Enjoy Live Barbeque Buffet every Thursday & Seafood Buffet every Tuesday at Liwa Hotel.

Location

The Liwa Hotel, perched on a rise that overlooks a breathtaking oasis in the Rub at Khali, is the ideal base from which to follow in the tracks of the great explorers and discover one of the most fascinating landscapes on earth.

Just a 2 hour drive from Abu Dhabi (the UAE capital), and 3 hours from Dubai, the Liwa Hotel is an oasis of hospitality.

The journey to the hotel in itself is an adventure, passing through some of the most spectacular and constantly shifting sand sculptures in the region, quaint Arabian villages, and a vast landscape sprinkled with authentic heritage farms.

Here, guests can enjoy top-class comfort and luxury, matched by traditional Arabian standards of service and hospitality. Rub al Kali – appropriately known as the Empty Quarter – is the largest contiguous sand desert in the world.

The size of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands combined, Rub al Kali is populated by huge 'irq’ (vein) dunes that are 150 kilometres long, horned ‘barchan’ dunes that crest steeply to 700 metres, and wall-like ‘zibar’ dunes that block movement down the ‘shugs’ (corridors).

Crossing this area is considered as dangerous – and logistically more difficult – than Antarctica. Temperatures reach more than 61ºC and the central core is inaccessible to fixed-wing aircraft or even helicopters.