Al Mamzar Beach Park 2026: Entry Fees, Facilities & Guide

Forget the AED 300 beach club day pass for a second. Al Mamzar Beach Park has been doing the sun-loungers-and-sea thing for locals and residents since long before “beach club” was a Dubai marketing term, and it still charges you less for a full day than a single mocktail at most of them. Five kilometres of Deira coastline, five separate beaches, three pools, and enough grass to actually put a picnic blanket down on. It’s not glamorous. It’s genuinely good value, and for families it’s arguably the better park.

Here’s everything you need before you go, including the numbers Google keeps getting slightly wrong.

Al Mamzar Beach Park entry fees 2026

Pricing is set by Dubai Municipality and has stayed low for years, which is the whole appeal.

• Park entry: AED 5 per person
• Car entry (parking inside the park): AED 30 per vehicle
• Swimming pool access: AED 10 per adult, AED 5 per child
• Children under 2 and People of Determination: free entry
• Small chalet rental: from AED 150 per day
• Large chalet rental: from AED 200 per day

For chalets, use the Dubai Municipality app or its official booking service and choose your date to see availability. For park entry, check the official ticket kiosk or ask at the gate about current payment methods.

If AED 5 sounds too good to be true for a beach with lifeguards, pools and a private car park, that’s because most of Dubai’s paid public beaches run on the same municipal pricing model. It’s the entry fee for the park itself, not the beach.

Opening hours

Dubai Municipality’s Al Mamzar ticket kiosk currently lists 8am–10pm on weekdays and 8am–11pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Pool access can end before the park closes, so check the posted pool hours when you arrive.

Ladies’ Days at Al Mamzar

Dubai Municipality lists Mondays and Wednesdays as ladies’ days at Al Mamzar, with park hours of 8am–10pm. Its booking system notes that arrangements can differ on public holidays and during Ramadan, so check the official ticket kiosk for your visit date.

Beaches and pools

The park runs five named beach sections along its shoreline: Nouras, Murjan, Danah, Flamingo and Sadaf. Each has its own stretch of sand, shade structures, lifeguard cover and shower points, and the water here sits in a sheltered bay looking across to Sharjah, so it’s calmer than the open coast of JBR or Kite Beach. That matters if you’re bringing small children or anyone who isn’t a confident swimmer.

There are also three large swimming pools split into adult and children’s sections, useful on days when the sea is choppier or when you’d rather not deal with sand in absolutely everything.

Chalets, BBQs and picnic areas

Al Mamzar’s chalets are one of its best features and one Time Out and What’s On rarely bother to explain properly. They’re private beachfront cabins with their own shower, seating area and shaded outdoor space, rented by the day rather than the hour, and they’re where most Emirati and South Asian families set up for the whole day rather than fighting for a patch of open lawn.

Beyond the chalets, the park has dozens of free-to-use barbecue plazas dotted around the grounds, first-come-first-served, plus wide grass areas for anyone who just wants a mat and a cool box. Bring your own coals and grill grate if you’re planning to cook; the plazas are essentially just a fenced-off, paved spot with a bin nearby.

For families and kids

This is where Al Mamzar quietly beats most of the newer beach clubs. There’s a cycling and jogging track that runs the length of the park (bikes can be hired at the entrance), a skate park, children’s play areas dotted between the beach sections, a small train that loops around for younger kids, and enough shaded grass that a toddler can nap without you needing a AED 200 daybed to make it comfortable. Public restrooms, outdoor showers and prayer rooms are spread across the site, and the paths are wheelchair accessible.

How to get to Al Mamzar Beach Park

The park sits at the far end of Deira, close to the Dubai-Sharjah border, which makes it a genuinely convenient option if you’re coming from Sharjah or Ajman rather than the usual Downtown or Marina crowd.

• By car: via Al Ittihad Road. Free public parking is available outside the park gates if you’d rather skip the AED 30 vehicle entry fee and walk in.
• By metro: the Green Line’s Al Qiyadah or Abu Hail stations are the closest, followed by a short taxi ride to the park entrance.
• By bus: several RTA routes run close to the main gate.
• By taxi or rideshare: straightforward from anywhere in Deira or Sharjah, and usually the easiest option if you’re not driving yourself.

Good to know before you go

• Check the official ticket kiosk or ask at the gate which payment methods are currently accepted.
• Fridays, weekends and public holidays get busy by late morning, particularly the chalets and BBQ plazas. Arrive early if you want a spot.
• Modest swimwear is generally expected given the family and local crowd, more conservative than the vibe at JBR or Kite Beach.
• Pack your own barbecue equipment if you’re planning to grill. The plazas provide the space, not the gear.
• Alcohol isn’t served or permitted on site. This is a dry, family-oriented municipal park, not a beach club.

Al Mamzar Beach Park vs Dubai’s beach clubs

If you’re weighing this up against somewhere like Nikki Beach or Zero Gravity, they’re not really competing for the same afternoon. Al Mamzar doesn’t do DJs, sunbed service or a bar tab. What it does is give a family of four a full day at the beach, in a pool, on a bike, and around a barbecue, for well under AED 100 all in, including parking. For anyone who actually lives in Dubai rather than visiting for a weekend, that’s the more useful number to know.

For more family days out, compare LEGOLAND Dubai, Aquaventure Waterpark and our Dubai bowling guide.

Dubai or Sharjah? This guide covers Al Mamzar Beach Park on Al Mamzar Beach Street in Dubai, as listed by Visit Dubai. Sharjah also has an Al Mamzar Beach; the shared name does not make the two destinations interchangeable. Use the Dubai park pin when arranging a taxi or checking park entry, pools and chalets.