Most Expensive Camel

Written by: jeremy Filed Under: Luxury, World on April 10th, 2008

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, spent $16.5 million dirham ($4.5 million USD) at a recent beauty pageant in the United Arab Emirates’ capital city of Abu Dhabi. The remarkable part is that the acquisitions, like the contestants in the pageant, were camels.

Most expensive camel

The contest included over 10,000 camels from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain. It was organized by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage in order to celebrate unique aspects of the Gulf region’s culture.

The most expensive camel in Sheikh Hamdan’s lot, a 10 million dirham ($2.72 million USD) female, is also the most expensive camel in the world. While no details regarding the camel or Sheikh Hamdan’s plans for it have been released, it is known that female camels are faster than their male counterparts.

Money for the pageant was donated by Abu Dhabi’s ruling family. Altogether, owners of winning camels will receive a total of $9.5 million and 100 cars.

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  1. Posted by ITE 15th April, 2008 at 11:54 am

    i would like to purchase one of these camels

  2. Posted by The World’s Most Expensive Camel - bLavish 16th April, 2008 at 9:21 am

    [...] Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, recently spent $2.72 million for a single female camel.  The purchase was part of a charity auction in the capital city of Abu [...]

  3. Posted by ahmed 30th April, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    wow millions of people around the world can’t find anything to eat this guy spends 3 million on a camel
    may Allah guide him

  4. Posted by leslie sampson 6th May, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    for that price there should be 2 humps

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