Desert Safari - 1st

Dune bashing, also known as Desert safari, is a form of off-roading, using an off-road vehicle to explore sand dunes. Whilst in some parts of the world, such as the fragile coastal dunes of Australia, it is illegal, in others such as the Middle East; it is a booming attraction for tourists.

In the United States, there are a couple of areas as well, most notably the Silver Lake area in Mears, Michigan and portions of the Glamis Dunes in California.

Ski Dubai - 3rd

Ski Dubai is actually an indoor ski resort and is the part of one of the world’s largest shopping centre, Mall of the Emirates. It was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties and has an indoor ski area of 22,500 square feet.

Ski Dubai was opened in November 2005 and has many things for the people as a 60-meter high indoor mountain with 5 slopes of varying steepness and difficulty, including a 400-metre-long run, the world’s first indoor black run, and a 90-metre-long quarter pipe for snowboarders.

Dubai Museum- 4th

Al-Fahidi Fort, built in 1800, is home to the Dubai Museum, and is thought to be Dubai’s oldest building. Dubai Museum includes archaeological objects such as pottery, stone and metallic items, stone engravings, and skeletons which were discovered during digs in the Emirate of Dubai (Hatta, Al Soffoh, Al Qusais, and Al Jumeira). Some pieces date back 4000 years.

A large section is devoted to musical instruments, with displays of drums, flutes, lyres, bagpipes made of goatskin and other locally-made instruments. Deadly weaponry on display includes curved daggers (hanjars), swords, spears, bows and arrows, shields made of sharkskin, pistols and axes. A model of a wind-tower room is an interesting feature of the architecture section, with diagrams and photographs showing different types of wind-towers from the older areas of Dubai city.

Palm Islands Dubai - 6th

Palm Island Dubai (Jumeirah Palm Island) is one of the most ambitious real-estate developments on earth, heralded as the 8th wonder of the world as it can be seen from space with naked eye along with another major landmark, The Great Wall of China.

Palm Island Dubai

In 2002, the original two islands announced were the Palm Jumeirah and the Palm Jebel Ali and this project is being undertaken by Al Nakheel Properties (Nakheel Corporation).

World Islands- 7th

The World or World Islands is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the shape of a world map,located four kilo-meters off the coast of Dubai, UAE.

World Island in Dubai

The islands project was actually the idea of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and was developed by Nakheel Properties.