Full refund up to sixty days before travel, and you can pay on the day.
In short
- 7 days of tours and experiences bundled at the sharp price
- Fully customisable before confirmation
- One booking, zero logistics
- Sequenced by people who live here
- WhatsApp support before and during
- Full refund up to sixty days before travel
Line by line
Everything in this programme, itemised
Three columns and no small print: what the published figure covers, what you can add and exactly what it costs, and what sits outside the price with the reason it has to. Every line is this programme's own record; where a line is specified by another of our listings, the source is printed under it so you can go and read it.
Included in the price
Lines: 2
Included: Touring on our shared departures, with a private Carnival upgrade quotable on any day
Included: A coordinator on WhatsApp for the whole trip
Optional, at extra cost
Lines: 4
Optional extra: Attraction tickets quotable as add-ons, never silently bundled into the price
Priced per attraction, for your dates: there is no single figure for the set
- Ain Dubai Tickets: from $39
- Al Ain Zoo Tickets: from $10
- Atlantis Aquaventure Ticket: from $87
- AYA Universe Tickets: from $37
Live from-prices in our ticket catalogue
See every attraction ticket and its priceOptional extra: Professional photography
A photographer joins your tour: 40+ edited images within 48 hours.
$123 per booking
- Order it at least 24 hours ahead
- Delivered by our partner studio
Published add-on price: the same figure the booking form charges
Optional extra: Celebration setup
Cake, flowers and a decorated vehicle for a birthday, anniversary or surprise.
$109 per booking
- Order it at least 48 hours ahead
- We will ask you for: Name and occasion for the cake
Published add-on price: the same figure the booking form charges
Optional extra: Premium drinks cooler
Fresh juices, laban and soft drinks on ice all day.
$25 per booking
- Order it at least 12 hours ahead
Published add-on price: the same figure the booking form charges
Not included in the price
Lines: 6
Not included: You book your own accommodation; we work around wherever you stay
Not included: Attraction entry tickets unless listed as included
Not included: Meals and personal expenses unless listed
Not included: Gratuities (appreciated, never expected)
Not included: Travel insurance
arranged for you and quoted separately, because the premium depends on your ages, dates and cover
Quoted in writing before anything is confirmed
Not included: Visa fees where a visa is needed
the authority sets these by passport and length of stay, and we quote them with your proposal
Quoted in writing before anything is confirmed
Travel insurance and any visa fees are quoted with your written proposal, before anything is confirmed. A premium depends on your ages, your dates and the level of cover you want; a visa fee is set by the authority and depends on the passport and the length of stay. Neither figure can sit honestly inside a headline price, so neither is buried in one, and nothing is added at the payment page.
This programme is priced per person and carries no accommodation; you book your own rooms and we work around wherever you stay. The figure is adjusted to your dates and party before confirmation.
Add-on
A chauffeur on the free days
This programme includes a car and driver on every touring day. For the days in between, add a chauffeur by the day, in the car you choose.
Touring days already include the car, so a chauffeur is only ever charged on days without a tour.
Beyond the car
Arrive by private jet, or land at the hotel by helicopter
Two ways to open or close this programme that skip the road entirely. Both are quoted to the day and the aircraft, so there is no fixed price to publish, only a real one once we know the mission.
Private jet charter
The aircraft chartered to your dates and party, ground handling arranged at both ends, so the programme can open or close from almost anywhere rather than wherever a schedule happens to fly.
Contact for pricingAsk about thisHelicopter, straight to the hotel
Skip the transfer entirely: a helicopter from the airport direct to the hotel's own helipad where the property allows it, arranged around your programme's arrival.
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Tailor it
Build this trip your way
Every day of the itinerary has alternatives. Flick through them with the arrows. Our recommended plan is pre-selected; bend it until it's yours.
Day 1· recommended
Choose 1 of 5
Day 2· recommended
Choose 1 of 5
Day 3· recommended
Choose 1 of 5
Day 4· recommended
Choose 1 of 5
Day 5· recommended
Choose 1 of 5
Day 6· recommended
Choose 1 of 5
Your 6-day plan
Send my tailored trip to WhatsAppBefore you book
The practical detail
Pickups, dress, ages, money and the exact cancellation deadline. Everything here is a field on this programme's record or a policy we publish in full; nothing is softened for the page.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Party size
- 1–20 guests
- Pricing basis
- per person, accommodation not included
- Touring
- Shared departures, with a private upgrade quotable on any day
- Pickup
- Your hotel lobby (pickup included)
- Guiding languages
- English · Urdu · Russian · Hindi · Bengali · Farsi · Pashto
- Confirmation
- A written proposal first, then confirmation, not an instant booking
- Effort
- Easy: suitable for all
- Minimum age
- None set. Tell us the ages and the days are planned around them
- Payment
- Pay on the day, or by card in advance
- Operator
- DET-licensed Dubai tour operator
Cancelling, changing, and if a day goes wrong
- Beyond sixty days a programme refunds in full to the original payment method. From thirty-one to sixty days, 75%. From fifteen to thirty days, 50%.
- Inside fourteen days a programme is charged in full, because rooms and inter-city cars are already committed. Over Christmas, New Year and Eid that becomes sixty days, because the rooms themselves are bought non-refundable.
- If we cancel (weather, an authority closure, a vehicle problem), you choose a full refund or a free re-book, and you get the reason in writing. Partner-operated activities are held to the same standard.
- If we cannot reach you within 45 minutes of the pickup time on the day, the booking is treated as a no-show and charged. Keep WhatsApp reachable on travel day and this never happens.
What to bring
- Sunscreen and sunglasses
- Comfortable shoes
Tell us at enquiry about wheelchairs, walking aids, prams, dietary needs or anything that changes the pace. The programme is re-sequenced around it before it is confirmed, rather than apologised for on the day.
Who to call
One coordinator runs your programme from the moment it is confirmed to the airport drop, on WhatsApp. Same thread for a changed plan, a late flight or a table you would rather move; you never re-explain the trip to someone new.
Guide notes for this programme
- Base yourself near the Corniche or downtown Abu Dhabi: it keeps every pickup short and predictable.
- Put the desert evening mid-week, not on your final night; you want a buffer day if wind shifts the dunes plan.
- For the mosque morning, cover shoulders and ankles and bring your own scarf: do not rely on garments being lent at the door.
- Run the Dubai day on a weekday if you can; weekend traffic on the E11 quietly eats an hour of your holiday.
- In the hotter months, flip the template: indoor parks and museums at midday, mosque and desert pushed to the soft light.
Asked and answered
Questions guests ask about this programme
The questions that actually come in about Activities Holiday: 7 Days (No Hotel), answered against the itinerary rather than around it.
What exactly is included?
Seven days of tours and activities, transport on those days, and the entries your itinerary lists. Hotel, flights and most meals are not; that is precisely why the price is sharp. Your final itinerary spells out every inclusion line by line before you pay.
So I book my own hotel?
Yes, that is the deal. Any hotel or residence in Abu Dhabi city works for pickups; some Dubai stays can work too. Tell us where you are staying and we confirm the pickup plan before you commit.
Are the tours private or shared?
The headline price assumes shared departures where they exist: shared means sharing a vehicle and a schedule with other travellers. Any day can be upgraded to a private Carnival with your own guide. Mix and match if you like.
Can I change the order of the days?
Yes. Jet lag, weather and park closures all happen, so we shuffle the order freely before arrival and usually on the ground as well. The desert and park days are the ones worth locking earliest.
I am travelling alone. Does this work?
It does, and better than most. Shared tours price per seat, so a solo traveller is not carrying a whole car alone. If you upgrade days to private, we quote that honestly upfront.
Do the seven days have to run back to back?
No. Spread them across a longer stay and insert rest days wherever you like: a ten-night trip with seven activity days is a very sane shape. Just tell us your date range.
Not answered here? Ask before you book, and the written proposal answers it again, in writing, before anything is confirmed.
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