For the third year in a row Anantara invited guests to fill Sir Bani Yas Island’s sky with colours at its annual Kite Fest. With over 200 day visitors to the island, as well as 100 hotel guests joining the festival, the event was a greater success than ever before.
Held on Friday, 2 March 2018 at Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara, the Sir Bani Yas Kite Fest was an event for the entire family. Guests were invited to visit Sir Bani Yas Island for a day and enjoy kite building and flying over the island’s northern beach. While beach and water activities, such as kayaking and banana boat rides helped to cool down in between the ambitious kite flying competition, a complimentary sausage sizzle and soft drinks catered for the physical well-being.
The kite competition started at noon and awarded participants for their kite creations in three different categories: the most creative kite, the largest kite and the most outstanding animal-shape kite. Participants were provided with a kite kit to build their kites on the beach during the day. Only self-made kites were allowed to participate in the competition. The award for the most creative kite went to the an Eating Dragon Kite, whose creator not only managed to build an extremely creative kite, but also sent little treats into the sky to feed the dragon during the competition. A stingray kite, which measured a total size of almost 4 square metres was awarded as the largest kite of the event. The most outstanding animal-shape kite win went to a colourful Rainbow Fish Kite.
