Desert Honeymoon
A dune suite, a private dinner and a sky full of stars for two. A private, tailored journey of 5-6 days in The Empty Quarter, United Arab Emirates, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from around US$1,000 per person per night.
- Romance · Private
- Ideal length: 5-6 days
- Best time: From November to March, the best window for The Empty Quarter.
- Private guiding, access and transfers throughout
- From around US$1,000 per person per night — a starting point, tailored to you
- Designed one-to-one by a Forest Travel advisor
- Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels
A dune suite, a private dinner and a sky full of stars for two. A private, tailored journey of 5-6 days in The Empty Quarter, United Arab Emirates, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from around US$1,000 per person per night.
A country where the vertical glamour of the city, the quiet of the dunes and the warmth of the Gulf are all within a private morning's reach.
When to go
From November to March is the best window for The Empty Quarter. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.
The experiences
A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:
- Retreat to a dune suite for two, the great desert falling away in gold beyond the terrace.
- Watch the sun set from a private ridge with nothing between you and the horizon but sand.
- Share a private dinner laid out under the stars, the fire and the silence yours alone.
- Wake to the dunes catching the first light, the whole of the Empty Quarter still asleep.
A sense of the rhythm
The days keep only the tempo the two of you choose, the great desert asking nothing, the hours soft and entirely your own from dawn to the deep quiet of night.
How to do it well
The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:
- Set the private dinner for the hour after sunset, when the sky deepens to its darkest.
- The winter months make the terrace and the evenings a pleasure for two.
- Ask for a suite set apart so the horizon and the stars belong to you alone.
- Leave the days unplanned, for the desert rewards those who simply stay still.
What only your advisor can open
The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.
Who it's for
Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.
Estimated investment
From around US$1,000 per person per night — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.
Designed entirely around you
Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.
Your Virtuoso privileges
As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.
Continue exploring The Empty Quarter
Part of our The Empty Quarter travel guide. Related private journeys:
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Questions, answered.
Nowhere else offers such vast and tender solitude, the Empty Quarter turning romance into something as boundless as the sand.
Set it for the hour after sunset, when the sky deepens to its darkest. That is when a private dinner laid out under the stars feels most complete, with the fire and the silence yours alone. Travel in the winter months, November through March, when the desert cools and the evenings become a pleasure for two.
Ask for a suite set apart, so the horizon and the stars belong to you alone. The suite is built for two, with the great desert falling away in gold beyond the terrace. Your advisor chooses and sequences every room and moment for you, which is how that sense of solitude is protected.
No. Our advisors suggest leaving the days unplanned, because the desert rewards those who simply stay still. The days keep only the tempo the two of you choose. Let a few fixed moments anchor them: waking to the dunes catching the first light, a sunset from a private ridge, and a private dinner under the stars.
Plan on 5-6 days. That is time to settle into a dune suite for two, wake to the dunes catching the first light while the Empty Quarter still sleeps, watch the sun set from a private ridge, and share a private dinner under the stars in the hour after sunset. The days keep only the tempo you choose, and our advisors suggest leaving them unplanned, because the desert rewards those who simply stay still.
As a private, tailored journey it starts from roughly around US$1,000 per person per night and scales with your dates, party and level of privacy — a starting point, never a fixed package price. Your advisor confirms the figure once the itinerary is tailored.
Go between November and March, when the desert cools into clear, temperate days and long golden evenings by the Gulf. These winter months make the suite's terrace and the evenings a pleasure for two, from a sunset on a private ridge to a private dinner under the stars after dark. Your advisor times the journey to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.
In the Empty Quarter, the sunset is watched from a private ridge, with nothing between the two of you and the horizon but sand. It is arranged privately and shaped to you. Travel between November and March, when the desert cools into clear, temperate days and long golden evenings, and the sunset can lead straight into a private dinner set for the hour after, when the sky deepens to its darkest.
Yes. One of the quiet pleasures of a desert honeymoon in the Empty Quarter is waking to the dunes catching the first light, while the whole of the Empty Quarter is still asleep. From a dune suite for two, the great desert falls away in gold beyond the terrace. The hours run soft and entirely your own, from dawn to the deep quiet of night, so the morning keeps whatever tempo you choose.
The United Arab Emirates is a country where the vertical glamour of the city, the quiet of the dunes and the warmth of the Gulf are all within a private morning's reach. A desert honeymoon in the Empty Quarter centres on the dunes, and between November and March the season also brings long golden evenings by the Gulf. Your advisor designs the journey end to end and times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.
A private honeymoon with Forest Travel starts from around US$1,000 per person per night. Desert Honeymoon, 5–6 days in the Empty Quarter with a dune suite, a private dinner under the stars and Virtuoso privileges, begins at that figure. The length of the trip, the season and how much of the desert is held for you alone move the total, and pairing the dunes with the city or the Gulf adds to it. A planning fee of US$250 per itinerary applies, and your advisor confirms the final figure.
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