Night

Sky

Nights with an astronomer

Duration

90 minutes

Price

AED 250

A telescope on the dune crest and a sky with almost no light in it.

Our resident astronomer sets up on the highest dune behind the retreat. Saturn, the Orion Nebula and, in winter, Suhail, the star that tells the Gulf that summer is over.

Most clear nights from 21:00. Blankets and hot chocolate provided.

Plan it with the concierge

Tell us the day you have in mind and we will arrange guides, transport and timings around it.

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Letters from the dunes, four times a year.

Shafaq

Twenty-four rooms, suites and villas between the Hajar mountains and the red dunes of Ras Al Khaimah.

© 2026 Shafaq Desert Retreat LLC. Hotel licence no. 000000.

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A desert retreat for the hour after sunset.

Wadi Shafaq, Al Rams desert road, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Letters from the dunes, four times a year.

Shafaq

Twenty-four rooms, suites and villas between the Hajar mountains and the red dunes of Ras Al Khaimah.

© 2026 Shafaq Desert Retreat LLC. Hotel licence no. 000000.

Ras Al Khaimah · 25.62° N, 55.98° E

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