Start with the seats. A 2 seater is built for two of you, and a 4 seater takes four friends in one go. The cheapest way onto the dunes in a buggy is the 2 Seater Polaris Dune Buggy RZR 1000 CC: AED 600 for a 30 Min Ride, AED 900 for a 1 Hour Ride and AED 1,750 for a 2 Hour Ride. Its bigger sister, the 4 Seater Polaris Dune Buggy RZR 1000 CC, costs AED 800, AED 1,200 or AED 2,200 for the same three lengths. Two extra seats for AED 200 more on the 30 Min Ride is an easy upgrade.
Next, the maker. Seat for seat, the Polaris RZR 1000 CC costs less than the Can-Am Maverick X3. The 2 Seater Can-Am Maverick X3 is AED 999 for a 30 Min Ride, AED 1,499 for a 1 Hour Ride and AED 2,800 for a 2 Hour Ride. Each maker also has a turbo model. For Polaris that is the 2 Seater Polaris Dune Buggy RZR 1000 CC Turbo, which starts at AED 900 for a 30 Min Ride. For Can-Am it is the 2 Seater Can-Am Maverick X3 RS TURBO RR, which starts at AED 1,200 for a 30 Min Ride. First drive on sand? Start on a standard model.
You pay for the buggy, not for each person in it, so every filled seat lowers the cost per head. Put four friends in the 4 Seater Polaris Dune Buggy RZR 1000 CC on a 1 Hour Ride, and AED 1,200 between you is AED 300 a head. At the top of the range sits the 4 Seater Can-Am Maverick X3 RS TURBO RR, priced at AED 1,400 for a 30 Min Ride, AED 2,700 for a 1 Hour Ride and AED 5,200 for a 2 Hour Ride. Every buggy ride opens with a safety briefing on the controls, desert driving and what to do if something goes wrong. Every buggy rate is on our dune buggy rental page.