Treasures of Oman CODE: THD – 01

Your guide will pick you up at your hotel at 9 AM and take you for an incredible journey. Stop in Bimah sinkhole, a spectacular limestone crater with inviting blue-green water.  Continue to Wadi Shab and enjoy a walk through the wadi and a swim in the pools.  Enter Wadi Tiwi with its green pools and lush plantations.

Your next stop will be in Sur, a town famous for its trading and still now famous for its Dhow Building Yard.

After dinner go for turtle watching. The turtles come to lay their eggs at night and this experience is a memorable one.

Night at Turtle Beach Resort

After breakfast, drive to the desert via Asellah, following the scenic rocky coastline, to see from the outside the old Mosque in Jallan Bani Bu Ali, Al Hamooda Mosque. Continue to Wadi Bani Khalid, one of the most picturesque wadis in Oman where water flows all year round. Your journey continues to Wahiba sands, with its golden sand dunes. Do some dune bashing and watch the sunset over the dunes.

Night at Arabian Oryx Camp

After a nice breakfast, leave the golden sand dunes behind you and stop in Ibra for a closer look at the old town of Ibra with mud houses Head towards Nizwa. Nizwa was once the capital of Oman, go through the traditional and craft Souk and visit the Fort.

Return to Muscat.