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Dubai Water Canal cruise

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A cruise along the Dubai Water Canal, the man-made waterway that links Dubai Creek through Business Bay to the Arabian Gulf.

Two hours as a dinner cruise; shorter sightseeing runs also operate.

How it operates

Boats board at one of the canal's four marine stations and run the 3.2 km waterway between Business Bay and the Gulf, passing beneath the road and pedestrian crossings and under the Sheikh Zayed Road bridge with its waterfall feature. Dinner sailings run about two hours; shorter sightseeing runs cover the same water without the meal.

For agents

Operating and selling mechanics

  • The waterfall is the photo moment — confirm the operator's route actually passes under the bridge.
  • Good alternative when Creek and Marina dhows are sold out over peak weeks.

The signature feature

A waterfall feature on the Sheikh Zayed Road bridge is the canal's best-known photo moment and is widely reported to pause when a boat passes beneath.

About the canal

  • 3.2 km long
  • 80–120 m wide
  • 6 m deep, taking boats up to 32 m length overall
  • Inaugurated 9 November 2016
  • Six crossings — three road bridges (Sheikh Zayed Road with 8 lanes each way, Al Wasl Road and Jumeirah Road with 3 lanes each way, the crossings 8.5 m above the water) and three pedestrian/cycle bridges, one of which is the Bridge of Tolerance, renamed from the Twisted Bridge in November 2017
  • Four marine transport stations
  • Built by Six Construct (BESIX Group), designed by AE7
  • Around 80,000 m² of public area alongside

Checked 2026-07-29

This brief describes how the product works in the Dubai market, not a Forever Journeys policy or rate. Operating detail was read on these sources on the date above and can change — the ops team confirms specifics at booking.

Downtown Dubai from the air, the Burj Khalifa rising over Old Town

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Planned entirely around you.

Our Dubai team arranges the hotels, transfers and excursions on the ground across all seven Emirates — so the programme is assembled around the dates you send us, not around a fixed departure calendar.

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