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Oman & The Empty Quarter

12 Days / 11 Nights from £3595/ $4314 per person

Oman & The Empty Quarter tour is an epic adventure combing northern and southern Oman that reveals the Sultanate’s most spectacular scenery and follows in the footsteps of the great Arabian desert explorers. On this journey, you’ll swim from deserted powder sand beaches, gaze on luxuriant oases and sun-burnt mountain peaks, cross seemingly endless salmon and orange coloured dunes, ponder over long vanished frankincense ports, and be mesmerised by the brightness of the billions of stars in the night sky!  The highlight of the Oman & The Empty Quarter tour is travelling across the sands of the Rub Al Khali (Empty Quarter) – one of the greatest sandy deserts on Earth – where you will stay in the relative comfort of the area’s only fixed camp and experience a landscape of almost unspeakable beauty. The Empty Quarter remains terra incognita to all but a select few and is bathed in a silence that is audible. Like the great waves cast up by an ocean storm, the dunes of the Empty Quarter are always changing, never the same, and form some of the wildest and most magical of panoramas on this planet. Starting and concluding your Oman & The Empty Quarter tour are nights spent in style by the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean.
Itinerary at a Glance
Day Location/Route Overnight Sapphire Hotels Diamond Hotels
Day 1 Arrive Muscat International Airport. Private transfer to your hotel. 2 nights Muscat W Muscat The Chedi
Day 2 Visit Muscat including the Sultan Qaboos Mosque, Muttrah’s frankincense infused souq, and the old harbour. The afternoon is at leisure.
Day 3 Drive inland to the oasis of Jabrin, home to a fine 17th century fort. Then visit the picturesque medieval villages of Al Hamra and Misfat Al Abryeen before arriving in Nizwa. 1 night Nizwa Golden Tulip Nizwa Hotel Golden Tulip Nizwa Hotel
Day 4 Start the day in Nizwa, the cultural capital of Oman. Next, visit Zukeit’s Bronze Age tombs. Then, visit the pretty village Birkat Al Mawz and climb up into the Jabal Akhdar mountains. 2 nights Jabal Akhdar Sahab Resort & Spa Anantara Al Jabal Akhdar Resort
Day 5 Discover the magnificent Jabal Akhdar mountains and set off on foot along the Three Villages Walk (2 hours). The afternoon is at leisure.
Day 6 Drive through the Sumail Gap to Muscat and board a flight to Salalah in southern Oman. On arrival you’ll be met and transferred to your hotel.   2 nights Salalah Souly EcoLodge Anantara Salalah - Al Baleed Resort
Day 7 Visit Salalah, the beauty spot of Wadi Darbat, and the frankincense ports of Al –Balid and Sumhuram.
Day 8 See wild frankincense trees at Wadi Dawkah and the ruins of Shisr the ‘Atlantis of the Sands’ then arrive at your Empty Quarter camp. 2 nights Empty Quarter Souly Lodge Empty Quarter Souly Lodge Empty Quarter
Day 9 Full day to explore the spectacular towering dunes of the Empty Quarter – the largest sandy desert on Earth.
Day 10 Visit a camel farm, then return to Salalah via the Mountains of the Moon and the spectacular coastal cliffs that line the coast of Dhofar. 2 nights Salalah Anantara Salalah - Al Baleed Resort Anantara Salalah - Al Baleed Resort
Day 11 Today will be at leisure.  
Day 12 Private transfer to Salalah International Airport. 
Tour Highlights
  • Explore the magnificent Empty Quarter – the world’s largest sandy desert.
  • Spend two nights at the only fixed camp in Oman's Empty Quarter.
  • Walk in the stunning Jabal Akhadar mountains.
  • See Oman’s pristine oases, fairy-tale forts, and medieval villages.
  • Drive through Dhofar’s ‘Moon Mountains’.
  • Discover the scenic frankincense coast.
  • Relax by the beautiful beaches of Salalah.
Extend Your Stay
  • 1 Night: Relax in the Jabal Akhdar. 
  • 3 Nights: Extend your stay by the Indian Ocean in Salalah. 
  • 3 Nights: Visit Dubai & Abu Dhabi. 
Route Map:- Oman & The Empty Quarter tour
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