Fossil-bearing desert in the morning, open coast by sunset. Sharjah's Mleiha and Umm Al Quwain's lagoon in a single day — 130 million years apart, ninety minutes by road.
Why this is not the retail version
Mleiha sells day tickets at AED 40–150 and Umm Al Quwain's beaches are free. You could do this yourself for the price of fuel — and every HR manager who has tried it has spent the day chasing a roll call in a car park instead of talking to their team.
What you are buying is that the day happens. Thirty people move on time between two emirates, the fossil walk has a licensed guide instead of a Google search, the beach has an equipment set and two coordinators running the stations, and the BBQ is lit before anyone is hungry. Your HR lead attends their own event rather than running it.
And the contrast is the product. Desert and coast in one day is a genuinely memorable structure — people describe it as two trips. That is why it photographs better than any single-venue offsite in this catalog.
The day, minute by minute
Stated up front so there is nothing to argue about at invoice time.
| Mleiha dune buggy session, per vehicle | AED 450 |
|---|---|
| Guided mangrove kayak instead of beach stations | AED 85/person |
| Facilitated team-building programme in place of the games set | AED 1,500 |
| Astronomy segment at Mleiha (evening variant — reverses the route) | AED 60/person |
| Branded t-shirts (recommended for the games) | AED 45–90/person |
| Drone footage — Fossil Rock ridge and the sandbar | AED 800 |
| Same-day 60-sec social edit | AED 500 |
Who you are actually booking with
Two emirates in an afternoon. Out of the office at two, Sharjah's island and heritage quarter, back across the Creek at sunset, home by seven.
Dubai, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain in a working day. Heritage in the morning, mangroves in the afternoon, back before the school run.
Abu Dhabi at sunrise, Dubai at midday, Sharjah in the afternoon, Umm Al Quwain at sunset. Four emirates, one bus, one team, one day.