Dubai Creek Dhow Cruise: 1-Hour Tour with Heritage Views

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What’s the experience like?

The wooden deck felt cool under my sandals as we stepped onto the dhow at Al Seef just before sunset. There’s this faint scent of oud in the air—someone nearby must’ve dabbed it on their wrists. Our guide, Ahmed, handed out cold cans of Sprite and pointed to the skyline where Burj Khalifa poked above everything else, almost ghostly in the late afternoon haze. It’s wild how you can see old wind towers from the creek and then, right behind them, glass skyscrapers like the Rolex Twin Towers reflecting the sun.

We drifted past clusters of abra boats zigzagging between both banks—some loaded with families, others just a single fisherman humming to himself. The audio commentary played softly over Arabic music, sharing stories about how traders once crowded these waters with spices and pearls. When we passed under Infinity Bridge, Ahmed joked about its name—“No end to Dubai’s ambitions,” he said with a grin. The breeze picked up as we neared Heritage Village; you could hear gulls squabbling over scraps near the docks and catch a whiff of grilled kebabs from a stall somewhere along Shindaga Peninsula.