Dhow cruise Dubai price: Marina dinner cruises from AED 90

The cheapest Marina dhow dinner cruise in our data is Rayna Tours’ at AED 90 (checked 2 November 2026): a 90-minute sailing on the air-conditioned lower deck with a buffet and a Tanura show, no hotel transfer. For a full two hours, Headout’s AED 102 is the cheapest, with an international buffet and live entertainment. GetYourGuide’s most-reviewed Marina dinner cruise starts at AED 165. Tiqets shows AED 65, but that is a from price across Canal, Creek and Marina sailings, so we do not count it.

No operator is official, and Klook has no dhow cruise in our data. Compare cruises on what the dinner, deck and transport include.

Dhow cruise prices: how the sellers compare

Prices are per person, the lowest each seller showed. Reseller prices change, so trust the live table further down this page over any figure written here.

Cruise	Seller	From	What the listing says
90-minute Marina dhow, lower deck, buffet, Tanura show	Rayna Tours	AED 90	No transfer. Upper deck AED 109. Shorter than the others
2-hour Marina dhow, international buffet, live entertainment	Headout	AED 102	No transfer. Upper deck AED 105, with hotel transfers AED 139 to AED 147
Luxury Marina dhow, Indian buffet	Headout	AED 131.25	No transfers. With transfers AED 187.50
Marina luxury dinner cruise, buffet, live shows	GetYourGuide	AED 165	Welcome drinks, soft drinks, tea and coffee. Hotel pickup costs extra
Marina dhow with 5-star Indian dinner	GetYourGuide	AED 253	Page describes hotel transfers. Only 21 reviews, so low signal
Dhow cruise with dinner (Canal, Creek or Marina)	Tiqets	AED 65	Marina price not shown before you pick a date. Low confidence

The AED 63 gap between Headout’s AED 102 and GetYourGuide’s AED 165 does not show in the listed inclusions. Both offer a choice of air-conditioned lower deck or open upper deck, a buffet and live entertainment. GetYourGuide’s cruise has 1,129 reviews at 4.4. Go City values its Dhow Royal Dinner Cruise at Dubai Marina at USD 107.56 for adults and USD 86.05 for children, about AED 395 and AED 316.

What the dinner includes

Headout’s standard Marina cruise lists welcome drinks and dates, an international buffet with Arabic and global dishes, a Tanoura show, bottled water and soft drinks. The Indian buffet version adds a five-star Indian menu, a pav bhaji counter and a light show. Menus differ by operator, so check the cuisine as well as the price.

Alcohol is usually excluded. Headout’s Creek and Indian-buffet Marina listings leave it out, and its standard Marina listing does not mention it. One Visit Dubai listing includes adult beverages and sells wine and beer as extras. Headout’s Creek page says there is no belly dance, music or alcohol in Ramadan.

Marina or Creek

SameTicket tracks Marina cruises only, so we cannot price a Creek cruise today. The routes differ.

• Creek: Headout’s guide describes Deira and Bur Dubai, the gold and spice souks, Al Bastakiya, Sheikh Saeed’s House and Heritage Village. Headout’s Creek dinner cruise boards at Deira Creek. Visit Dubai’s Creek sightseeing cruise leaves from Al Seef.
• Marina: modern skyscrapers, per Headout’s guide. Headout’s Indian-buffet cruise meets near the Dubai Marina main entrance, and Visit Dubai’s Marina listing boards at Dubai Marina Harbour.

Headout’s Creek dinner cruise page said it was unavailable when we read it on 31 October, so check availability. Its 2024 guide priced Creek dinner cruises below Marina ones, but that figure is old and we have not confirmed a current one.

Decks, timing and transfers

• Lower deck: air-conditioned.
• Upper deck: open air, with skyline views. Headout says it can be windy and suggests a light jacket.
• Timing: Headout’s standard Marina cruise sails 20:30 to 22:30, with check-in by 19:30. Our data says boarding is typically 19:30 to 20:30.
• Transfers: optional on Headout, and shared round trips are offered only from central hotels. GetYourGuide charges extra for hotel pickup.
• Not a dinner cruise: Visit Dubai also lists one-hour sightseeing and sunset cruises. They are shorter and not like for like.

Children, ID and cancellation

Child prices are not shown on the Headout Marina pages. Infants must stay on a parent’s lap. Visit Dubai’s listings treat ages 3 to 11 as children and 0 to 2 as infants, and children up to 11 must be with an adult aged 18 or over. Bring your Emirates ID or passport.

Headout’s Marina listings allowed free cancellation up to 24 hours before when we read them on 31 October. Its Creek listing allowed none. Visit Dubai’s Marina listing required cancelling before 10am on the day for a full refund. Visit Dubai’s listing depends on the weather and on Coastguard approval, and Headout says the route may change in rough seas.

Go City

Go City includes the Dhow Royal Dinner Cruise at Dubai Marina on its Explorer and Essentials passes, but not All-Inclusive. You must reserve in the Go City app. Sellers list Marina dinner cruises at AED 102 to AED 253, so the pass values it far above the market. Try the Go City pass calculator or read whether the pass is worth it.

How to book it cheapest

1. Open the dhow cruise price table and sort by price.
2. Decide the route first: Marina or Creek. They are different trips.
3. For the lowest price, Rayna Tours’ 90-minute cruise is AED 90. For a two-hour Marina buffet cruise, Headout’s AED 102 is the lowest in our data.
4. Add the upper deck (AED 3 more) or transfers only if you need them.
5. Treat Tiqets’ AED 65 as unproven until a date shows the Marina price.
6. Check the cuisine, the drinks and the cancellation terms before you pay.
7. Read how Klook, GetYourGuide, Tiqets and Headout compare.