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Fun In the Desert

Deserts are barren inhospitable places with very hot days and cold nights. There is usually no source of water and you have to produce your own source. Not many people live in the desert much less visit them. There is usually no infrastructure in sight as well. For this reason desert real estate usually sell cheap. But can you make money off it especially if you want to use it for businesses that revolve around entertainment?

The answer is yes. The most famous example would be Las Vegas. It was built on the territory of the Mojave Desert and is known worldwide as a gambling and entertainment destination in the USA. You may not have the huge financial resources of the many establishments like the casinos in Las Vegas but you can still have your own small entertainment business in the desert with nothing but an empty land.

One of the businesses you can start in a barren desert land is a Dune Bashing business. This is especially good if your desert land has natural dune mounds where your clients would have fun trying to climb and steeply descend these mounds. You would also make more money when the vehicle of your client malfunctions or has an accident.

When sand mixes with the engine of a vehicle it could cause the engine to malfunction and may even become damaged. You could provide Engine Repair Services onsite or partner with a car repair company who will come to your site to repair the damaged vehicle of your clients. When you offer dune bashing business also take note to be knowledgeable in the car repair business as well.

Many vehicles used for dune bashing are usually SUVs which are tall and have a tendency to flip on their side especially when driving on angled surfaces. This is an opportunity for you to also offer Vehicle Towing Services to make the vehicle upright again. If you do not have the resources to offer this service you can partner with a vehicle towing company and split the profits.

Another business you can offer if your desert land has plenty of mounds especially tall ones is Sand Surfing. What you can do to attract more clients is to place climbing paths along the mounds so your clients can climb the mound faster and have more time to have fun. This can be as simple as putting cheap wooden ladders on the mounds. You could also put hoops and obstacle paths so your clients would have more fun.

If your desert land is relatively flat then you could offer Car Racing Events instead. You could offer the same car repair and towing services previously mentioned if your desert land has plenty of sand mounds. You could offer Drag Race settings or Closed Circuit Racing settings. Since desert areas are mostly isolated you should have no problem with noise complaints.

Small Concerts and Festivals can also be held in your desert land if it is relatively flat. One good example is the Burning Man Festival. You can take target clients who want a concert or festival setting that is not corrupted by an urban setting. These can be your free spirited clients or people who want to be one with nature.

Talking about people who want to be one with nature. You can also be in the Desert Camping Business. You can offer campfire parties and stargazing activities. All you have to do is invest a little on camping tents and water supply and you can start in the business. You can even start the business where your clients bring their own tents and water supply.

You can charge for desert ground preparation services as well as desert ground cleaning services once your clients have finished camping so they do not have to do it themselves. You can also charge them for security services while they are camping just in case there are unwanted people and animals who may invade your property while they are camping.

You can also offer accessory services such as a Desert Spa where your clients immerse themselves in water pits dug out of desert land. There are online articles that talk about the healing properties of water heated by the desert sun and sand. This can be cheaply implemented as all you need is water and simple digging equipments such as a shovel.

If your desert land has plenty of rocky structures then you could offer Offroad Driving Activity. You can create a path that offroad vehicles will traverse. The more difficult they are the more attractive is your business to your offroad enthusiast clients. You could also offer the same car repair and towing services previously mentioned.

If your rocky desert land has tall enough structures then you can offer Rock Climbing Activities. Just make sure that your clients are adequately insured medically in case of an accident. If they are not you can offer medical insurance and treatment services. In fact you can offer medical insurance and treatment services in all the desert activities you offer.

In all the desert activities you offer you can additionally offer Nature Sightseeing Services. There are not much natural sights to see in the desert but desert settings are so unique that even common plants and small insects can become interesting to your clients. All you need to do is inform your clients about these unique plants, animals and insects and for sure you would find interesting things to say about them like how they adapt to the desert.

If your desert land has frequent sandstorms or extreme weather changes such as from very hot to very cold then you can turn these events to an attraction and an event that must be experienced by your clients. Most people do not get to experience nature out in the wild which could be an interesting for them enough that they will pay to experience it. This is Nature Experience Tourism.

There are many online articles that tell about desert entertainment such as horseback & camel riding, skydiving, hang gliding, quad biking and so on but these sort of entertainment requires additional capital investment in your business. For example camel riding services have camel maintenance costs which can become prohibitive and may require more regulations for animal care.


Conclusion

The desert entertainment businesses I have chosen mostly just requires your empty desert land. It is however more important to make do of what you have. Each of the desert terrains I mentioned have desert businesses which are more suited to them. What you just need to do is to persuade your clients that they could have fun even in an empty desert land.


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