Located next to the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Wild Wadi offers thrill-seekers and families hours of fun at one of the world's most advanced water theme parks. Featuring the tallest and fastest water speed rides outside North America, other attractions include Log River, Ring Ride, Flood River, Wave Pool, Flow Rides, Lazy River and much more. Check opening timings and discounted 'sundowner' rates as these vary from month to month.

Located just off the Garhoud Bridge, Wonderland is a family fun park that caters to all ages. Attractions include numerous water rides and slides, roller coasters, a log flume, bumper boats, games of skill and a nightly water mist show.

You can also spend your day with the little ones at the encounter zone at Wafi mall which has the popular crystal maze, horror chamber and fascinating 3D films.

Trips to the desert can be a great way to explore the sandy expanses and safaris are generally half day and can include an overnight stay in Bedouin tents.

Wadi bashing, a popular amusement with both residents and visitors is all about exploring the wadis or dry beds of streams that flow after the winter rains from the Hajar Mountains. Many wadis offer scenes of unexpected beauty like attractive rock pools, some with water year-round, surrounded by greenery.

Driving in sand is an exciting activity. It is an adventure in itself which combines the excitement of a rollercoaster ride with the challenge of remaining mobile on the shifting surface.

Even for the non-golfer, Dubai's golf clubs are worth a visit, both for the spectacular architecture of their clubhouses and as examples of the successful greening and landscaping of the desert.

More than one visitor has mistaken the lush greens and freshwater lakes of the Emirates Golf Club and Dubai Creek Golf Club for a desert mirage. Man-made oasis of rolling green fairways, bunkers and lakes materialize miraculously from a desert haze with superbly designed clubhouses as their epicenters.

Dubai Zoo is the oldest zoo of its kind not only in the United Arab Emirates but also in the Arabian Peninsula. Dubai Zoo also happens to be the first Arabian zoo to breed the rare Chimpanzee and Arabian wild cat. It is a special place of interest and fun for tourists and residents of Dubai.

H. H. Sheikh Rashid bin Maktoum, the late Ruler of Dubai, permitted Otto J. Bulart to build the Zoo on a two hectare plot in Jumeirah. The Dubai Zoo became a landmark as it indicated the "town's end". Timings of the zoo are as follows: Open 10am to 6:30pm, Wednesday to Monday.