Camping Adventure: Desert, Beach, and Turtle Watching

Embark on a 3-day camping adventure in Oman. Explore deserts, beaches, and wadis. Enjoy starlit dinners, turtle watching, and stunning sunrises.

Duration: 3 days
Cancellation: 6 days learn more
Highlights

Muscat-Nizwa Market (Souq) and Fort-Wahiba Sands (Camping)

Nizwa Souk - We’ll leave Muscat for the old capital of Oman Nizwa, and there we”ll visit the famous Nizwa Market (Souq), a wide variety of vendors offer their goods in the streets of the Souq, where you can find, vegetables, pottery, jewelry, handicrafts, Omani sweets (Halwa), dates spice, and souvenirs which are sold in authentic old market halls that few places can boast, especially interesting is the Friday cattle market when the locals from the nearby villages come to sell their, goats, cattle, sheep, and chickens in a circus style open marketplace.

Nizwa Fort Oman - Next to the Souq is Nizwa Fortress, the Fort is a museum today and offers splendid views of this ancient town and the surrounding mountains, you can walk around in this impressive fortress and visit its many rooms, passages, and towers, the Fort is an architectural testimony to the economic and military achievements of the early Yaruba dynasty from the mid-17th century, it was a military stronghold designed to withstand even the strongest of attacks at the time, even along the corridors, many traps were laid to deter any intruders that might have.

Wahiba Sands - From Nizwa continue your journey to the desert (Wahiba Sands) this spectacular Desert has an area of 12,500 Square K.M called Al Sharqiya Sands, formerly known as “Wahiba Sands” is a region of desert in Oman the region was named for the Bani Wahiba tribe, divided between the northern and southern Governorates in the Eastern Region, the area is defined by a boundary of 180 K.Ms (110 mi) north to south and 80 K.M (50 mi) east to west, watch the stunning sunset over the dunes and have your dinner cooked by our guide under the stars.

Wahiba Sands-Wadi Bani Khalid-Sur-Ras Al Hadd

Wadi Bani Khalid - Today we drive towards Wadi Bani Khalid, one of the biggest and most beautiful Wadis in Oman, after reaching Wadi Bani Khalid just a short walk of approximately 5 to 10 minutes (walking shoes or trainer are required) you’ll see sparkling clear water pools 9 meters in depth perfect for a long swim, relax sunbath, in the beautiful scenic Wadi Canyon.

Sur - From Wadi Bani Khalid we continue our journey to Sur, we’ll give you a city tour in Sur, we’ll show you the dhow factory where you can see the wooden dhow building we’ll show you also the old ship, and then we take you to the old part of Sur where you can see most of the houses designed with wooden doors and windows.

Al Hadd - Then we continue to Ras Al Hadd to our camping place, in the evening after dinner, we visit the Turtle Sanctuary at Ras Al Jinz, where we’ll go on a guided beautiful walking tour on the beach at night under the stars, where we have a high chance of seeing Omanis great sea turtles stumbling onto the beach to build a nest and lay the eggs, if you are lucky, you can even see baby turtles hatching from some nests.

Ras Al Hadd–Wadi Shab–Fins Beach-Sinkhole–Muscat

Wadi Shab - Today we continue our tour to Wadi Shab, this Wadi is an enormous canyon gorge that is lined with palm trees and impressive indications of what the power of the water coming down from the mountains can do in nature, with a 45-minute hike up through the canyon Wadi (walking shoes or trainer and swimming shoes are required) we arrive at one of the crystal clear water pools, tourists can swim through the warm waters from pool to pool, eventually, we come to the last pool where an opening among the enormous rocks allows us to swim into an incredible crevice cave with a small waterfall. Inside, the sunlight filters in from the outside, turning the water into a beautiful turquoise blue whilst water showers down one side of the cave from the wadi beyond.

Fins Beach - After Wadi Shab, We’ll make stop at Fins beach or people call it white sands beach opens up a panorama of strikingly white sands and intriguingly pebbly beach, with sparkling turquoise waters and soft cool breeze.

Bimmah Sinkhole - Our next stop is Bimmah Sinkhole, a big crater near the sea with a big lake at the bottom (Swimming is possible in the Sinkhole) Bimmah Sinkhole a water-filled depression, structurally a sinkhole, in the limestone of eastern Muscat Governorate in Oman, a lake of turquoise waters, it is 50 m by 70 m wide and approximately 20 m deep, it’s only about 600 m away from the sea, between the coastal towns of Dibab and Bimmah village, the sinkhole was formed by a collapse of the surface layer due to the dissolution of the underlying limestone, to preserve the sinkhole, the local municipality developed a park there.

Then we drive back to Muscat.

What's Included
  • All camping equipment, food, and beverages
  • Transportation by air-conditioned 4WD vehicle
  • Hotel, port, airport, and residence pick-up and drop-off
  • Lunch, dinner, and breakfast
  • Private tour
  • All fees and taxes
  • English-speaking guide
What's Not Included
  • Sleeping Bag
Additional Information

3 days of camping tour gives you the opportunity to experience camping in the silent desert and the beach in Ras Al Hadd, spend 1 night in the desert Wahiba Sands and watch the stunning sunset, and sunrise, walk-in golden sands enjoy dinner under the stars in the silent night, watch the turtles in the evening in Ras Al Jinz, dive deep in sparkling blue clean water pools in Wadi Shab and Wadi Bani Khalid.

Places & sights you’ll visit:

Nizwa Fort and Market
Wahiba Sands
Wadi Bani Khalid
Sur
Ras Al Hadd
Ras Al Jinz
Wadi Shab
Bimmah Sinkhole

All Equipment’s for camping along with food and Beverages included in the package

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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