The Al Marmoom Bedouin Experience began as a Platinum Heritage tour supported by Dubai Tourism, and the heritage safaris sold under that name today are run by OceanAir Travels at its Al Marmoom Oasis camp. Expect a cultural evening or morning with a vintage car, a camel caravan, a falcon and Emirati food, not dune bashing.
What they publish
Checked against the operator’s own site and public listings, November 2026. This is not a rating.
?Trade licence / DET permitunclearNo DET licence number on the operator's product pages
✓Prices on its own sitepublishedAED from-prices for every Al Marmoom product
✓Own camp namedpublishedAl Marmoom Oasis, inside the reserve
✓Pickup areas statedpublishedDubai hotel pickup in an air-conditioned vehicle
✓Cancellation termspublishedFree cancellation up to 24 h before, on the operator's page
✓Reviews you can checkpublishedGetYourGuide 4.8 (443)
✓Bookable via Headout / GYGpublishedSeveral Al Marmoom Oasis products on GetYourGuide
Company card
Website (not linked)
oceanairtravels.com (OceanAir Travels)
Company / licence
OceanAir Travels; launched in 2019 by Platinum Heritage; no licence number shown
Base
Dubai
Camp
Al Marmoom Oasis, Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve
Published prices
Evening heritage safari from AED 690, morning from AED 444, camp dinner from AED 404 (published by the operator, November 2026)
Pickup
Dubai hotels, included
Ratings (counts)
GetYourGuide 4.8 from 443 reviews (evening heritage safari), November 2026
Sold on
Own site, GetYourGuide, other resellers; Headout listing unavailable
From the operator’s website and public listings, checked 12 November 2026.
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Who runs it now
In March 2019 Dubai Tourism announced its support for the new Al Marmoom Bedouin Experience, "operated by Platinum Heritage" with the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Center. The idea was a day in Bedouin life: a camel caravan you help saddle, a village built around an oasis with goat pens and Bedouin tents, coffee, food and storytelling, in the morning or towards sunset.
Today the heritage safaris sold as the Al Marmoom Bedouin Experience come from OceanAir Travels, which also runs Al Khayma Camp (see our OceanAir and Al Khayma review). OceanAir sells them as Al Marmoom Oasis products. We found no public statement on when or how the product passed from one company to the other. Platinum Heritage still sells its own vintage Land Rover heritage safaris; see Platinum Heritage.
The evening heritage safari, hour by hour
OceanAir publishes this outline for its evening safari (about 6 hours with transfers):
Time block
What happens
≈ 90 min
Hotel pickup, drive to Al Marmoom Oasis, then 30–40 min in an open-top vintage Mercedes G-Class looking for wildlife
≈ 45 min
Arabic coffee and dates, a camel caravan (10–12 minutes, done twice), coffee-brewing demonstration
≈ 45 min
Sunset and a falconry display
≈ 90 min
Bread and luqaimat cooking demonstration, 5-course set dinner, Bedouin-style entertainment
≈ 90 min
Stargazing with telescopes, then the drive back
There is no dune bashing. The operator says pregnant women and people with back or neck problems should ask first, and children under 12 cannot ride the camels.
Published by the operator, checked November 2026. Several cards on its site carry "save 10–15%" labels, so the from-price may already be a sale price.
Al Marmoom, Al Qudra and the red dunes
Dubai Municipality describes Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve as the emirate's largest protected area, "covering almost 23% of Dubai" (949.35 km²) in the Saih Al Salam desert. Its man-made lakes, known to most people as the Al Qudra lakes, are open to visitors all year. That is why searches for Al Qudra lead here: the lakes and the Al Marmoom Oasis camp are in the same reserve, and OceanAir sells a lakes-and-dinner trip from the camp.
It was launched in 2019 by Platinum Heritage with support from Dubai Tourism. Today the heritage safaris sold under the name are run by OceanAir Travels, the company behind Al Khayma Camp, at its Al Marmoom Oasis camp.
Is there dune bashing on the Al Marmoom heritage safari?
No. The desert drive is a 30–40 minute ride in an open-top vintage Mercedes G-Class through the reserve, with stops for photos and wildlife. For dune bashing, look at a red-dune evening safari instead.
Where is the Al Marmoom reserve?
Inland, in the Saih Al Salam desert area, according to Dubai Municipality. It is the emirate's largest protected area and contains the Al Qudra lakes.
Can children ride the camels at Al Marmoom?
Not on the evening heritage safari: the operator says children under 12 cannot ride and must stay with an adult at the Bedouin village or beside the caravan.
Can I visit the Al Qudra lakes without a tour?
Yes. Dubai Municipality says tourists and families can visit the lakes throughout the year. A tour adds the drive, a guide, the camp and a meal.
How much does the Al Marmoom Bedouin Experience cost?
OceanAir's own site lists the evening heritage safari from AED 690 and the morning version with breakfast from AED 444, with simpler camp dinners from AED 404 (checked November 2026).
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