Desert Conservation Reserve, Dubai
Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai
Al Maha is a resort of 42 private pool villas inside the 225-square-kilometre Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, looking towards the Hajar Mountains, where Arabian oryx and gazelles roam. Stays are full board, the design draws on Bedouin life, and children under eight are not admitted.
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- Advice from our own stay, in October 2025
- Preferred-partner benefits through Marriott STARS: a room upgrade, daily breakfast, a US$100 credit and early check-in and late checkout
- Industry insight on rates, seasons and timing
- One contact before, during and after the stay
About the property
- Opened
- 1999
- Villas
- 42
- Developer
- Emirates Group
- Owned by
- Emirates Group
From our stays
We stayed in October 2025
Rooms and suites
Bedouin Villa
75 sq m · desert view · one bedroom, private temperature-controlled pool · connecting villas available
Royal Villa
175 sq m · desert view · two bedrooms, terrace with deck dining and a private pool
Suites
Emirates Villa
Presidential Villa
530 sq m · desert view · three bedrooms and three bathrooms, majlis and a private temperature-controlled pool
Dining and wellness
- Al Diwaan
- international restaurant
- Hajar Terrace Bar
- cocktail bar · terrace
- Wellness
- Al Maha Spa uses Sodashi products and opens onto the resort's main infinity pool over the dunes, with a gym, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and cold plunge pool; every villa also has its own temperature-controlled pool.
Where it is
- Dubai International Airport
- 1 h 27 by car
- Sharjah International Airport
- 1 h 31 by car
Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, Dubai–Al Ain Road
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Bedouin Villa (75 sq m) and Royal Villa (175 sq m). Suites: Emirates Villa and Presidential Villa (530 sq m).
We book Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai through Marriott STARS, so you get a room upgrade on arrival when one is available, daily breakfast for two, a US$100 hotel credit each stay and early check-in and late checkout when available, at no extra cost to you. On the hotel's flexible public rate.
Al Diwaan, international; the resort's main restaurant (Veranda tables looking over the reserve) and Hajar Terrace Bar, cocktail bar (Terrace facing the reserve at dusk).
Al Maha Spa uses Sodashi products and opens onto the resort's main infinity pool over the dunes, with a gym, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and cold plunge pool; every villa also has its own temperature-controlled pool.
Inside the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve off the Dubai–Al Ain Road; each night's stay includes two desert experiences, among them wildlife drives, camel treks, falconry, archery, horse riding and nature walks from the resort.
Dubai International (DXB) is about 65 km away; Sharjah International about 86 km.
Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai opened in 1999.
Designed as a re-creation of a Bedouin encampment across the dunes: 42 secluded suites with tented roofs, floor-to-ceiling windows, marble bathrooms, private decks and pools, furnished from a collection of more than 2,000 Arab antiques, artefacts and artworks. Emirates owns the resort; Starwood took over management on 1 November 2010 and brought it into The Luxury Collection.
