Al Dhaid Stay Guide: Sharjah's Farm Belt and Its Sports

The short answer — Al Dhaid is Sharjah's farm belt, and a stay there means one big family sports farm

Al Dhaid, inland in Sharjah, is the emirate's agricultural heartland — the farm district its residents drive to for greenery, space and farm visits. A stay there, on Wenjoy, means one specific thing: the Premium Family Pool & Sports Farmhouse, a 3-bedroom farm sleeping 25 with room for 30 guests, a temperature-controlled pool, a kids' pool and full-size sports facilities. One farm, honestly presented — not a selection.

Sharjah has exactly one live property on Wenjoy (verified across all 44 listings, 21 October 2026). One. It happens to be a flagship — the kind of large, facility-heavy farm extended families book for a full weekend — but a round-up of one would be a con, so this guide does the two useful things instead: explains the place, then takes the one stay apart in full. Comparing Sharjah farmhouses in general? Wenjoy's Sharjah farmhouse pages carry the wider framing. This page is about Al Dhaid.

Al Dhaid, the farm district — what the area is, and is not

Al Dhaid is Sharjah's farming town: the emirate's agricultural centre, set inland among date farms and cultivation, on the road that carries its name east from Sharjah city toward the mountains. The district's farm character is institutional as well as private — Sharjah Desert Park stands on Al Dhaid Road, and its Children's Farm, run by the emirate's Environment and Protected Areas Authority, exists so children can meet and feed domestic farm animals: the farm belt is quite literally the emirate's official farm country.

Hold the right picture before you book. Al Dhaid is not a beach district, not a resort strip and not a Corniche extension — a stay here is fields, farm roads and big skies, with your own property's facilities as the entertainment. Guests who want Sharjah's waterfront or city museums are staying in the wrong part of the emirate; guests who want a working-farm landscape with room for three generations to spread out are in exactly the right one. The site's general Sharjah farmhouse guide covers the emirate-level picture; Al Dhaid is where that picture physically happens.

The stay itself — Premium Family Pool & Sports Farmhouse in full

The Premium Family Pool & Sports Farmhouse is a 3-bedroom farmhouse in Al Dhaid with a guest capacity of 30 and a sleep-over capacity of 25 — the day number and the night number are different, and both matter for a big family weekend. Its facilities are the listing's own headline: a temperature-controlled pool (the detail that keeps swimming comfortable at the edges of the season), a separate kids' pool, a football field, a volleyball court, a games room with billiards, a kids' playground and a BBQ area.

Its prices are the three tiers every Wenjoy listing shows, as displayed on 21 October 2026; the live price depends on dates: AED 1,950 on a weekday, AED 3,250 at the weekend and AED 4,940 on holidays, with a security deposit of AED 1,000 as listed. Check-in is 2:00 PM and check-out 12:00 PM — the 2:00 PM start is earlier than the 3:00 PM pattern on most Wenjoy listings, which buys a big group a longer first afternoon. Now the per-guest maths, because it is the whole farmhouse argument in one calculation: fill the house and the weekend tier works out at AED 130 per sleeping guest (AED 3,250 ÷ 25); the weekday tier is AED 78 a head (AED 1,950 ÷ 25). No hotel arrangement houses the same 25 people at anything like that figure. For the booking mechanics themselves — how to reserve, what to check on the listing — the site's ultimate guide to booking a private-pool farmhouse in Sharjah is the companion read; this guide links to it rather than repeating it.

Two of the farm's details deserve spelling out, because they decide how a weekend actually runs. The temperature-controlled pool is not a luxury flourish: it is what keeps the water comfortable on a mid-winter morning and takes the burn out of it on a hot-season afternoon, so swimming stays on the plan at the edges of the outdoor season rather than dropping off it. And the split between the two pools — a main pool and a separate kids' pool — is what lets a 25-person family booking work without negotiation: the children have their own water, the adults keep theirs, and the playground and sports fields absorb everyone in between.

Who this stay suits — and who it does not

It suits large families and sports-led groups: the family that wants the children in the kids' pool, the teenagers on the football field, the elders in the shade and everyone fed from the same BBQ area, in one private property with nobody else's booking alongside. It suits a full-weekend rhythm — arrive Friday afternoon, use everything on Saturday, leave at Sunday noon — better than a quick overnight.

It does not suit everyone, and the honest exclusions matter. Pets are not permitted at this listing, as listed — families planning around a dog should not book it and hope. Couples or small groups looking for a quiet small unit will find the farm oversized and priced for a crowd; Wenjoy's smaller stays in Ras Al Khaimah and Hatta, surveyed in the best farm stays in the UAE by emirate, fit that trip better. And anyone whose Sharjah weekend is really about the Corniche or the museums should stay in the city — Al Dhaid's offer is the farm, on its own terms.

Planning an Al Dhaid farm weekend

A big self-catering farm rewards a little logistics. Do the full shop before arrival — food, ice, charcoal, breakfast basics. The difference between a relaxed weekend and a mid-stay supply run is exactly that list. Bring the sport kit the facilities invite, too: footballs and volleyballs get used when they are already in the car, and forgotten when they are not. Plan the group's two numbers in advance — who is there by day (within 30) and who sleeps (within 25) — and treat the listing's house rules as the governing document for your gathering: what is booked is a stay inside the listed capacity and rules, nothing beyond them. A rule unclear for your group? Settle it with the host before you travel — contact Wenjoy with your dates and guest split.

One last planning consequence of the single-property reality: availability is binary. With one farmhouse carrying the whole emirate on Wenjoy, a booked-out date is not a prompt to try the place next door — there is no next door, and the fallback is another emirate's stock or another weekend. For a fixed occasion — a family date that cannot move — that argues for booking Al Dhaid earlier than you would a Ras Al Khaimah farm, where a sold-out favourite still leaves sixteen alternatives.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Al Dhaid and why is it known for farms? Al Dhaid is an inland town in Sharjah and the emirate's agricultural heartland — its farm district, on the Al Dhaid Road east of Sharjah city. Sharjah Desert Park and its Children's Farm stand on the same road, which underlines the district's role as the emirate's farm country.

What can you stay in at Al Dhaid? On Wenjoy, one verified property: the Premium Family Pool & Sports Farmhouse, a 3-bedroom farmhouse with a temperature-controlled pool, a kids' pool, a football field, a volleyball court, a games room, a playground and a BBQ area. Sharjah has exactly one live Wenjoy listing, and this guide presents it as one — other farms in the district are part of the area's character, not bookable stock here.

How much does the Al Dhaid farmhouse cost per night? AED 1,950 on a weekday, AED 3,250 at the weekend and AED 4,940 on holidays, as displayed on 21 October 2026; the live price depends on dates. The security deposit is AED 1,000 as listed, and check-in is 2:00 PM with check-out at 12:00 PM.

How many guests can the Al Dhaid sports farmhouse host? A guest capacity of 30 in total, with a sleep-over capacity of 25. The two numbers are different and both are enforced by the booking — plan who is present by day and who sleeps over against the correct figure.

Is Al Dhaid suitable for a family weekend from Sharjah or Dubai? Yes — it is built for it: a large private farm with pools for both adults and children, sports facilities and a BBQ area, in Sharjah's farm district rather than a resort strip. It suits large families and groups best; couples after a small quiet unit should look at Wenjoy's RAK and Hatta stock instead.

Are pets allowed at the Al Dhaid farmhouse? No. Pets are not permitted at this listing, as stated on its listing page. Do not plan around bringing a dog — if a pet is essential to the trip, choose a Wenjoy listing whose rules state pets are allowed.