Our next stop was a small but well-preserved castle built in the 19th century (🎟️3 OMR). With a furnished interior, good signage, and an accompanying booklet explaining the history of this sardine-producing town, this is one of the better fort museums in Oman. The fort is located in the...
We gave a last chance to the waterfall in the Dhofar region. Of course, it was logically dry. But at least we drove through lovely scenery. Just before reaching a spring, a small car park appears on the right-hand side of the road, and a paved path disappears mysteriously into the wooded...
We took the challenging Sarfait road in the morning, which links Salalah with the Yemeni border. It is one of Oman’s many impressive engineering projects. Zigzagging nearly 1000m from the Salalah Plain, it reaches the top of the cliff via 14 steep bends. A few kilometers beyond the...
We spent one night in Oman’s most spectacular bay with the azure sea, which ends in a set of sheer cliffs that reach towards the Yemeni border. We wandered towards Al Marneef Cave, where the rock pavement leads down to Mughsail Blowholes. There, seawater jets dramatically erupt from vents...
This waterfall belongs to the many waterfalls that appear during the monsoon period. The source of the fall is located in the highest mountain at Wadi Jardum. It was not accessible by our truck, so for the last 2,5 kilometers, we walked in the dry river belt. It really appears only from...
We made a short stop at probably the most important site in Dhofar in religious terms. The tomb of Prophet Job, mentioned in the Old Testament and revered by Muslims, Jews, and Christians, is situated on an isolated hilltop overlooking Salalah. Regardless of your religious convictions...
We took Ittin Road to spend the night next to one of the most visited springs flowing from Salalah’s foothills. Ain Garziz often has a generous flow of water collecting at the bottom of the knotted cliffs. However, it’s an exciting site with stunted fig trees and limestone...
Wadi Nahiz is about 31 km drive from Dhareez Beach in Salalah. It remains off the radar for most of the tourists, and that was why we decided to explore the valley. There is a steep descent for about a 10-minute drive from the top to the bottom of the valley. We parked 200 meters behind...
Salalah, the capital of the Dhofar region, is a colorful, subtropical city that owes much of its character to Oman’s former territories in East Africa. Our first stop was the newly completed Sultan Qaboos Mosque. This single-dome mosque with two minarets was a gift from His Majesty...
We drove through the dramatic Al-Hajar Mountains Range from Nizwa to Jabal Akhdar, located on the Sayyaq Plateau. It is the highest mountain range within the eastern Arabian Peninsula, above 2,000 meters in elevation. Al-Ḥajar reaches its most significant height at Mount Shams (2,980...