Every route below is one we ride ourselves: safety-checked, timed, and tuned for the best light. Pick a route when you book and your guide builds the ride around it.
The classic first ride. Launch from the marina and cruise the full Corniche waterfront: white sand, turquoise shallows and the city skyline on your left the whole way. Calm water, no open-sea crossing.
Head west past the marina to the grand dome of Emirates Palace, glowing gold in the afternoon sun. Loop the palace bay, then run back along the mangrove edge with the Etihad Towers behind you.
Cross to Saadiyat Island and see the Louvre Abu Dhabi dome rising from the sea, one of the great modern views in the Gulf. Then circle natural Al Lulu Island before heading home.
Our premium route, and the reason members join. Open-water running to the outer islands: sandbanks that appear at low tide, water so clear you read the bottom, and not another soul around. Guided expeditions only, weather dependent.
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