Camel
the camel rightly became known as the 'ship of the desert' permitting the UAE's Bedu nomads to move from place to place in search of food and water. Without the camel, the hard, nomadic life of the Bedu would not have been possible. Camel was the most type transportation used.
Other types of transportation
Also, they used donkey as a way of transportation and carrying their goods. The men who traveled from place to place let his wife to ride the camel or donkey. It took a long time to travel from one place to other. For example, they need 3 to 7 days to go from Al Ain to Abu Dhabi. Moreover, their where no cover to protect them from the sun heat even if there were some persons built a box to protect their families. As you can see, it was too hard to move from place to other. Rich people were using a horse for traveling. But we know that horse could not sustain desert heat. Also it could not walk on the sandy place like the camel. So, as I mentioned, camel was the best way for transport from place to other.
Boat
In the past, some people were working in commerce. They were traveling to Hind to get some goods. They used to build their own boat and use it for traveling over the see. But these boats did not have a machine which makes it fast. it took many months in order to go and come back. Also they used those boats for traveling through the sea to get a fish and pearls
