Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Faqa - Dubai - 28 June 2026

[Frederic]

DRIVE DESCRIPTION

Come and explore with us the scenic views of the Faqa arboretum and its surrounding dunes. Great learnings!

  

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 programable radio and safety flag.
• MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING
   

Drive Details

Level:  Newbie and above (all levels)

Meeting time: 06AM

Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/74xy5omjv5GxK2d67

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, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 9:30-10AM

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 - 5PM.
• 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

 

 

[Mahesh_]

Hello @Mountain  Welcome to Carnity family. 

[Frederic]

Welcome @Mountain and @Artur Davtyan to Carnity Offroad Club!

As this will be your first club drive, please provide the following details:

• 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.
• Confirm if you have a programable radio and safety flag.
• MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING
   

 

See you coming Sunday!

[Mountain]

Good day Frederic and Carnity Team,

Vehicle: Blue Ford Ranger Wildtrak 2025

Experience: 20+ years offroading, emergency response and advanced driver certifications, formal 4x4 courses completed, light and heavy (truck) vehicle offroading mostly in mountain/bush/coast performed as part of fire, rescue, and emergency operations.   

Tow hook: Both front and rear, chackles (hard & soft) with kinetic rope and winch straps.

Radio & Flag: Have both and pre-programmed to Carnity frequencies. Holding formal TDRA Amateur Radio Operator license. 

Video: Watched.

My wife and I are glad to be joining some social offroad drives. 

[Artur Davtyan]

Good afternoon Frederic and Carnity Team! I'm very excited to have joined!

Vehicle: 2011 Nissan Xterra Silver

Experience: I have never driven off-road myself, but have been a passanger when my dad drove with Carnity.

Tow hook: Yes, this is my father's car, he has driven it with the club.  @Yerem Davtyan

Radio & Flag: Have both.

Video: Watched it!

Edited June 23 by Artur Davtyan

[DELRIO]

Good afternoon Frederic and Carnity comunity!

This will be my first run with you! Previous experience off roading didn/t involve sand and dust so i will not count on it! Did plenty of routes at the Pirinees but that was long ago! Took the car to Al Rowaiyah to test different pressures and modes. managed not to get stucked or blow any airbag. 

Vehicle is a BAIC BJ40Pro 2026.  I have previous off road experience but i don't think it applies to sand and dunes.  Hooks are confirmed but still waiting to get the specs form the manufacturer. Happy to pull but probably will wait for the data before attempting a 10m kinetic youtube style recovery.

Equipment im waiting for the Radio and the Flag. any particular store or online store on where to find them? is the spare wheel rod a good enough point to attach it?

 

Looking forward for Sunday drive!

 

Sergio

[Frederic]

13 hours ago, DELRIO said:

Good afternoon Frederic and Carnity comunity!

This will be my first run with you! Previous experience off roading didn/t involve sand and dust so i will not count on it! Did plenty of routes at the Pirinees but that was long ago! Took the car to Al Rowaiyah to test different pressures and modes. managed not to get stucked or blow any airbag. 

Vehicle is a BAIC BJ40Pro 2026.  I have previous off road experience but i don't think it applies to sand and dunes.  Hooks are confirmed but still waiting to get the specs form the manufacturer. Happy to pull but probably will wait for the data before attempting a 10m kinetic youtube style recovery.

Equipment im waiting for the Radio and the Flag. any particular store or online store on where to find them? is the spare wheel rod a good enough point to attach it?

 

Looking forward for Sunday drive!

 

Sergio

Thanks for the introduction @DELRIO!

The BJ40 is a rugged off-road vehicle, so i'm pretty sure it has towpoints/recovery points on the front and rear. If in doubt just send us a photo here. No need to try to get official specs from BAIC.

You'll find a radio and flag in Dragon Mart Dubai. Head over to the EB section and ask around for the Baofeng UV5R, UV5RH, or Crony MT777. Some shops sell flags as well that you can attach with a suction cup or get a bracket made in a fabrication shop.

[DELRIO]

Hi Frederic! 

Here are the photos! front and rear. i cant really see how the welding is done in the front but rear one looks solid! Managed to get the radio and ill give a try to the suction cup for the flag. 

Thanks for the reply!

[Frederic]

Good morning everyone!

Position	Name	Car	Rank	Drives
1	Frederic	1999 Trooper Kermit	Crew	322
2	Infaz	2014 Dodge Ram - 4 Door - Silver	Fewbie Plus	30
3	DELRIO	2026 BAIC BJ40PRO 4 DOOR GREY	Newbie	0
4	Artur Davtyan	2011 Nissan Xterra - 4 door - Silver	Newbie	0
5	Mountain	2025 Ford Ranger Wildtrak - Blue	Newbie	0
6	Mahesh_	2026 Jeep Wrangler RubiconX 4D Green	Support Team	85
7	Pajero-ME	2016, Mitsubishi, Pajero, V6 3.8 LWB, White	Newbie	1
8	Kishor	2022 Jeep Wrangler Sport - 4 door - Red	Newbie	1
9	Avilash	2025 - Toyota Prado - Blue	Newbie	3
10	Raptor Runner - Praveen	2018 Ford F-150 Raptor - Grey	Newbie	6
11	Rasna	2022 Jeep Wrangler-4door-Grey	Newbie	7
12	Pramod Sathyaseelan	2017 Toyota Fortuner, Silver Grey	Newbie	8
13	Raj K	2020 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.8 LWB - 5 door - White	Fewbie	10
14	Vanessa8580	2018 Jeep Wrangler Black	Marshal	174

@Infaz@DELRIO@Artur Davtyan@Mountain@Mahesh_@Pajero-ME@Kishor@Avilash@Raptor Runner - Praveen@Rasna@Pramod Sathyaseelan@Raj K@Vanessa8580

Thank you all for joining!

A couple of pointers for tomorrow:

1. Meeting time is 6AM but please try to arrive around 5.45AM so you have time to deflate and set up your offroad flag.

2. Beware that the main road towards the meeting point is managed by Abu Dhabi cameras, so there is no 20kmh speed grace  

3. We will use Channel 4 on the Walkie Talkies: 446.081Mhz. We will test the radios after the briefing.

4. Bring enough to drink and some protection from the sun (baseball cap / hat / sombrero)  

 

See you all in the morning!

 

 

 

[Frederic]

Well driving everyone!

@DELRIO@Artur Davtyan@Mountain very well done today! I hope you got the offroading bug now  

Great support from @Mahesh_ and @Vanessa8580 and superb second lead from @Infaz I could not have wished for a better one.

You can upload your photos here:

Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Faqa - Dubai - 28 June 2026 - Carnity.com

See you all in the sand again!