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What Rayna is
Rayna started on hotel travel desks and now describes itself as a group of more than 1,600 staff with over 100 travel desks in the UAE. Desert trips are a small part of a business that also sells visas, holidays, cruises and city passes. In the desert it runs Rayna Desert Camp and two side brands: Drive The Thrill for dune buggies and Balloon Flights for hot-air balloons. It also sells through its own affiliate programme and a travel-agent portal, so a Rayna trip can be booked under other names.
Products and published prices
Rayna's site shows prices in US dollars by default, each next to a struck-through "was" price. The AED figures below are conversions at the fixed rate of 3.6725.
| Product | Shown price | ≈ AED | "Was" price | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening Desert Safari | USD 31.32 | 115 | USD 88.50 | Save 64.6% |
| Desert Safari with Dune Bashing | USD 28.64 | 105 | USD 151.12 | Save 81% |
| Morning Desert Safari | USD 28.59 | 105 | USD 81.69 | Save 65% |
| Overnight Safari | USD 134.78 | 495 | USD 258.68 | Save 47.9% |
| Desert Safari with Quad Biking | from USD 194.14 | 713 | USD 353.98 | Save 45.2% |
| Dune Buggy Adventure | from USD 306.33 | 1,125 | none | none |
Published by the operator, checked November 2026. A safari that is "81% off" every day is not discounted; the "was" price is a number nobody pays. Compare the final price, including extras, with the budget safaris and the live cards on this page.
The evening safari in detail
Rayna's own page sets the evening trip at approximately 15:30 to 20:00. You get an afternoon hotel pickup, a 4x4 dune bash with sunset stops, then the camp: Arabic coffee, shisha, a camel ride, henna, Emirati dress for photos and a falcon on your shoulder for a picture. Dinner is a BBQ buffet with vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, with a belly dance, a Tanoura show and a fire show.
Read the small print:
- Sandboarding is listed under exclusions.
- Infants cannot join the dune bashing; children under 16 cannot use shisha or the dune buggy add-on.
- It is not recommended for pregnant guests or people with back problems.
- There is no refund for partly used services.
The trip ends earlier than most 6-hour evening safaris, so there is less time at the camp after dark. See how the evening safari usually runs, hour by hour.
What reviewers say
On Rayna's own site the evening safari scores 4.65 from 440 reviews: 374 excellent, but 30 poor or terrible. Praise usually names a driver or guide. The complaints that recur, here and on Trustpilot, are about pickups: late cars, long collection rounds and, in a few cases, a pickup that never came. Rayna's Trustpilot profile is large and mostly about visas and city tours, so it says little about the desert camp itself. Independent round-ups describe the camp as standard rather than special, which fits a camp built for large numbers.
Rayna's other names
The site desertsafaridubai.com names Rayna Tourism LLC and a Deira head office on its contact page, so a booking there may lead to a Rayna operation; see our file on generic-name safari sites. Check that you are on raynatours.com if you mean to book Rayna directly. If you would rather book through a marketplace, Headout and GetYourGuide sell shared evening safaris of the same format in Lahbab and Al Awir, with the operator's terms on each listing.
