Luxury United Arab Emirates Voyages

The UAE capital marries staggering ambition with genuine culture. Stand humbled beneath the 82 domes of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, drift through the light-dappled dome of Louvre Abu Dhabi, then chase falcons or dunes in the Empty Quarter. SeaDream berths close to the action, and its scale means the emirate's icons without the mega-ship masses, an elegant, personal finale to a World Cruise leg through Arabia.

Begin where the desert meets ambition. Ascend the Burj Khalifa at dusk, then trade the skyline for the hush of the Empty Quarter, dinner beneath the stars beside a Bedouin fire and a falcon on the wrist. Back aboard, the yacht lies in the heart of Port Rashid while the big ships queue far offshore. It is the rare luxury of arriving grand and slipping away quietly, the city's glitter dissolving astern as SeaDream III melts into the day.

An extraordinary wildlife sanctuary rising from the Arabian Gulf. Once a private nature reserve, the island now shelters free-roaming Arabian oryx, gazelles, giraffes and cheetahs across its Arabian Wildlife Park, alongside a 1,500-year-old Christian monastery. Nature drives, mountain biking and salt- flat trails await ashore. SeaDream anchors off this quiet island retreat and drops the marina, pairing a genuine safari with a swim in warm Gulf waters.