Al Warqa, sometimes spelled Al Warqaa, is a residential district in the east of Dubai, best known to visitors for its large and well-kept community park. The leafy, low-rise area offers a quieter side of the city away from the towers. The district is chiefly a quiet suburb of villas and family homes, set back from the busy heart of the city. It has a calm, residential character. Its chief draw for visitors is a great community park, one of the larger green spaces in the city, opened in recent .....

In the Mushrif neighbourhood about 30 minutes drive south-east of central Dubai, Dubai Crocodile Park is the first dedicated crocodile-themed wildlife park in the United Arab Emirates and one of the largest crocodilian-focused zoological facilities in the broader Middle East. The 20,000-square-metre park opened in May 2023 as a joint venture between Dubai Municipality and the celebrated South African Crocoworld Conservation Centre, providing the broader Dubai region with a major dedicated crocod.....

In the Al Warqa 5 district of inland Dubai about 25 minutes south-east of central downtown along the broader Dubai-Al Ain road corridor, Dubai Safari Park is the largest dedicated wildlife park in the United Arab Emirates and one of the largest open-style safari parks in the broader Middle East. The 119-hectare park opened in December 2017 as the principal replacement for the historic Dubai Zoo (which had operated since 1967 in the central Jumeirah area), with the new much larger park providing .....