Feb 20, 2025
Nice snorkling trip to the Daymaniyat islands - Exciting boat ride in small motor boat to the Daymaniyat islands. Snorkling in 3 different spots throughout the morning. We managed to see turtles and swim with them at the last spot. Nice snacks and drinks handed out throughout and quick return on speed boat. Very enjoyable. We needed a later departure as we were staying far away from the Marina and this was kindly accommodated by the tour operator. The Marina itself is also nice for a wonder and a coffee/snack.
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Jan 15, 2025
Very good activity - Trip to be recommended. All the staff are very friendly. It takes about 45 min to get to the islands. It's a little piece of paradise where you can swim with the turtles. On the boat, refreshments, sandwiches and fruit are available.
I highly recommend this activity, because compared with the competition, the boat is smaller, so it's more convivial.
Thanks again!
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Jul 7, 2024
Wild turtles 🐢 watching - Perfect organization, we were group of 8 people it took around 45 min to travel to the diving site. We v seen many turtles 🐢 water was perfect also foodie on board was a nice reffreshment 🍉
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Apr 13, 2024
Great trip! - Great trip! Excellent tour guides. Loved it and will do it again sometime in the future. The snorkeling was great fun too
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Mar 27, 2024
Great boat trip to witness marine life - Great half day out from Muscat marina. Well organized and timed, drinks and snacks provided. Stopped in 2 spots where could see turtles feeding on coral reef, heels, squid and loads of colourful fishes. Saw a whale from a distance on the way back. Group of 8 adults and 4 kids, perfect.
Highly recommended.
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Mar 21, 2024
An exceptional moment in an unforgettable little marine paradise! - Exceptional professional rental experience, our captain Idriss takes great care, great knowledge of the place, great! Sea beaches superb fish! Very comfortable boat, nice picnic, everything was perfect! I really recommend magical trip!
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Mar 29, 2024
Good tour to watch sea life. - Nice trip. We were able to see a lot of turtles and sea life, however the visibility underwater was not the best.
The vessel was in good condition however for the price paid, I was expecting a better boat.
Very nice and polite crew. 👍👍
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Dec 28, 2024
The boat was not seaworthy - after 1 hour we only got off on a boat too small - The boat was not seaworthy - we had to ask the captain to turn around after the engine made strange noises and went out several times. In addition, there was no safety instruction (instructions, life jackets, etc.). It felt unprofessional and unsafe!
After another boat was requested by phone for support, two more men along with the captain tried to fix the problems but failed, another boat from another provider was organized and we had to change. On this boat there were unfortunately not enough seats for all excursion participants and it seemed very improvised.
This boat was at least fit for purpose but obviously too small for the number of passengers. No passerby was offered to abort the trip but the journey was quickly taken up.
The places we visited were very crowded with other excursion boats and if the new captain hadn't been too hard to make this trip a good experience, I would award even fewer stars.
All in all a worthwhile excursion but not with this provider, who obviously does not maintain his boats sufficiently.
Value for money: poor
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Dec 23, 2024
Lots of fish and turtles sadly choppy seas made the trip very scary - There were 7 guests in the speedboat , the skipper was friendly and courteous but the sea crossing was very choppy and scary and 5 people requested to turn back after about 30 mins. My partner and I still wanted to do the tour so were put on another boat with 15 or so more people and did the crossing again. (It was still scary with big waves making the boat lurch and drop). The islands are lovely and there are lots of fish and turtles but the corals are damaged due to tourists standing on them with fins and actually walking on the corals. The tour operators need to have a board drawn up with dos and don'ts as not everyone understands english.
We were given sandwiches, fruit and water but the water bottles were tiny so everyone had lots of plastic bottles. Oman is a beautiful country with few tourists at the moment , but as this increases there will be more destruction of the reefs and more plastic pollution- very sad to see!
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Feb 3, 2025
Flew in for this... - Flew in for this excursion. Got a message the night before (no phone call) to say it was cancelled due to sea conditions. Weather was calm. Spoke to other people in hotel who went on same tour , same day, different company and no issue.
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