Fujairah Staycation Beyond the Beach: Masafi Farms, Zoo

The short answer — Fujairah's private staycation is inland: mountain farms, not beach resorts

If you book a private stay in Fujairah rather than a resort room, you will almost certainly sleep inland. Wenjoy's five Fujairah listings are mountain and farm stays around Masafi and Al Badiyah — a farmhouse with a mini zoo, a horse farm, a two-pool group farm and a glamping unit — plus one sea-view farm retreat in Dibba. Beach resorts are a different product, in a different part of the emirate.

That surprises people, because "Fujairah staycation" usually means the Al Aqah resort strip. The resort version is well covered — including by Wenjoy's own Fujairah beach staycation guide, which is the right read if the coast itself is the point of your trip. This guide is the other Fujairah: the Hajar foothills behind the coast, where the emirate's bookable private stock actually sits. If you want a whole property to yourselves — pool, grounds, animals, room for the extended family — inland is where it is. Browse the full set on Wenjoy's farmhouses in Fujairah page as you read.

The three inland bases compared

Masafi, in the mountains on the emirate's western side, is the farm-stay base: two of the five listings sit here, including the zoo farmhouse and the glamping unit. A Masafi stay is a mountain stay — cooler air than the coast in the outdoor season, farm grounds around you, and the quiet that comes with being away from the resort strip.

Al Badiyah, on the coastal side of the foothills, holds the working farms: the horse farm and the largest group farm in the set. The character is different — bigger grounds, animals as part of the stay, facilities built for full family days rather than a quiet couple's night.

Dibba, at the emirate's northern tip, has exactly one listing in the set: a farm retreat with a sea view. It is the bridge between the two Fujairahs — a private farm stay that still looks at the water — and it is described as exactly that below, not dressed up as a beach property.

Stay types in inland Fujairah — the five verified stays

All details and prices below are from the listings as displayed on 21 October 2026; the live price depends on dates.

The group centrepiece is the Luxury Farmhouse With Pool And Zoo in Masafi — a 4-bedroom farmhouse for a guest capacity of 25 (sleeps 23) with a private pool, its own mini zoo, a majlis, a games room, a kids' playground and a sports court. It was displayed at AED 1,950 on a weekday, AED 3,120 at the weekend and AED 5,070 on holidays. Two honest details: its check-out is 11:30 AM, the earliest in this set, and its listing showed no deposit amount at the time of checking — confirm the deposit on the live listing before you travel.

The largest facilities belong to Green Fields & Outdoor Swimming Pool at Al Badiyah — 4 bedrooms, guest capacity 25, sleeps 20 — built around two pools with heating and cooling systems, plus a football ground, majlis, fire pit, games room and kids' playground. It was displayed at AED 2,600 weekday, AED 3,380 weekend and AED 6,500 holiday, with a deposit of AED 1,000: the premium end of inland Fujairah, priced for groups who will actually use the grounds.

The animal stay is the Premium Fujairah Farm With Horses, also at Al Badiyah — a 3-bedroom farm for a guest capacity of 15 (sleeps 15) with a pool, a majlis and a horse stable with riding as listed. At AED 1,300 weekday, AED 1,950 weekend and AED 2,600 holiday, with a deposit of AED 1,000, it is the set's best-value route into a farm with horses.

The small stay is the Exclusive Glampling Unit in Fujairah in Masafi — a 1-bedroom glamping unit for a guest capacity of 4, with a shared dip pool and a fire pit, and only 2 units as listed. It was displayed at AED 1,040 weekday, AED 1,300 weekend and AED 1,560 holiday, with a deposit of AED 500. Wenjoy's wider glamping in the UAE guide covers the format beyond Fujairah.

And the one sea-view stay is the Coastal Retreat with Sea View in Dibba — a 2-bedroom farm retreat for a guest capacity of 10 (sleeps 8) with a private pool, a sea view and horses on site as listed; pets are allowed as listed. It was displayed at AED 1,625 weekday, AED 1,885 weekend and AED 2,860 holiday, with a deposit of AED 1,000. It is the only one of the five that looks at the sea — the other four are inland, and this guide does not pretend otherwise.

What an inland Fujairah staycation costs

On weekdays the five ran from AED 1,040 (the glamping unit) to AED 2,600 (Green Fields). Weekend rates ran AED 1,300–3,380 and holiday rates AED 1,560–6,500. And the tier can matter as much as the property: a midweek night at the zoo farmhouse costs exactly what a weekend night costs at the horse farm — AED 1,950 either way. Same budget, two completely different stays, decided by the calendar rather than the listing. Deposits were AED 500–1,000 where shown. Wenjoy's farmhouse guide for Fujairah and its holiday farm page cover the farmhouse angle in more depth.

When to go, and how the inland stay fits together

Inland Fujairah is an outdoor-season product: the mountain farms, grounds and animal facilities earn their money in the cooler months, when a full day outside is the plan rather than a problem. In the hot months, the calculus shifts to the pools — the two-pool setup at Green Fields and the private pools at the zoo farmhouse and the Dibba retreat — and to evenings outdoors. The natural combination is a farm base with the coast as an outing: stay in Masafi or Al Badiyah, and treat Dibba's shoreline as a day trip rather than the base — or book the Dibba retreat itself if waking up to the sea view matters more than the farm grounds. Plan loosely beyond that. Each listing page details its own grounds, and the stays above — not a checklist of nearby attractions — are the reason to come. When you are ready, contact Wenjoy with your dates, or check the listings directly for your group's size.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do you stay on a Fujairah staycation if not at a beach resort? Inland. Wenjoy's Fujairah listings are farm and mountain stays around Masafi and Al Badiyah — a zoo farmhouse, a horse farm, a two-pool group farm and a glamping unit — plus one sea-view farm retreat in Dibba. The beach resorts are a separate product on the Al Aqah coast.

What is there to do on a farm staycation in Masafi? Masafi's two stays are the farmhouse with a mini zoo (pool, majlis, games room, playground and sports court on site) and the glamping unit with a fire pit and shared dip pool. The stay itself — animals, grounds, pool and mountain quiet — is the activity; each listing page details its own facilities.

How much does a Fujairah farm staycation cost per night? Across the five verified listings, weekday rates ran from AED 1,040 to AED 2,600, weekends from AED 1,300 to AED 3,380 and holidays from AED 1,560 to AED 6,500, as displayed on 21 October 2026; the live price depends on dates. Deposits were AED 500–1,000 where shown.

Is Fujairah glamping suitable for families? The glamping unit in Masafi is a 1-bedroom unit for a guest capacity of 4 who all sleep over, with a shared dip pool and a fire pit — sized for a couple or a small family, not a group. Only 2 units exist as listed, so book ahead for peak dates.

Which Fujairah stay suits a large group? The two capacity-25 farmhouses: the Luxury Farmhouse With Pool And Zoo in Masafi (sleeps 23) and Green Fields at Al Badiyah (sleeps 20, with two pools and a football ground). Both were displayed with full weekday, weekend and holiday tiers on 21 October 2026.

Can you combine a Fujairah farm stay with the Dibba coast? Yes — Dibba is the natural pairing. Stay inland in Masafi or Al Badiyah and visit the coast as an outing, or book the Coastal Retreat with Sea View in Dibba itself, the one Fujairah listing that combines a farm retreat with a sea view.