Things to Do in Dubai this Summer

Being in Oman, makes Dubai so accessible either by flight or by road travel. One advantage of road travel is that, it's a lot cheaper than buying flight tickets. Two-way ticket from Muscat to Dubai only costs 10 Omani rials per person, while flights tickets costs from 30-50 Omani rials depending on the season. Choosing the mode of your trip highly depends on your travel purpose. If you just want to go on an adventure/leisure trip, choosing road trip could fit your purpose; however for a business trip or for any other reason you might as well book a flight for convenience. Road trip lasts 4-5 hours while taking a flight takes only an hour and 45 minutes or so.

The great seasons during the year to visit Dubai are between October and March, when definitely the temperatures are bearable as it could get so much hotter. Also if you are considering to go during December and January, they tend to be high season, with a lot of festivals and events which could higher accommodation prices. You might as well take advantage of lower hotel rates from October through November and February through March. During Muslim month of Ramadan it is best to avoid traveling to Dubai or any other Muslim country since schedules can be unstable; and cafes and restaurants are closed during the day to give way to those who are on a "fasting" from sun up to sundown.

Welcoming summer break, the fit expat and the 2 expat boys headed to Dubai for what considered to be a very short visit, inspired by the fact it's the 2 cuties first time to visit the place.

Below are tour activities in Dubai, UAE you can do during your visit. Whether, you are visiting for a short period of time or a longer stay, these activities are worth trying :) 

1. Visit the top of Burj Khalifa. Join the bunch of enthusiastic tourists and enjoy the scenery of Metropolitan Dubai from the highest building in the world. For your ticket(s) to Burj Khalifa you can book it here. Booking tickets and reservations online is an efficient way to confirm your slot ahead of time since the place could be so jam-packed with tourists during your visit. Towering with 124-floor, it could send shivering feelings riding the elevator for 2 minutes to reach the top.

 

2. Explore Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo. Explore the breathtaking aquarium inside Dubai Mall with all kinds of seawater species lurking everywhere around you. From the smallest creatures to the most exotic seawater living species.  It is one of the world's largest suspended aquarium containing almost all kinds of aquatic animals.

A giant octopus.

The King Croc, the massive wonder of the animal kingdom. 

3. Eat at Pinoy Fiesta at Deira, Dubai with the friendly staff. It's a relief to find a restaurant offering Filipino at the corner of streets in Deira. 

4. Explore Marina Walk. Taking Dubai Metro, get off at DAMAC Properties station, and enjoy 90-Minute Guided Sightseeing Tour to Atlantis, Burj Al Arab, private island and more. To book a ticket for this tour, just click here.

Marina Walk Dubai, is somehow an artificial canal city which prided itself of highly developed shoreline and high rising structures which includes the world's highest residential towers. This 90-Minute Guided Sightseeing Tour proved to be the highlight of the trip. Joining other energetic tourists we hopped on a boat that would take through Atlantis and Burj Al Arab.

5. Ride the Dubai Metro back to your hotel at Burj Downtown Dubai. 

To sum it all, a visit to Dubai nowadays is always worth the trip as it has become a home to a large expatriate community and undoubtedly has now well-developed tourist infrastructures that caters to every travelers needs. Another thing that helped the fit expat to mapped out this budget tour is the budget booking site MyCheapBookings.Com, a one-stop booking site for all the travelers and explorers hunting for budget deals like me:) Definitely there are still a lot of activities to do in Dubai, other than what I've written above. Click here to browse all tour activities in Dubai, UAE.

If you need help booking your travels and adventures in the website, please do contact me.