Kelty Tents

Guides and advice

• What to recommend to beginners in your club: a starter list that won’t let them down

  A starter list club leaders can give new members: what everyone carries, what to buy first, what to borrow, and how to explain cost per trip honestly.

• One night out of Dubai: camping spots within a two-hour drive

  Where to spend one night in a tent within about two hours of Dubai: Hatta, the Al Qudra desert, Al Ruwayyah and Mleiha, with distance, type and booking.

• Camping in the UAE when you have camped elsewhere: what is different

  Sand that will not hold a stake, wind after sunset, sun at noon and near-freezing mountain nights: what experienced campers need to change for the UAE.