Luxurious lodgings in the deserts and mountain sides of Dubai now serve as destinations for glamorous camping or ‘glamping’, for short.
Glamping offers travellers an experience of adventures in the wild without compromising on hygiene and daily living comfort.
A prime example is a lodging near the dam of Hatta, a mountainous eastern desert. Here, campers can opt to to lodge in a trailer, caravan or five-star lodge that is equipped with TVs and power points for charging a smartphone.
“It’s fun, with the fire and hanging with friends and all that, but I personally prefer to sleep in a room with a bed and a private bathroom, and that’s what we get here,” Jamil Fahmy, a Dubai resident from Saudi Arabia, was quoted as telling the AFP.
Rooms with basic and modern amenities, start from 400 dirhams (around $110) per night at the Hatta site.
Part of Dubai’s tourism push, the Hatta camping project is also home to a 350-meter zip wire.
Dubai welcomed a record 15.9 million visitors in 2018. It targets to breach last year’s level with 20 million visitors annually by next year, when it hosts the six-month global trade fair, Expo 2020.
