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One of the overnight spots campers use on the Fujairah side of the Hajar, with open ground and no fees.
A popular overnight spot in the mountains near Shawka Dam with flat gravel ground and hiking trails from your tent.
You pitch your own tent on a marked 11 x 9 m plot with its own fire pit, BBQ area and table, with 24-hour security and food trucks a short walk away.
Dubai Municipality rents fenced desert plots for a whole season, so a family can leave a camp standing and come back every weekend.
A managed desert park at the foot of Jebel Hafeet where you can pitch your own tent or take a Bedouin-style or air-conditioned bubble tent, with trails at the door.
Open desert 30 to 45 minutes from Downtown where a weekend tent needs no permit and you wake up to foxes and birds around the lakes.
One of the few beaches in Dubai where you can legally park a caravan or trailer by the sea for up to 30 days.
Thirteen free, municipality-run pitches with lake or desert views, RVs allowed, and playgrounds and food trucks close by.
A Bedouin-style village in the dunes with real beds, a pool and fat biking, quad biking and camel treks, for desert nights without pitching a tent.
Beach glamping 15 minutes from downtown, from basic canvas tents to camper vans and pool villas, so you can camp on a work night.
Free beach camping on Al Dhafra's quiet coast, with a town five minutes away for supplies.
A long open shoreline in the far west where you can pitch a tent or park an RV by the sea with nobody around.