Tuesday Night Fewbie Plus Desert Drive - Khatim In Reverse Mid-week Blast - Abu Dhabi - 18 Nov 2025

[_luke_]

DRIVE DESCRIPTION
Need a quick mid-week night drive?
Happy to drive out to Khatim?
Want to be home and in bed before midnight?

If you answered yes to these questions, have I got the drive for you!

We will be doing a short blast (2.5 hours max) around Khatim on Tuesday night.
Planning to start on the north east side of Khatim [Zone1], play around in the mid sized dunes for 45 minutes or so, then take a dirt road trail to the north west [Zone2], where we will spend an hour playing on the large dunes. From here we will tone down the drive into exploring and ridge riding the longer range dunes in the south west [Zone3] where we will promptly exit at 22:30 near the Astronomical Observatory.

Normally I drive this area west-to-east.. but on Tuesday we will play it in reverse.

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

DRIVE DETAILS

Level:  Fewbie Plus and above

Meeting time: 20:00 (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3nNBcA2wH9adYrSg6

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 (for yourself), smiles, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 22:30 (10:30pm)

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

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• This drive is limited to 5 cars only. RSVP will close on Tuesday - 17:00.
• If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once someone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP 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
   

RSVP HERE BELOW

 

[_luke_]

Looks like the site is back. 

RSVP closed. Convoy order attached. See you at 20:00

@Zed @Aser @Krinesh @Jose Luis Campos @Diego @Dan S

[_luke_]

The drive objectives were layed out, and we delivered.

We started off with around 35 minutes playing around doing Sidies in the big dunes right near the desert safaris. It was @Krinesh first night drive, and together we all made sure he had a great debut! 👏 It can be tricky to see the angles and heights of the dunes at night, but everyone drove this area flawlessly, esp as we were pulling big Sidies around Deep bowls and pockets.

From here we headed out westwards hoping to catch a easy trail to zone2... Instead I found a fence and drove us into a deadend! Whoops! After we reversed out one by one we managed to get back on track and start hitting some.of the flowing dunes. We followed these flows into the main event where I promptly got stuck in a soft patch, and thanks to some nice guidance on the radio from @Zed got out pretty quickly. This was when we discovered that he would have to impersonate Keanu from speed and keep the RPMS high to avoid engine shutdowns.

Next the team found themselves having to shovel me out after getting crested on a ridge. Great team.effort trying to move a mountain of sand, but in the end @Aser tugged the back of my car around so I could use gravity and drive out.

After arriving in zone3 we had a few good long range dunes and started encountering some heavy fog rolling in, so high tailed it to the exit a few minutes early to avoid getting stuck in adverse weather.

It was a really fun mid week escape with lots of big terrain! Thanks for coming from Dubai @Jose Luis Campos, and good to get a big chunk of the Abu Dhabi carnity crew together @Aser @Dan S @Diego @Krinesh & @Zed

Enjoy the rest of your week!

 

[Zed]

5 hours ago, Luke K P said:

We followed these flows into the main event where I promptly got stuck in a soft patch, and thanks to some nice guidance on the radio from @Zed got out pretty quickly. This was when we discovered that he would have to impersonate Keanu from speed and keep the RPMS high to avoid engine shutdowns.

 

Haha, engine stalling during idle is one of the symptoms of a soon-to-die Fuel Pump. I'm glad I found this out in Khatim before heading to Liwa this weekend 😂  Thanks for inviting us Luke, good mid-week break from work to catch-up with like-minded offroaders 👍