Camels have the Sand Stride Advanced Maneuver
What about exploration mode? If a camel is traveling in a desert does it still suffer from difficult terrain?
BY RAW it would appear so?
The RAW don't cover many of these logical breaks between adventure modes. I suggest working with your DM to extrapolate the effect of an encounter mode-oriented feet to exploration mode. Logically, it *should* have a significant effect in exploration mode.
It an omission in the RAW, not a rules contradiction as such.