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A cultural treasure hunt through Old Dubai (Al Seef|Al Fahidi)
Desert Rose is an interactive corporate treasure hunt in Dubai, combining a tablet-led digital quest with challenges inspired by the history, culture and traditions of the UAE. Designed for corporate teams of 20-150 participants, the experience takes participants through a series of clues, ciphers, sensory tasks and team missions as they race to recover the legendary Desert Rose artifact.


Desert Rose Light
A legendary artifact has disappeared in Dubai - the Desert Rose, a rare stone surrounded by ancient legends and believed to bring wisdom, strength and good fortune to its keeper. The trail leads deep into the stories, traditions and hidden details of the Emirates, and only the teams taking part in the mission have a chance to recover it before it vanishes for good.
Guided by a tablet with ganme app, participants move from one challenge to the next, decoding clues, solving puzzles, finding answers and working together to uncover the final hiding place. Along the way, the game is enriched with short audio stories about the culture, history and cuisine of the UAE — from Bedouin traditions and life in the desert to local markets, spices, camels and the evolution of Dubai itself. These audio moments turn the quest into more than a competition: they create a sense of place and help participants discover the Emirates through stories, sounds and details they might otherwise miss.
The final challenge brings all the clues together. The fastest and most attentive team reaches the hidden Desert Rose first — and claims the legendary artifact as the symbol of their victory.
It's a light version of a big quest "Desert rose" - without animators team and props, based on searching, interactive and audio tasks.




At a glance
- Format
- Digital quest, tablet-led
- Environment
- City streets · market
- Participants
- 20-150
- Duration
- 1,5-2
- Language
- English, Russian
- Season
- Autumn to spring outdoors
The running order
The running order
What happens, in the order it happens.
- 01Teams
Participants are split into teams, each choosing a name and a captain.
- 02Captains’ briefing
While the teams pick names, the game operator briefs the captains on the app and the timing.
- 03Start
The host announces a code word, the captains enter it, and the route opens.
- 04The route
Each team is led by a tablet delivering hints and missions with audio, photo and video content.
- 05Finale
The winning team receives a real desert rose — a symbol of energy, courage, strength and wisdom.
Missions
Missions examples
Real missions from this programme. The full set is written for each client.
AI in the city
Compare an image on the tablet with the real object nearby, find the single difference, and decode the Morse hidden in it.
Market day
Buy everything on the list within the budget you are given - which is only possible if you bargain. The time is running.
Bedouin hunt
Find the ice-cream kiosk, then use a column-and-position cipher on the list of flavours to assemble a word that turns out to be Arabic.
Camels
Listen to the story of the UAE’s dromedaries (camels) and their beauty contests - then complete a search task built on what you heard.
Arabic spices
Identify each spice by sight and by scent, and name it.
What changes for you
The scenario, the difficulty, the language and the branding are rewritten for each client. The hall version compresses the same story into a single room, turning it into a map of Dubai from the first Bedouin settlements to the modern city.
FAQ
Does this run in old Dubai only?
The city version is built around a heritage district.
Can it run indoors?
Yes — the hall version turns the venue into the game board, with each point an episode in the history of Dubai.
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Get a proposal
Tell us about your team
Send the date, the group size and roughly what the day is for.
- katrin@sl-people.com
- +971 55 880 5773
- Dubai
- Business Bay
