A special break at Al Maha Desert Resort

Latest accolades for Al Maha come from America's Elite Traveler, one of the country's leading luxury travel publications, and Conde Nast UK's Traveller magazine, which has named it "Best Overseas Leisure Hotel" in Africa and the Middle East.

Elite Traveler also roamed the world in search of the best hotels and has chosen Al Maha's opulent Owner's Suite as 'Best Suite in the Middle East". It wrote: "Al Maha defines the term 'desert oasis' with its combination of nature conservancy and refined über-luxury retreat."

The cameo niche resort, owned and managed by the Emirates Group, offers its sophisticated guests the highest standards of service and comfort in an exotic and truly Arabian setting.

The remarkable all-inclusive offer covers a night's stay in a luxurious Bedouin suite -- single or double -- breakfast, lunch and dinner, two on-site activities a day such as a guided desert safari, archery, falconry, camel trekking and horse riding, return transfers to and from the security gate, and complimentary tea, coffee, mineral water and laundry.

Al Maha lies just 45 minutes' drive into the desert dunes from Dubai. Its 30 lavish Bedouin-style suites, each with their own private deck and temperature-controlled pool, stand along a dune ridge overlooking the rugged Hajar mountains.

As the UAE's first ecotourism resort, it is hidden in the heart of a 27 sq km nature reserve which shelters many indigenous birds and animals, including the Arabian Oryx for which it is named.