Cruising the Dubai Creek is an Experience You Can’t Miss!
A Dubai Creek Cruise is one of Dubai’s Top Tourist Attractions
When visiting Dubai, you should take a Dubai Creek Dhow Dinner Cruise. It’s a great way to see the Dubai Creek, enjoy dinner, and watch some local entertainment.
What can you expect while on a Dubai Creek Cruise?
The dinner cruise included a buffet dinner, an entertaining horse show, and beautiful views of the Dubai Creek.
What Dubai Creek Cruise did we take?
The company we used for our Dubai Creek cruise is called Destination MiddleEast.
The name of the boat was Aisha Dhow Cruise.
It’s best to reserve your cruise ahead of time to check for availability.
How long is the dinner cruise?
The Dubai Creek cruises usually last about 2 hours.
There are cruises every day from Dubai Creek.
How much does the Dubai Creek Cruise cost?
Children (3-9 years old) - 49 aed ($13.24)
Adults - 59 aed ($16.06)
What kind of boat does the cruise use?
A Dubai Creek cruise will typically be on a traditional wooden dhow boat.
Dhow boats are for fishing and trading as well as dinner cruises.
The dhow boat has an air-conditioned lower deck and an open-air upper deck.
At night, the boats are illuminated with colorful lights to add to the experience.
What kind of food is served on the Dubai Creek dinner cruise?
Dinner is an international buffet with unlimited soft drinks and water.
The buffet included salad, Arabic bread, hummus, chicken, fish, noodles, rice, vegetables, fries, and dessert.
What kind of entertainment will there be on the Dubai Creek Cruise?
The entertainment varies from cruise to cruise, but there will be either Tanoura dancing, a puppet show, or a horse show.
For our cruise, there was a horse show.
Where is the Dubai Creek?
The Dubai Creek is located in the heart of Dubai and separates the two areas of Deira and Bur Dubai.
On the Deira side of the Dubai Creek is the Gold Souk. On the Bur Dubai side of the Creek is the textile souks.
What is a souk?
Souk means marketplace or bazaar.
If you’re interested in checking out the Dubai Souks, we have a video below showcasing the Gold Souk, Textile Souk, Spice Souk, and Perfume Souk.
How do you get from one side of the Dubai Creek to the other?
Abra boats (water taxis) are constantly taking people across the Creek from one side to the other.
It only costs 1 dirham to ride on the water taxi.
We enjoyed our trip aboard the Aisha dhow boat!