Take a full-day tour to explore the Wahiba sands and the wadis of the area. Hop into a 4WD vehicle, try dune bushing, and enjoy a delicious meal as part of your trip.

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Duration 8 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
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Live tour guide: English
Pickup included: Muscat hotels, Muscat airport, or Muscat harbor. For shore excursion passengers, please take the free shuttle bus in front of your cruise exit door to the port main gate, where your guide will be waiting for you.
Private group

Highlights

Enjoy high quality service roundtrip service
Experience unforgettable moments
Visit Oman and feel like a local
Enjoy the Oriental feel of Arabian taste

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To start your full-day visit to Oman, board a 4WD vehicle and get ready to visit the most fantastic wadi. Head towards Fanjah, where you will have the time to make a photo stop to snap some great pictures fo the wadi and marvelous oasis. Drive through the Sumail Gap that divides the Western and Eastern Hajars, past the ruins of Al Mansfah old mercantile community near Ibra. Head towards Wadi Bani Khalid. Drive past a village with endless plantations before you reach the magnificent Wadi. The pools are cool and deep, filled with silky water perfect for a long swim. Move on to Wahiba's undulating golden sands to enjoy the experience of dune bushing with your experienced guide. Let your guide show you his talent in driving across the dunes of wahiba, take memorial photos for you and your family, and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before you return to Muscat.

Includes

Entrance fees
Fuel surcharge
Local taxes
National Park fees
Bottled water
Admission ticket
Driver/guide
Hotel/port pick-up and drop off
Private tour
Round-trip private transfer
Transport by private vehicle

Gratuities (recommended)
Lunch

Not suitable for

Pregnant women
People with back problems
People with mobility impairments
People with heart problems

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

Important information

Know before you go

A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide with Extra charge
Not recommended for participants with back problems
Not recommended for participants with heart complaints or other serious medical conditions
Not recommended for pregnant women
Due to uneven surfaces, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
Maximum capacity: salon car 3 seats / 4 X4 vehicles 6 seats

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.4 /5

based on 5 reviews

Review summary

Value for money
3.5/5
Safety
5/5
Service
4.3/5
Organization
4.5/5

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Awesome!!! Super well organized, great guide with equally good knowledge. Excellent English speaking too. The Wadi is very, very beautiful. You can safely bring (conservative) swimwear for swimming. Drinking coffee in the desert and then a trip on the sand dunes. We got stuck in an unexpected hole, but the auxiliaries were close by. Here too the guide was great On the way back eaten and had traditional Omani food including a kind of camel meat stew. Everything about this day was great, the good care of the guide, his car, nature ..... what an experience. Do not hesitate but book these excursioners you will regret ....

December 27, 2018

The desert safari was a real highlight!

With Muath, our guide, we had a great day and saw the wadi and then the desert. We visited a Bedouin tent where we got fresh coffee and dates. On the way back to Muscat we made a photo stop at the big mosque and visited the haunt, which was really very nice. There, with Muath's help, our men could still buy the real Omani clothing. Kudos to our guide, who was open to all our questions (and there were a lot of them) and accompanied and looked after us excellently. It was really great!

November 20, 2018

October 12, 2018

Oman: Wahiba and Wadi Bani Khamed Private Trip

Oman: Wahiba and Wadi Bani Khamed Private Trip

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The desert safari was a real highlight!