Dubai Attraction Transfers
A private car to any attraction in Dubai, with the driver waiting outside while you are in. No meter, no second fare, no hunting for a ride when you come out.
Dubai Attraction Transfers: The Short Answer
A private car to any attraction in Dubai, with the driver waiting outside while you are in.
- How much is a transfer to Burj Khalifa or the Dubai Mall?: We quote per attraction on WhatsApp rather than publishing one flat number, because the honest price depends on where you are staying and how long you will be inside.
- Are child seats available?: Yes, on request at no charge. A foldable wheelchair travels in the Land Cruiser’s boot, tell us when you book so we send the right vehicle.
- Does the driver wait while I am inside the attraction?: Yes, for as long as you are inside, at no extra charge. Waiting time, Salik tolls, fuel and parking are all included in the price we quote.
- Why do you not publish prices for every attraction?: Because a single published number would be wrong for most people, and we would rather quote you accurately than advertise a figure that changes at booking.
- Is the entry ticket included?: No. Buy tickets direct from the attraction so nobody adds a margin. Our price is the car, the driver and the waiting.
Everything we run in Dubai, with the price on the card
All prices are per car, not per person, unless the card says otherwise. You are booking the operator directly.
4 hoursHalf-Day Dubai City Tour
Burj Khalifa, the Dubai Frame, Old Dubai, the Creek abra and the Gold Souk in a private 4×4.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private vehicle, no other guests
- Morning or evening, same price
- Photo stops, not a drive-past
8 hoursFull-Day Dubai City Tour
New Dubai in the morning, Old Dubai in the afternoon, Palm Jumeirah, Marina, the souks and the Creek.
- The only route reaching both Dubais
- Up to 6 people in one car
- Lunch stop where you choose
- Ends at the Fountain show
4 hoursOld Dubai and the Souks
Al Fahidi wind-tower district, the USD 0.27 / AED 1 abra across Dubai Creek, the Gold Souk and the Spice Souk.
- Abra crossing costs USD 0.27 / AED 1 each
- Short, flat walking
- Best in the morning
- Car waits, you walk
4 hoursDubai by Night
The Fountain show, Downtown at full light, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai Marina, JBR and Bluewaters.
- Starts around 5:30 PM
- Fountain show every 30 minutes
- Most of the stops are free
- Good after a day out
6 hoursDesert Safari From Dubai
Dune bashing, camel ride, sandboarding, a Bedouin camp with BBQ dinner and live shows.
- Private 4×4, up to 6 guests
- Hotel pickup and drop included
- Licensed operator, DCT Abu Dhabi
- Shared seats from USD 10 / AED 35 per person
Full dayDubai to Hatta Tour
Hatta Dam, kayaking, the heritage village and the Hajar Mountains. No passport, no border crossing.
- 90 minutes each way
- Kayak hire paid on site
- Best October to April
- You set the timings
One wayDXB Airport Transfer
Meet and greet with a name board at arrivals, flight tracking, luggage handled, one fixed price at any hour.
- Name board at arrivals
- Flight tracked, delays covered
- No surge at 3 AM
- Fixed price, per car
By the hourCar with Driver, As Directed
No fixed route. Your own car and driver by the hour, shopping, meetings, whatever the day needs.
- USD 68 / AED 250 per hour sedan or SUV
- USD 95 / AED 350 per hour Land Cruiser
- Four-hour minimum
- Wait time included
Per rideQuad Biking
An automatic quad on a marked desert track with a guide riding ahead. The cheapest way to add adrenaline.
- USD 54 / AED 200 single rider
- USD 82 / AED 300 double
- Guide rides with the group
- No licence needed
30 min blocksDune Buggy
A Can-Am buggy on the dunes, booked by ride time. Sold as an add-on to the safari, not instead of it.
- USD 218 / AED 800 per 30 minutes
- Two-hour minimum
- Helmet and briefing included
- Decide before you arrive
The one question nobody else answers
Your driver stays. For as long as you are inside. Not a drop-off, not a meter ticking in a car park, not a promise to “come back when you call”.
We read every operator ranking for this search before writing this page. One of the biggest publishes no price at all. Another publishes tidy fares and says only that a driver “can wait nearby if requested”, with no rate attached. Most of them leave waiting blank: though not all, and the exception is covered below. That is the entire product, and it is the thing they leave blank.
Waiting time, Salik tolls, fuel and parking are all included in our price. The number we quote you is the number you pay.
What parking actually costs if you drive yourself
This is the sum most visitors do not do until they are at the barrier.
| Time at Dubai Mall / Burj Khalifa | Monday to Thursday | Friday to Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 4 hours | Free | Free |
| Up to 6 hours | USD 16 / AED 60 | Free |
| 6–7 hours | USD 22 / AED 80 | USD 22 / AED 80 |
| 7–8 hours | USD 27 / AED 100 | USD 27 / AED 100 |
| 8–12 hours | USD 54 / AED 200 | USD 54 / AED 200 |
| 12–24 hours | USD 136 / AED 500 | USD 136 / AED 500 |
A family arriving at eleven and leaving after the Fountain show is past eight hours without trying. Zabeel Parking and Fountain Views Parking are free with no stated limit, and they are a walk away, worth knowing whichever way you travel.
Rates read from published Dubai Mall parking information on 11 August. Car parks change their tariffs; check at the barrier before you rely on this.
Every attraction we run to
One car, one driver, one price. Ticket prices are never included, buy those direct so nobody adds a margin to them.
| Attraction | Where | Typical visit | Transfer price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burj Khalifa, At the Top | Downtown | 2–3 hours | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| The Dubai Mall | Downtown | 4–8 hours | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Dubai Fountain | Downtown | Evening, 30 min shows | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Museum of the Future | Sheikh Zayed Road | 2 hours | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Dubai Frame | Zabeel Park | 1–2 hours | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| The View at the Palm | Palm Jumeirah | 1–2 hours | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Atlantis & Aquaventure | Palm Jumeirah | Full day | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Ain Dubai & Bluewaters | Bluewaters Island | 2–3 hours | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Ski Dubai | Mall of the Emirates | 2–4 hours | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| IMG Worlds of Adventure | City of Arabia | Full day | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Dubai Miracle Garden | Dubailand | 2 hours, seasonal | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Global Village | Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Rd | Evening, seasonal | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
| Dubai Garden Glow | Zabeel Park | 2 hours, evenings | USD 218 / AED 799 · 999 LC |
We charge one flat per-car price rather than publishing one flat number, because the honest price depends on where you are staying and how long you will be inside, and a made-up figure would be worth nothing to you. Send the attraction and your hotel on WhatsApp and you get a fixed number in writing before you commit to anything.
The other way to buy it: by the hour
If you are doing two or three places in a day, stop thinking in transfers and book the car itself. These prices are fixed and published.
| Block | Sedan or SUV | Land Cruiser |
|---|---|---|
| Per hour, 4-hour minimum | USD 68 / AED 250 | USD 95 / AED 350 |
| 4 hours | USD 272 / AED 1,000 | USD 381 / AED 1,400 |
| 6 hours | USD 409 / AED 1,500 | USD 572 / AED 2,100 |
| 8 hours | USD 545 / AED 2,000 | USD 763 / AED 2,800 |
| 10 hours | USD 681 / AED 2,500 | USD 954 / AED 3,500 |
Full detail on the hourly service is on the car with driver in Dubai page.
When you should not book this
One short visit near your hotel. If you are at a Downtown hotel going to the Dubai Mall for two hours, take a taxi. It will cost a few dirhams and parking is free at four hours anyway. We will tell you that on WhatsApp rather than take the booking.
You are happy on the Metro. The Red Line reaches Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall, Mall of the Emirates and Ibn Battuta directly, and it is cheap and fast. A private car earns its money when the Metro does not go there, Miracle Garden, Global Village, IMG, the Palm, or when you are carrying children, shopping or a wheelchair.
You want a guided tour. This is transport with waiting, not a tour. If you want the route explained and the stops chosen for you, book the Dubai city tour instead, from USD 190 / AED 699 per car.
Which one are you?
You know where you are going and you want the car there when you come out.
You are on the right page.
Several stops, plans that may change, charged by the hour instead.
A planned itinerary with the landmarks and the timing handled.
Flight tracked, name board at arrivals, fixed price at any hour.
What is included
| Included | Not included |
|---|---|
| Private car and driver | Attraction entry tickets |
| All waiting time, however long | Food and drink |
| Salik tolls, fuel and parking | Tips, which are never expected |
| Pickup anywhere in Dubai | |
| Child seats on request, no charge | |
| Wheelchair-accessible vehicle on request |
The seasonal parks, photographed
Miracle Garden, Global Village and Garden Glow all run only in the cooler months, all sell their own tickets, and all have car parks that empty at once. These are our own photographs.
A correction to what this page used to say
An earlier version of this page said that no operator ranking for this search tells you what waiting costs. That was true of the ones we had read. It is not true of all of them, and leaving it up would have been the easy thing to do.
OneClickDrive publishes it. Their own chauffeur page states car with driver in Dubai from USD 27 / AED 100 per hour for standard sedans, a full day of 8 to 10 hours typically from USD 218 / AED 800, and says plainly that complimentary wait time is included in the price and that airport bookings carry 90 minutes of free waiting. We read that page on 12 August. So the claim needed narrowing, and here it is narrowed: most operators on this search leave waiting blank, but not all, and the biggest of them is cheaper per hour than we are.
Where a competitor beats us on price
This is the honest arithmetic. Our car with driver is USD 68 / AED 250 per hour for a sedan or SUV with a four-hour minimum, so the smallest booking you can make with us is USD 272 / AED 1,000. Theirs starts at USD 27 / AED 100 per hour.
| What you want | Their advertised rate | Ours | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two hours, one attraction | From USD 54 / AED 200 | Not sold, 4-hour minimum | Them |
| Four hours | From USD 109 / AED 400 | USD 272 / AED 1,000 | Them, clearly |
| Full day, 8 to 10 hours | From USD 218 / AED 800 | USD 545 / AED 2,000 | Them |
So if price is the only thing that matters to you, book them, not us. We are not going to pretend otherwise on our own page. What you are buying at our rate is a fixed vehicle and a named driver held for you for the whole block, no vehicle substitution, no reallocation to a closer job while you are inside a mall, and no separate negotiation when the day runs long. Whether that is worth two and a half times the hourly rate is your call, not ours, and for a lot of people it is not.
What the RTA actually publishes: and the one number nobody publishes
If you are weighing a car against a taxi, this is the part worth reading, because the official figures stop exactly where your question begins.
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority publishes its taxi tariff on rta.ae. Read on 10 August, it lists a road pickup starting fare of USD 1.36 / AED 5 between 06:00 and 22:00 and USD 1.50 / AED 5.5 overnight, an airport taxi starting fare of USD 5 / AED 20 for a saloon and USD 7 / AED 25 for a van, and e-hail starting fares of USD 2.45 / AED 9 off-peak, USD 3.54 / AED 13 peak and USD 2.72 / AED 10 overnight. It states the fare formula as base fare plus kilometre charge plus waiting-time charge plus surcharges.
The RTA tariff page gives starting fares and the formula, not the per-kilometre rate. The operator does: Dubai Taxi Company lists about AED 2.62 per km at Dubai airports and waiting time at 50 fils per minute, with Salik added when you cross a gate. Treat any total as an estimate and check rta.ae and dubaitaxi.ae before you travel, because tariffs change.
The practical consequence is simple. A taxi to Miracle Garden is cheap and knowable. A taxi waiting outside Miracle Garden for ninety minutes is neither, and the driver is very unlikely to agree to it at any price during a busy evening. That gap is the whole reason this product exists.
Three worked examples, with the awkward bits left in
Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall, two adults, a weekday evening. Taxi in, taxi out. The ride is short and the meter is small. The problem is the exit: At The Top empties in waves, the mall taxi rank at that hour is a queue, and e-hail surge is at its worst in exactly that window. If you are relaxed about waiting twenty minutes for a car, take taxis, you will spend less. If you have a dinner booking, you want a car already parked.
Miracle Garden, a family of five, a Friday. This is where a taxi stops working. Five people do not fit one saloon, the garden sits away from the dense taxi supply of Downtown and the Marina, and you will be walking out with tired children at the same moment as several hundred other people. One vehicle that stays put is not a luxury here; it is the difference between leaving when you want to and standing on a kerb.
One attraction, two adults, plenty of time, tight budget. Take the Metro and a taxi for the last leg. We are the wrong answer and we will say so on the phone as readily as we say it here.
How waiting actually works with us
The driver parks and stays. He does not go and find another job. There is no per-minute charge running while you are inside, and no second fare when you come out, the waiting is inside the block of time you booked, which is why we sell it by the block rather than by the trip.
What that means in practice: if you book four hours and spend two and a half of them inside an attraction, that is fine and that is the product. If you come out and want to add a second attraction and it pushes you past the block, we will tell you the cost of the extra time before you get back in the car, not afterwards. Nobody should ever be surprised by a number at the end of the day.
For a transfer to a single attraction with the driver waiting, message us with the attraction, the date and the group size and we will quote it, that combination is priced case by case because the waiting length is the variable, and we would rather quote it honestly than publish a headline figure that does not survive contact with your actual plan.
Which vehicle you actually need
| Group | Vehicle | Luggage or pushchair | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | Sedan | Two cabin bags or one pushchair | The default, and the cheapest |
| 4 to 5 | SUV | Comfortable with a pushchair and shopping | Same hourly rate as the sedan |
| 6 to 7 | Land Cruiser | Tight with seven plus large cases | Higher hourly rate |
| 8 or more | Two vehicles | , | Quoted before you book, never after |
The honest caveat on the Land Cruiser: seven seats and seven people’s shopping do not both fit. If you are seven adults heading to a mall, take two cars or accept that the third row will have bags on laps. We would rather say that now than have you discover it in a car park.
Questions people ask
Does the driver wait while I am inside the attraction?
Yes, for as long as you are inside, at no extra charge. Waiting time, Salik tolls, fuel and parking are all included in the price we quote.
How much is a transfer to Burj Khalifa or the Dubai Mall?
We quote per attraction on WhatsApp rather than publishing one flat number, because the honest price depends on where you are staying and how long you will be inside. You get a fixed figure in writing before you commit.
Why do you not publish prices for every attraction?
Because a single published number would be wrong for most people, and we would rather quote you accurately than advertise a figure that changes at booking. The hourly rates are fixed and published: USD 68 / AED 250 per hour sedan or SUV, 350 Land Cruiser, four-hour minimum.
Is the entry ticket included?
No. Buy tickets direct from the attraction so nobody adds a margin. Our price is the car, the driver and the waiting.
How much is parking at the Dubai Mall if I drive myself?
Free for the first 4 hours Monday to Thursday and 6 hours Friday to Sunday, then rising to USD 54 / AED 200 for 8 to 12 hours and USD 136 / AED 500 beyond that. Zabeel Parking and Fountain Views Parking are free. Rates read 11 August; check at the barrier.
Should I just take a taxi instead?
If it is one short visit near your hotel, yes, and we will say so. A private car with waiting earns its money for places the Metro does not reach, long days, and when you are with children, shopping or a wheelchair.
Can I visit more than one attraction in a day?
Yes, and if you are doing two or three it is usually better value to book the car by the hour: USD 68 / AED 250 per hour sedan or SUV, 350 Land Cruiser, four-hour minimum.
Do you go to Miracle Garden, Global Village and Garden Glow?
Yes. All three are seasonal and evening or morning specific, and we quote those on WhatsApp. The transfer never includes the entry ticket.
Is this a guided tour?
No. This is transport with waiting. If you want the route and the stops chosen for you, book the Dubai city tour instead.
Can you collect us from anywhere in Dubai?
Yes, any hotel or address in Dubai. Tell us the pickup point when you message.
Are child seats available?
Yes, on request at no charge. A foldable wheelchair travels in the Land Cruiser’s boot, tell us when you book so we send the right vehicle. We cannot carry a powered or non-folding chair.
Do you take a deposit?
No deposit and no card details when you book. You pay the driver on the day.
Is a private car cheaper than taxis for a day of attractions?
Usually not, if you only count the fare. Taxis are cheap per trip in Dubai and a competitor advertises a chauffeur from USD 27 / AED 100 per hour against our USD 68 / AED 250. A car becomes the better buy when the group is five or more, when you are carrying shopping or a pushchair, or when the cost of waiting on a kerb matters more to you than the fare.
How much does a taxi charge for waiting in Dubai?
The RTA publishes the starting fares and the fare formula, which includes a waiting-time charge. Dubai Taxi Company lists waiting time at 50 fils per minute and about AED 2.62 per km at Dubai airports. Check rta.ae and dubaitaxi.ae before you travel, because tariffs change.
Will the driver actually wait, or will he leave and come back?
He parks and stays. He is not released to another booking while you are inside. That is the product, and it is why we sell blocks of time rather than single trips.
What happens if we stay longer than we booked?
We tell you what the extra time costs before you get back in the car. There is no surprise number at the end of the day.
Can you take us to more than one attraction in a booking?
Yes. Within the block you booked, stop wherever you like and in whatever order. If the plan grows past the block, you will hear the cost of the extra time first.
Do you charge for Salik tolls, parking or fuel?
No. Salik, parking and fuel are inside the rate. Attraction entry tickets are not, and we do not mark them up or book them for you.
Is there a minimum booking?
Four hours for the hourly car with driver. If you only need two hours for a single attraction, we are the wrong operator and an hourly chauffeur service or a taxi will cost you less.
Which vehicle do I need for five people with a pushchair?
An SUV, at the same hourly rate as the sedan. Seven adults plus large cases do not fit one Land Cruiser comfortably, that is two vehicles, quoted before you book.
Do you sell attraction tickets?
No. You buy tickets from the attraction, usually cheaper online and in advance, and we get you there and back. We do not take a commission from any attraction, shop or restaurant.
Can you collect us from the airport and go straight to an attraction?
Yes, and it is a common request on a long layover. Tell us your flight number and boarding time and we will build the day backwards from the time you must be back at the terminal.
If we have to cancel, what happens?
A cancellation policy that covers your obligations but not ours is only half a document. Here is our side of it, in writing.
If we have to cancel your booking, for weather, a vehicle issue, or driver illness, we will contact you as soon as we know and rebook you at no charge on the next date that works for you. You pay nothing for the cancelled booking.
If we need to send a different vehicle than the one you booked, we will ask you first rather than turning up in something you did not book.
This is separate from your own cancellation rights, which are unchanged: you can cancel free up to 12 hours before pickup. Because we take no deposit and no booking fee, there is no money of yours sitting with us either way: nothing to chase, and nothing to wait for.
Book this tour
No deposit and no card details. Message us and we confirm the plan and the exact price before you commit, answered at any hour.
- Send your date and guest countYour date, how many of you, and where we collect from. That is all we need.
- We send the plan and the pricePer car, not per person. You see the route, the timings and the exact figure first.
- Pay the driver on the dayCash or card, after the run. Free cancellation up to 12 hours before pickup.
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