Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Scenic Views of the North - Sharjah - 22 Jun 2025

[Frederic]

Drive Plan

Join us to explore the scenery of the North of the UAE, which will be a gentle scenic/overlanding drive 🐪🐪 covering 3 Emirates.

A perfect adventure to unwind after a busy week and manage the summer heat.

Bring your family members, camera, and snacks  

We request every member who joins this drive to go through the information below and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquette, and responsibilities.

MUST READ AND COMPLY

• Environmental Policy
• Offroad Flag Guideline
• Two Way Radio Guideline
• Off road Driving Etiquette's
• Emergency details for all off-roaders
• Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities

First time with Carnity Off-road Club:

• Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year.
• Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details.
• Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets.
• Advise if you don’t have a programmable radio and safety flag.
• MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING
   

Drive Details

Level:  Newbie and above (all levels)

Meeting time: 6:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gAPcwJw6bmv523u66

Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance.

What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 10:00 AM

P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive.

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE:

• This drive is limited to 12 cars only. RSVP will close on Saturday noon.
• If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list.
• RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy list.
• Latecomers will be returned back - Without any exceptions.
• Members without RSVP will be returned back - Without any exceptions.
• Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others.
• Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.

Please RSVP on below calendar

 

[Frederic]

Good morning @Bhaskaran Ramaswamy and welcome to Carnity Offroad Club !

As you are doing your first club drive with us, kindly introduce yourselves:

• Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year.
• Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details.
• Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets.
• Advise if you don’t have a programmable radio and safety flag.
• MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING
   

 

Please also take your time to watch the Newbie briefing video.

[Frederic]

On 6/17/2025 at 1:58 PM, Frederic said:

Good morning @Bhaskaran Ramaswamy and welcome to Carnity Offroad Club !

As you are doing your first club drive with us, kindly introduce yourselves:

• Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year.
• Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details.
• Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets.
• Advise if you don’t have a programmable radio and safety flag.
• MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING
   

 

Please also take your time to watch the Newbie briefing video.

kind reminder @Bhaskaran Ramaswamy

[_Herman_]

Good morning @Frederic

I took myself off the list, just too tired, travel schedule was brutal this week and appears to also be the same the coming week.  Have to be honest to myself and others and not risk dozing off en route to the starting point or the way back.

Your description of the drive as well as the experience on your last drive make me do this with a heavy heart, though!

Hope to join again soon.  Best regards and enjoy the drive!

[Frederic]

RSVP IS NOW CLOSED

@topgear@Bhaskaran Ramaswamy@Danie@saumik1989@Ana@Ishraque@Haneef Thayyil@Richard Franks@Glenn W@J-P L@Fenya

Thank you all for signing up! As mentioned in the drive topic, this will be a gentle overlanding style of drive, as the terrain doesn't really lend itself well to dune-bashing, and the high temperatures also mean we should take it a bit easy on the cars.

Some pointers for tomorrow:

1) Please arrive on time. Even better if you arrive 15mins early so you have time to prepare.

2) We will be using Channel 4: 446.081Mhz on the Walkie-Talkie.

3) Please bring enough water for yourself and i also recommend some protection like a baseball cap or hat. The summer has officially started  

The plan is to exit in Falaj Al Mualla. I expect this to be around 10-10.30, but there can always be some delays (part of off-roading) Keep this in mind if you have other appointments in the afternoon.

 

See you all tomorrow!

[Ana]

Hi Frederic , 

I won’t be able to make it for tomorrow, I tried to remove myself from the list but I couldn’t, if you can manage that from your end please . Maybe someone else could join. 
Have fun and hope I see you on the dunes next weekend!!

[topgear]

@Frederic many apologies. I need to give this a miss due to business travel. 

[Fenya]

Hi, all. Can I join you?

Edited June 21, 2025 by Fenya

[Frederic]

14 minutes ago, Fenya said:

Hi, all. Can I join you?

Hi @Fenya! Absolutely. I will add you to the list.

[Fenya]

I`m just waiting respond from my friend if he will to borrow me the car. I`ll send you the final confirmation when its happened.