Golf, polo and village life
What residents use every day, and how far the rest of Dubai is.
Inside the gates
Golf, polo, lakes and the desert at the gate.
Most of daily life happens inside the community: school runs, the souk, the pool, the courts. The rest is a few minutes away.
Photo · JSPhotography2016, CC BY-SA 4.0Arabian Ranches Golf Club
18 holes, par 72, designed by Ian Baker-Finch with Nicklaus Design and opened in February 2004, with a driving range, two restaurants and rooms overlooking the course.
Photo · Land Rover MENA, CC BY 2.0Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club
68 acres of polo fields, a polo academy, a riding school, show jumping, dressage and desert hacks, with restaurants open to residents.
Photo · Hayamaryam, CC BY-SA 4.0Lakes, parks and courts
Arabian Ranches 1 has two lakes, fifteen full-size tennis courts, nineteen half basketball courts, a skate park, pools and parks.
Photo of a listed homeCentral park and lazy river
Arabian Ranches 3 is built around a central park of more than 30,000 sq m, a lazy river, a 4 km boulevard, a skate park, a parkour course and a cricket pitch.
Photo · Nicor, CC BY-SA 4.0Al Qudra cycle track
The 86 km desert cycle track starts just south of the community; Arabian Ranches 3 is linked to it.
Photo of a listed homeShops, clinics and mosques
The community centre of Arabian Ranches 1, The Ranches Souk in Arabian Ranches 2 (35+ outlets, Carrefour, clinic), Mediclinic Arabian Ranches, a petrol station, a smart police station and mosques in each phase.
Getting around
Twenty-five minutes to the city.
Neighbours: Motor City, Dubai Studio City, Sports City, Mudon, DAMAC Hills, The Villa, The Sustainable City and Global Village.
- Downtown Dubai
- about 25 min
- Dubai Marina
- about 20 min
- DXB airport
- about 25 min
- Global Village
- about 10 min
- Expo City
- about 15 min
Drive times off-peak, as published by the developer for Arabian Ranches 1; Arabian Ranches 3 is further east, closer to Emirates Road.
Al Qudra cycle track · Photo · Nicor, CC BY-SA 4.0
At the gate
The desert starts here.
Residents
Who lives here.
Arabian Ranches is above all a family community. Press portraits and guides describe a strongly British resident base alongside families from India, the Arab world, Europe and beyond; the main school alone reports pupils from more than 80 nationalities.
The two older phases had about 30,000 residents in 2023 (Dubai Statistics Center: 19,995 in Wadi Al Safa 6 and 9,703 in Wadi Al Safa 7), before Arabian Ranches 3 filled up.
Sources · Facts checked 24 October 2026
- en.wikipedia.org · wiki/Arabian_Ranches
- khaleejtimes.com · uae/arabian-ranches-a-neighbourhood-where-families-feel-at-home
- engelvoelkers.com · ae/en/resources/area-guide/arabian-ranches-area-guide
- engelvoelkers.com · ae/en/area-guide/arabian-ranches-2
- engelvoelkers.com · ae/en/area-guide/arabian-ranches-3
- citypopulation.de · en/uae/dubai/admin/
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