You're the one steering, not a passenger strapped into the back of someone else's Land Cruiser. Two brands share this fleet, and the Can-Am Maverick X3 comes from a manufacturer that has spent years racing side-by-sides off-road — it shows in the wider stance, the longer suspension travel, a chassis that stays settled where smaller machines start to skitter. Track the lead guide out across Lahbab's bowls and feel for yourself why riders who know their machines request it by name.
This fleet carries both brands, but the Can-Am Maverick X3 line is the reason this page exists. Five of the nine buggies here wear the Can-Am badge: AED 999 gets the X3 2-seater moving, the range tops out with the RS Turbo RR 4-seater at AED 1,400, and a 240hp Maverick R is held back for anyone who has already proven they can handle the X3. The cheapest way into a buggy on this fleet is still the Polaris RZR at AED 599 for 30 minutes — worth knowing before you commit to a Can-Am tier — and every session, whichever machine you pick, includes a helmet, goggles, a full harness walkthrough, fuel, cold water, and a guide leading the route from start to finish.
Pricing attaches to the vehicle itself, not to the individuals riding in it, so four friends splitting a Can-Am X3 come out cheaper than two pairs each taking a 2-seater. That AED 599 figure belongs strictly to the Polaris — scroll to the fleet section for the full Can-Am breakdown. Nobody's charged anything until the details are settled over WhatsApp.
| Ride | What you get | From |
|---|---|---|
| 30 minutes | Polaris warm-up loop and first dune run. The cheapest line on this whole list, and the usual starting point before anyone asks about the Can-Am tiers. | AED 599 |
| 1 hour | Past the warm-up bowl and onto the bigger faces, with stops for photos. | AED 900 |
| 2 hours | The deeper Lahbab route — ridge lines, longer breaks, room to actually feel a Can-Am's suspension work. | AED 1,750 |
| 3 hours | For riders who already know how their machine handles in soft sand, Can-Am or Polaris. | On request |
| Buggy + BBQ dinner | A ride first, then straight to the halal BBQ camp, transfers both ways included. | AED 2,200 |
Five of the nine machines here wear the Can-Am badge — wider stance, longer suspension travel, a chassis built by a company that races side-by-sides off-road for a living. The four Polaris RZR buggies remain the gentler starting point, a solid choice if this is the first time you've had a wheel in your hands out here. Every price you see below is what that specific machine costs for a 30-minute session.
AED 599
This is the default starting point across the whole fleet, Can-Am included. It has the torque to climb properly without ever feeling like a fight after the first ten minutes — most riders spend time here first before deciding whether a Can-Am is next.
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AED 900
Same forgiving chassis, only now it pulls noticeably harder climbing out of a bowl. Riders come back for this one when a full jump to Can-Am doesn't feel right just yet.
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AED 800
Four harnesses, one driver, one bill. The Polaris side's family pick, and the cheapest way to get four people onto the dunes together in one car.
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AED 1,200
Four adults add up to serious weight on a soft dune face, and it's the turbo engine that keeps a fully loaded Polaris from stalling out halfway up. Want that same four-seat capacity but on the wider, longer-travel Can-Am chassis instead? That's the X3 4-seater, two cards along.
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AED 999
This is where the fleet changes character. The X3 sits noticeably wider than any Polaris here, with enough suspension travel that chop which would rattle your teeth in a smaller machine barely registers. When someone asks for a Can-Am by name, this is usually the one they mean.
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AED 1,200
Same wide-stance X3 underpinnings, just stretched to fit the whole group. A frequent pick among friends where everyone wants the Can-Am and nobody's willing to lose a coin toss over it.
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AED 1,200
A turbocharged engine and 200hp sit on top of the identical long-travel chassis here, one rung up the X3 ladder. Only request it once sand time is already on your record.
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AED 1,400
With four riders aboard, nothing else on this fleet gets over a ridge line faster. There's only one on site, and it typically gets snapped up first each weekend by someone who walked in already knowing exactly what they wanted.
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On request
This is the flagship, the machine most people actually mean when they say the word Can-Am. Numbers stay limited, pricing waits until the day itself, and it's reserved strictly for riders who've already put in their time on the X3.
Ask for a quoteEach package on this list tacks the evening camp onto the end of a buggy session — halal BBQ, the regular entertainment, transport handled both ways. You're paying for the whole package rather than a per-head ticket, and choosing Can-Am here still gets you the same wide-stance, long-travel machines from the standalone fleet above.
AED 2,200
The most affordable combo here, and the one option on this list built around Polaris rather than Can-Am. Ride while the afternoon light is still soft, then head to camp just before sunset.
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AED 2,799
Same evening plan, just swap in a Can-Am underneath you. Makes sense to pay the difference over the Polaris combo when the dunes are why you're really here, and dinner is more of a nice add-on.
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AED 3,200
Everyone in one Polaris, everyone at one table afterward. The usual booking for families who don't want to split into two vehicles.
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AED 3,950
Think of it as the Can-Am take on the family package — four riders in the wide-stance X3 before sitting down to dinner. Fridays and Saturdays, this is the first slot to disappear.
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Pair the flagship machine with a camp evening. Since there's just a single Maverick R on the fleet, someone checks availability by hand rather than through the usual booking flow.
Ask for a quotePeople overthink this one. Really it just comes down to how many of you there are and who's keen to drive.
This one's Can-Am-only, and it only becomes relevant once sand-driving experience is already behind you. Nothing yet? The base X3 is your starting point instead.
This runs out of the identical Lahbab base with the identical guides, minus the Can-Am-or-Polaris decision — one person, one machine, nothing to split. Every quad here costs less than any buggy on this page, and a lot of visitors knock both out in a single visit, starting with the quad before their arms tire and finishing on the buggy.
Built for the 9-to-12 age bracket, running on a supervised loop with an adult family member watching from nearby.
This is where adult beginners start out — plenty of fun without throwing any surprises at you.
More people book this one than any other quad here. Want extra punch from the identical frame? The turbo variant runs AED 350.
A single machine takes two people at once, so nobody has to sit on the sidelines waiting for their go.
Its extra weight pays off on rougher terrain and the longer routes, where the smaller Yamahas start to struggle.
Sharper handling and less bulk than the Grizzly, aimed at people who spend regular time in the saddle of a quad already.
Sitting at the top of the quad lineup, and nobody gets handed the keys without being checked out first.
Every other booking on this page is a straightforward yes. The dirt bikes stand apart, since a KTM shows no mercy for sloppy riding once the sand gets involved, unlike a quad that tends to smooth over your mistakes — so this is the one machine where the team actually vets you beforehand. One hour runs AED 850, and a second brings the total to AED 1,250.
A single hour is AED 850, doubling up brings it to AED 1,250, and either way, some off-road history is expected before the keys change hands.
This one stays on the advanced route only, released after a guide has watched you ride and signed off in person. Pricing gets worked out once that happens.
Land Cruiser safaris from AED 225, for the half of your group that would rather be driven than take the wheel of a Can-Am themselves. Most bookings here end up mixed — some people want to drive, some don't.
You're collected while the morning air is still cool, and you'll have lunch back in the city ahead of you when it wraps up.
Sunset is when the dune bashing happens, rolling straight into the evening camp afterward, with halal BBQ and the ride home already covered.
Take the standard morning safari and tack a quad session onto the same outing.
This is the one that fills up fastest of the three — a quad session, sunset, and dinner, packed into one evening.
Your own Land Cruiser, your own guide, and none of the compromises that come with sharing a vehicle or somebody else's schedule.
A dedicated 4x4 takes your route alone, wrapping up with dinner once you arrive at camp.
Plenty more sits off this printed list — a night spent camping under open sky, an upgraded VIP safari, rates worked out for corporate groups, packages built around whole families, and a softer option for anyone whose stomach has already voted against 4x4 dune bashing in the past. Send a message on WhatsApp and a day gets mapped out around whoever's actually coming along.
Expect a knock on your door somewhere near 4:30am — an unpleasant hour that stops bothering anyone once the ground actually drops away beneath the basket. Whether it flies at all is a same-day weather call, and this activity generally operates from September through to May.
The base tier runs AED 1,049. Pay AED 1,149 and a falconry show joins the itinerary, or go to AED 1,349 for a full sit-down breakfast once you touch down.
Nobody else shares the basket with you — popular for proposals, anniversaries, and teams celebrating together.
A natural add-on whenever your group includes young children, older relatives, or that one person who eyed up a Can-Am and firmly declined.
Ride the same rust-toned sand the buggies cover, this time at a slower, guided pace — open to anyone age 3 and up as long as an adult rides too.
No trip out to the desert needed here — the whole thing happens along the JBR shoreline, and it's the shot almost every visitor leaves with.
A guide takes you out on a trail ride, though it helps to have spent some time on a saddle before.
These don't come with a set price tag. What you'll pay depends on how many of you are going, which tier you choose between Polaris and the pricier Can-Am machines, and how long a day you want built. Send your group's numbers over WhatsApp and a figure comes back the same day.
Quad session first, then the buggy. Picking Polaris keeps the bill closer to AED 290; leaning into the Can-Am tiers can push the same combo toward AED 1,100.
Take off at sunrise, then trade the basket for a buggy once the light's properly settled in. It runs long, but it's the kind of day people remember.
The compromise booking for mixed groups, where everyone gets their own version of the same afternoon.
Your own route, your own table, and not a single shared vehicle anywhere in the itinerary.
Larger combinations happen often too — stack a buggy, a quad, a safari and the BBQ camp into one adventure day, or go further still and add the balloon flight for the ultimate version. Either way, the group gets a single quote.
One base in Al Lahbab handles every machine on this fleet — buggies, quads, dirt bikes alike — reached by heading out toward Al Ain on the far side of the city. Depending on traffic, budget close to 45 minutes each way, and that stretch of road is exactly why the sand out there keeps its deep rust tone instead of the washed-out, overworked look you'd find on ground nearer town.
Nobody heads straight for the dunes. A flat patch near the base is where every session opens, Can-Am or Polaris alike, and how you handle those first few circles is what the guide uses to judge the route you get afterward — the whole safety system boiled down to one quiet assessment before anything gets steep.
There are no surprises waiting for you on arrival. Whether you've booked the 30-minute taster or a full 3-hour Can-Am session, the sequence below plays out the same way each time — only the middle stretch changes length.
A driver collects you from your central Dubai hotel, or if you're bringing your own car, directions to the base arrive by message as soon as you've confirmed.
You're fitted with gear before anything else, then talked through what your hands will be doing: the kill switch, the throttle response, the harness, and the hand signals the lead guide uses out on a dune.
It starts on flat ground regardless of the machine you picked, with the guide watching to confirm you've got it under control before anything steep begins.
From there it's a matter of tracking the lead guide across Lahbab's bowls and ridgelines, pausing here and there so everyone gets a photo.
Back at base there's time to catch your breath, drink some water and flip through the shots the guides captured, before either wrapping up or rolling straight into a combo if that's what you booked.
From there, anyone booked onto a combo package moves on to the halal BBQ camp.
A child can still join the ride as a passenger next to an adult driver, and there's a separate 90cc loop, watched closely, for anyone between nine and twelve years old with family close by. Flag it when you book if you suspect one of these exclusions might apply to somebody travelling with you, rather than bringing it up for the first time at the briefing. This operator holds its DTCM licence, and once boots hit the sand, it's the guides who decide, machine by machine, exactly what each rider is ready to handle.
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Entry-level is Polaris territory: AED 599 buys 30 minutes on the RZR 2-seater. Step into a Can-Am and the range runs from AED 999 for the X3, climbing toward AED 1,400 once you reach the four-seat RS Turbo RR. Book by the hour instead of the half-hour and it's AED 900, or AED 1,750 for two hours, on any machine. That per-vehicle pricing rewards groups: split one 4-seater four ways and the cost per rider drops well below what the same foursome would pay booking two separate 2-seaters instead.
Nobody asks to see one, on a Can-Am or a Polaris. Sessions happen on leased private land out past Al Lahbab rather than anywhere near a public road, which is the reason a licence never enters the conversation. Physical readiness is the real gatekeeper — can you reach the pedals properly and hold the machine steady — and the guide forms that judgement by watching how you handle the flat-ground circuits before you're let anywhere near a dune.
Al Lahbab is the answer, a pocket of desert you reach by following the road toward Al Ain, roughly under an hour southeast of Downtown once ordinary traffic is factored in. Covering that ground is precisely why the sand keeps its deep rust tone rather than the flattened, overworked look of the patches nearer town — worth every minute of the drive, whichever brand ends up under you.
Yours is the only hand on the wheel, start to finish, whether it's a Can-Am or a Polaris underneath you — that's the whole premise of booking a buggy. Flip that around on a desert safari, where a professional drives the Land Cruiser and you simply ride along. Here a guide only leads the route from up front; every other call belongs to you.
Mostly a question of capacity and cost. Two people wanting to trade off driving duties on a longer booking should take a 2-seater. Bump that to three or four riders and a single 4-seater booking typically undercuts what two separate buggies would run you. Worth knowing: a fully loaded 4-seater, Can-Am or Polaris, labours more on soft climbs, so four grown adults together get more out of whichever turbo option is on offer.
They can, seated beside an adult who does the driving, with a guardian nearby throughout. A child wanting hands-on controls of their own instead belongs on the Yamaha 90cc's supervised loop, which takes riders from 9 up to 12 years old.
It isn't — pickup gets billed on top and agreed with you beforehand, regardless of which machine you've chosen. Arriving under your own steam works just as well: confirm your booking and directions to the meeting point follow shortly after by email.
Dress for a day you don't mind wrecking a little — closed-toe shoes, sunglasses, and clothing tough enough to take some punishment. A helmet and a pair of goggles are waiting for you on site no matter which machine you've booked. Toss a spare change of clothes into your bag too, because grit has a way of turning up in places you didn't expect long after the engines have stopped.
For a first buggy, go Polaris — it reads predictably and lets you enjoy the session instead of fighting the machine the whole time. Once you've got sand experience under your belt, Can-Am is the natural next step for its wider stance and the long suspension travel the brand built its name on; rough ground simply doesn't unsettle the X3 the way it does a Polaris. That's the gap most repeat riders notice, and it's why so many trade up on their second visit.
Treat 30 minutes as a taste test, nothing more. The one-hour option is where the majority of bookings land. Stretch it to two and the route stops holding back, bringing in ridgelines and proper breaks, with enough ground covered for a Can-Am's suspension to actually prove itself under you. The three-hour slot is for people who've spent enough time on a buggy to already know how it reacts once the sand turns loose underneath.
Definitely. A buggy-and-BBQ pairing runs from AED 2,200 on a Polaris, or AED 2,799 if the Can-Am is more your speed, and both figures already fold in the ride, the camp dinner, and transport in both directions. Adding a quad, a camel ride or a whole safari onto the same day is just as simple, priced as one quote for the group.
They can be, and the cost gets worked out and confirmed before you pay anything. Given how far that drive stretches, it's a better fit tied to a longer session or a whole adventure day rather than a quick 30-minute ride. Drop your location into WhatsApp and you'll get a clear answer on price and timing back.
A sandstorm or a strong gust reshuffles a booking rather than wiping it out. Somebody reaches out beforehand, by phone or message, with fresh time slots, and shifting your booking that way never costs extra. Of everything on offer, a balloon feels the weather hardest — buggies and quads keep going through conditions that would keep a balloon grounded.
A weekday slot usually only needs a few days' warning. Weekends fill up quicker, so plan on a week or more of lead time if you've got your eye on a Can-Am 4-seater or the RS Turbo RR specifically, since those disappear first. Once a slot is confirmed, it means your advance payment has already cleared online.
This page exists for one reason: five of the nine buggies on this fleet are Can-Am Maverick X3s, and if you searched for Can-Am specifically, this is where the brand actually lives on the price list. Can-Am pricing starts at AED 999 for the X3 2-seater and runs to AED 1,400 for the X3 RS Turbo RR 4-seater, with the flagship 240hp Maverick R available on request once you've proven yourself on the X3. The Polaris RZR is still the cheapest way onto a buggy here, at AED 599 for 30 minutes, and a perfectly good place to start if you haven't driven in sand before.
Step away from the buggies and pricing resets per activity: AED 150 gets a quad moving, AED 850 opens the KTM dirt-bike sessions, a Land Cruiser safari is yours from AED 225, sunrise balloon baskets lift off from AED 1,049, and camel treks share the quad's AED 150 starting point. Nothing moves faster than the Evening Safari + Quad + BBQ combo at AED 375, an evening that folds dune bashing, a quad ride, sunset and a camp dinner into one booking. Secure online advance payment confirms your booking, support available 24/7.
The one riders ask about by name. Quote-only, and only released after you've handled the X3.
On request200hp on the widest, longest-travel chassis on the fleet. Usually claimed first each weekend.
AED 1,400Where the fleet changes character — wider stance, real suspension travel.
AED 999Not a Can-Am, but the cheapest way onto any buggy on this fleet.
AED 599A 4x4 dune session, a turn on a quad, then sunset and dinner together.
AED 375Four people in the wide car, then the halal BBQ camp after.
AED 3,950You're collected while it's still dark and airborne just as first light breaks.
AED 1,049A slow, guided ride over the same red sand, open from age three alongside a grown-up.
AED 150The short version: stance and suspension travel. The X3 sits wider than the Polaris RZR on this fleet and its wheels move through far more travel before the chassis feels anything, so rough ground that jolts a smaller buggy barely registers at the seat.
Park a Polaris RZR next to a Can-Am Maverick X3 and the width difference is visible before either machine moves. That extra stance isn't cosmetic — a wider wheelbase means the X3 leans less into a side slope and holds a line more confidently across uneven ground, which matters more on the folded, ridged terrain around Al Lahbab than it would on a flat gravel lot.
The bigger difference is underneath, in how much the suspension actually moves. Long-travel suspension lets each wheel absorb a bump independently instead of transmitting the hit straight through the frame and into your spine, which is the difference between a dune face feeling like a washboard and feeling like a wave. Riders who've only driven a standard buggy tend to describe the X3's ride the same way: smoother than expected, even when the terrain looks worse than what they just crossed on the Polaris.
None of this makes the X3 a different sport. You still steer, brake and work the throttle the same way, and the guide still rides lead and calls the route. What changes is how much of the terrain actually arrives at your hands and seat — less on the X3, more on a smaller machine — which is exactly why riders who've tried both rarely go back to the smaller car once they've felt the gap.
For a first 30-minute taster, probably not — the Polaris does the job for AED 599 and most first-timers can't feel the full gap in that short a session. Once you're booking an hour or more, or riding rougher terrain, the AED 999 X3 starts earning its price difference.
The honest answer depends on how long you're booking and what you've already driven. Thirty minutes on the warm-up loop and a short dune run doesn't give the X3's suspension much chance to prove itself over the Polaris — you'll notice the wider stance, but long-travel suspension needs rougher, longer ground to really show what it's for.
Where the upgrade earns its keep is on the hour-plus bookings, where the route opens into proper ridge lines and repeated dune faces. That's when the X3's extra suspension travel stops being a nice-to-have and starts meaning less fatigue by the end of the session, because your body isn't absorbing every bump the machine could have handled instead.
It's also worth the jump for anyone who's ridden a Can-Am, or a comparable wide-stance machine, somewhere else before and knows what they're missing on a smaller buggy. If you're brand new to buggies entirely, there's a real case for starting on the Polaris regardless of budget — learn the fundamentals on the more forgiving machine, then come back for the X3 once you know what you're doing with a wheel and a throttle in sand.
The base X3 (AED 999 to AED 1,200) is the wide-stance, long-travel machine most riders mean when they say Can-Am. The RS Turbo RR (AED 1,200 to AED 1,400) puts a turbocharged engine and 200hp on top of that same chassis, and it's the ceiling for most riders who book it.
Both tiers share the same underlying platform — the wide stance, the long-travel suspension, the general feel of the machine at low and moderate speed. What the RS Turbo RR adds is power, specifically a turbocharged engine putting out 200hp, which changes how the machine behaves once you're actually pushing it rather than cruising the standard route.
In practice, that power shows up in how fast you can close ground between dune faces and how much the machine wants to climb rather than labour. It also changes how the guide manages the group — spacing between RS Turbo RR machines tends to be wider than between standard X3s, simply because there's more speed available if a rider chooses to use it.
For most people booking a single session, the standard X3 is already a significant step up from Polaris and plenty of machine to enjoy properly. The RS Turbo RR makes the most sense for riders who've already driven the base X3 and specifically want more — a deliberate second step, not the tier most people should reach for on a first Can-Am booking. Still deciding between tiers? The chooser above breaks the same question down from a different angle.
For most people booking a session, no — the X3 range already delivers what you need. Sitting at 240hp, the flagship Maverick R only comes out on request, reserved for riders who've already earned it on the X3, which makes it less something you simply book and more something you work toward.
The Maverick R sits above the entire X3 range rather than beside it, which is why it isn't on the standard price table and doesn't get handed to anyone who asks for it cold. It's the machine guides mention when someone says they want the best on the fleet, and the answer is usually the same: prove it on the X3 first.
That policy isn't a sales tactic dressed up as caution. A 240hp machine rewards precision and punishes hesitation more than anything else here, and the fastest way to have a bad afternoon is to hand a rider more power than their throttle control can currently manage. Riders who've earned their way onto the R after a session or two on the X3 consistently describe it as a different level again, not just a faster version of the same thing.
If you're planning a trip specifically to drive the flagship, the realistic move is to book the X3 first, tell the team that's the goal, and ask about availability for the R on the same trip or the next one. Nobody who follows that order regrets it, and it's the only route to actually getting the keys.
Not for the base X3 — it's forgiving enough for a confident first-timer once they've cleared the warm-up loop. The RS Turbo RR and the Maverick R are a different story, and both are reserved for riders who've already handled a buggy in sand.
The X3 2-seater and 4-seater don't require prior off-road experience any more than the Polaris does. The warm-up loop on flat ground before every session is what actually decides how much dune you get, not which brand you booked, and guides send first-timers out on the base X3 regularly once they've seen enough control during that loop.
The gap opens up at the turbo tiers. The RS Turbo RR's extra power means a small input mistake has bigger consequences at speed, so guides ask for prior sand-driving experience before releasing it, and the Maverick R goes a step further, released only to riders who've already proven themselves on the X3 specifically. That's a safety filter more than a marketing one — power without judgment is where people get stuck or overcorrect, on any brand.
If you're unsure where you fit, say so honestly when you book. The team would rather put a nervous first-timer on the Polaris or the base X3 and have them enjoy it than send someone underprepared out on the RS Turbo RR because they didn't want to admit it was their first time.
Can-Am is built by BRP, the Canadian company also behind Ski-Doo and Sea-Doo, and BRP runs factory-backed teams racing the X3 platform in professional off-road competition. That racing programme is where a lot of the suspension and chassis engineering in your rental buggy actually comes from.
It's easy to dismiss racing heritage as marketing dressed up as fact, but in this case it shows up in specific, feelable ways. The wide stance and long suspension travel that make the rental X3 comfortable over rough sand are the same engineering priorities that matter in competition, where a chassis that skips or bottoms out costs a team a race. Rental buggies aren't race cars, but the platform underneath them is descended from the same design thinking.
You notice it most on the terrain that would upset a smaller machine — a rutted transition between two bowls, a washboard patch on a climb, the kind of ground a race-bred suspension is specifically built to shrug off rather than pass on to the driver. That's the part of the X3's reputation that isn't just brand storytelling: BRP's off-road racing programme has spent years refining exactly that.
None of this means a rental session turns into a race. The route, the guide and the speed are all managed the same way regardless of which machine you're on. What the racing heritage buys you is a chassis engineered for rough terrain from the start rather than adapted to handle it afterward — and that engineering is available on your very first booking, not just to the professionals.
You've got five machines to choose from, not one: the X3 2-seater and 4-seater from AED 999, the RS Turbo RR 2-seater and 4-seater from AED 1,200, and the 240hp Maverick R on request. Say Can-Am when you message on WhatsApp and the team will ask about your experience level to match you to the right tier.
If you searched for Can-Am by name rather than just "dune buggy Dubai," you probably already know roughly what you want, so it's worth being specific when you book rather than leaving it to chance. Say which tier you want by name — the standard X3, the RS Turbo RR, or the Maverick R if you've genuinely earned it — and mention your sand-driving background, since that's the detail deciding which set of keys the guides are comfortable handing over.
It's also worth knowing this fleet runs Polaris alongside the Can-Am line, so you'll see Polaris machines in the fleet section above and on the price table even on a page built around the Can-Am search. That's not a bait-and-switch: the Polaris RZR is the cheapest entry point onto any buggy here, at AED 599, and genuinely the better choice for a first-timer who isn't sure yet whether they want to commit to the Can-Am tiers.
The X3 and X3 RS Turbo RR both come in 2-seater and 4-seater builds, so bring the whole group's headcount when you message, not just your own preference. Weekends move fastest for the Can-Am 4-seaters and the RS Turbo RR specifically, so naming your machine a few days ahead rather than turning up and hoping is the difference between getting it and getting whatever's left.
It's not just marketing. Put a Polaris and an X3 back to back over the same stretch of chop and the gap is obvious inside a few seconds — the X3 sits wider, the wheels travel further before the chassis feels anything, and rough patches that jolt a smaller buggy barely register. Guides notice riders relax on the X3 faster than on any other machine here, purely because it absorbs mistakes the Polaris would pass straight through to your spine.
Not as a separate test slot, but the warm-up loop does the same job. Every booking, 30 minutes or three hours, starts with circles on flat ground before the dunes, and that's genuinely enough seat time to feel the difference in stance and ride quality. If you're still unsure afterward, say so — the guide would rather move you to a Polaris than send you out uncertain.
It's a different machine, not just a pricier badge on the same platform, which is why it's kept off the standard price list and quoted on request instead. The R sits above the RS Turbo RR in the lineup and is only released to riders who've already proven themselves on the X3. If you haven't driven the X3 yet, that's the one to book first regardless of budget.
Not from where you're sitting as a renter — every machine on this fleet, Can-Am or Polaris, gets the same pre-ride inspection in front of you before you climb in. What's true is that the X3's turbo variants get more attention between sessions simply because they're pushed harder, which is exactly why the RS Turbo RR and the Maverick R are the two machines guides are pickiest about handing over.
Cost and demand, mostly. Can-Am machines sit at a higher price point to buy and maintain, so smaller operators standardise on Polaris alone rather than run two brands side by side. Running both means guides need to actually know the handling differences between them, which is part of why the briefing here covers brand as well as machine size.
If anything the wider stance makes it more forgiving in that exact moment, not less. What actually gets a buggy stuck or tipped is throttle discipline, not the badge on the hood — easing off halfway up a climb, or turning across a face instead of committing to it. That's true on a Polaris or a Can-Am, which is why the warm-up assessment is about your inputs, not which brand you asked for.
Yes, and it gets held for your slot once your booking is confirmed. The X3 4-seater and the RS Turbo RR are the two that go first on weekends, so naming your machine when you message on WhatsApp is worth doing rather than turning up and hoping one is free.
It shows up more than you'd expect for something this short. BRP, the company behind Can-Am, has spent years running side-by-sides in off-road competition, and the suspension and chassis work that comes out of that programme is what ends up in the X3 you're driving here — not a race car, but a rental buggy built by people who test the platform somewhere far rougher than Al Lahbab.
Stick with Polaris for a first booking. It's not that the Can-Am is unsafe, it's that learning the basics on the more forgiving machine beats managing extra width and power at the same time. Plenty of nervous first-timers come back within the month specifically to try the X3 once they know what they're doing.
Thirty minutes is short enough that many riders don't notice a huge difference, so the Polaris entry rate is a perfectly reasonable way to spend it. The Can-Am's advantages — the suspension travel, the planted feel on rough ground — show up more clearly over an hour or two, once you're covering enough terrain to actually load the suspension repeatedly. If budget is tight, put the extra toward a longer Polaris session rather than a short Can-Am one.
Pick your machine, Can-Am or Polaris, and settle on how long you want it for. Confirm with online payment and your pickup details will land on WhatsApp the day before you're due out.