Sultanate of Oman-7-day tour of cultural and natural heritage
① Guided by a senior cultural guide, explore Muscat in depth, and interpret the historical context and vivid market life of the sultanate.
② Experience waterfall creek descent, oasis hiking and rock wall flying to Lada, and enjoy the wonders of landform in a variety of adventures.
③ Take an off-road vehicle deep into the hinterland of Wahibai Desert and stay in a characteristic wild luxury tent camp.
④ Visit ancient villages and thousand-year-old irrigation canals, and drive through magnificent canyon roads.
⑤ Full four-wheel drive off-road vehicle, each vehicle is limited to 3 people, equipped with professional and friendly guide service.
Itinerary
Arrive in Muscat, pick up by special car and take it to the hotel (visa-free entry with Chinese passport). Stay at Chedi Resort, an excellent hotel on the Gulf of Oman, with 3 pools and 6 restaurants offering different cuisines.
Going beyond regular tours, while visiting city landmarks, you will follow a local cultural guide who has settled here since the 1960 s and dive deep into the texture of the city. With its extensive social network, you will get in touch with locals from all walks of life and learn about the social changes in this ancient country of the Arabian Peninsula over the past six decades.
Travel to the eastern coastal city of Sur by car and arrange the following experiences on the way:
○ Visit the traditional sloop factory and observe up close the process of craftsmen building wooden boats by hand
Accommodation: Preferred local hotels in Sur
Head to the Havel Dry Hot Valley, start from the village, hike through palm groves, ancient Afraja irrigation system (the unique wisdom of Omani desert agriculture, dating back to 500 AD), and boulder valleys, and finally arrive at Oasis Canyon, where you can explore by hiking, swimming and stream descending.
Drive into the Wahibai Desert in the afternoon and stay at a wild luxury tent camp away from regular tourists. The bedroom tent is spacious and comfortable with a separate bathroom; The communal areas are decorated with Berber carpets, and candles and oil lamps will be lit at night, and a desert dinner of mutton roasted with spices, kippered fish and fresh vegetables will be served.
Accommodation: Wahibai Desert Wild Luxury Tent Camp
Stroll in the dunes near the camp in the early morning and feel the changing light and shadow of the desert at sunrise. After breakfast, take a bus to the Jebel Akhdar Mountains with an average altitude of 2,000 meters. Arrange along the way:
○ Visit traditional mountain villages with ancient clay brick fortresses and dwellings, where banana and date palms grow along the village canals
Wake up your adrenaline today-after learning basic skills under the guidance of a professional instructor, experience Ferrada on the vertical rock wall of the Hajar Mountains (about 2 hours). Return to the hotel in the afternoon to enjoy leisurely mountain residence time.
Visit a 400-year-old mountain village with some of the best-preserved traditional dwellings with distinctly Yemeni decor and roofs made of palm beams and palm leaves. Then drive through the most spectacular canyon mountain road in Oman, passing through paradise-like villages and full of green valleys along the way.
Finally, it was sent to Muscat Airport, and the trip service ended. If you have enough time, you can connect the journey to Jordan later.
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