Two women tourists got lost in Dubai’s desert, and a camel ride from Uber came to their rescue.
While Dubai is famous for its towering skylines, luxurious malls, cars, and futuristic architecture, it also has a tint of nature with its desert. And recently, a couple of women tourists got lost after their vehicle broke down.
This uneventful episode took an unusual turn when they decided to book a ride via an app that gave them the option of booking a camel ride.
Frustrated and waiting for the ride, one of the women in the video says to the camera, “We got lost and decided to check Uber, and guess what? There’s a camel!”.
The two booked the ride for 50.61 AED.
It was reportedly shot at Al Badayer along the Dubai-Hatta Road, where the tourists were surprised to learn that the Uber app provides a strange variety of options, such as ATVs and, surprisingly, a camel, in addition to the regular vehicles.
A man with a camel then arrives and comes to their rescue, introducing himself as an “Uber Camel driver”.
“What do you do for a living?” one of them asks, and he replies, “I drive Uber Camel. I help people who get lost.”
As the video started circulating on social media, internet users were stunned, and some called it a “staged” video.
“How can they be lost if they have a working smartphone, internet and GPS??” reacted a netizen online.
Times of India, however, set the record straight and revealed that it was a promotional video and that the camel ride service is not available for everyone.
The influencer was hired to promote Uber’s recent collaboration with a tour agency, Jetset Dubai, which offers a camel ride.
Since its release, the video has garnered more than 115,000 views on Instagram.
