The camel souk was the only thing we really enjoyed in Al Ain and I'm glad we hired a car in Abu Dhabi to come and see it. I guess we could have taken a bus tour, but then we would have been with the big group that must have spent all of around five minutes there. If you're somebody... More

Go early to see real commerce. I observed bartering for camels for a wedding feast. Be prepared to pay for the best photos. Typical set up "come see the baby!" then "o let me take your picture" then " give money". But it was so cool, I didn't mind leaving a little money for the local economy. Think primitive, smelly... More

We had a great time there with the kids. I wanted to post where to find the camel market since it was difficult for us to find. You need to follow the instruction to go to Bawadi Mall. The Al Ain Central Market is behind the mall at the back of the market. There is about 100 camels there and... More

From the TA reviews I was a little concerned about two women travelers with two young children. It ended up in our advantage. One young man took us around and let us pet the animals and take pictures. While some may have viewed him as excessively friendly, we decided to enjoy the experience for what it was and just took... More

The camel souk is a rare opportunity to realize the importance of a strong, healthy animal to a desert way of life. So the steps in buying or mating one are taken very seriously as experienced when we visited this souk. We don't travel with a camera so we avoided the unpleasant scenes written by past reviewers! But, the first... More

The camels are in the Central market behind Bawadi Mall (can walk there-some security gurads inside the mall might know the directions to get there). It's bascially an animal trading market (possibly for meat) so if you are an animal lover, it might be a bit disturbing. After passing through somewhat crammed stalls where they keep goats and sheep, follow... More

We had a great time at the camel souk - there are other types of livestock here, interesting-looking goats, sheep and cattle unlike any I have seen before, but we were most interested in the camels. The traders are incredibly friendly and they invited us inside the cages, luckily one of our group had already fallen victim to the trick... More

I was there yesterday and saw the reviews here today. It is well worth the visit to see the camel market, apart from camels theres lots of other animals to see. But I managed to get myself in the exact same situation as the first reviewer, the guys are pretty good at playing innocent . I Honestly thought he was... More

This is a real livestock market and not necessarily a tourist attraction.. When we went, we (westerners) definitely attracted a lot of attention. Some guys escorted us to their stall and proceeded to give us quite the camel show (here, get on the camel, here's a baby camel, etc) complete with pictures. It was very interesting and a different experience.... More