8 of 11 places fit
Camp on a long golden sand beach with calm waters for swimming and kayaking.
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.
Dubai Municipality rents fenced desert plots for a whole season, so a family can leave a camp standing and come back every weekend.
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.
Thirteen free, municipality-run pitches with lake or desert views, RVs allowed, and playgrounds and food trucks close by.
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.