Wahiba Sands — Local services in Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate

A beautiful piece of land covered with beautiful places has also got us an exciting place where every single auto enthusiast who has a 4WD can enjoy this place to the fullest. This place has got lot of hidden beauty within the dunes. It is a easy accessible place and a 4WD is a must to reach this place. This place gets really exciting during the winters as it gets chilly during the nights. It has got all fun activities like Quad bikes, dune bashing and sand boarding etc. Lot of camp sites are available with good facilities in the desert for one or two night stay or more. Your also free to camp on your own and have barbecue nights and bonfire. This place has also got lot of fun challenges for the off-road lovers. Also it has got a beautiful sunrise and sunset experience. A good weekend getaway for the people in muscat and for all the off-road lovers. Definitely a must visit place when...

Our trip here was part of a Full-Day Wahiba Desert and Wadi Bani Khalid Group Tour. We returned to the car and drove a short distance to Bidiyah to get the tyres deflated ready for the desert. There then followed some driving to show us what angles the 4*4 could drive out and how to take the steep ridges without launching over the top.

We passed several small camp sites, some hobbled camels and a few other 4*4s before stopping so we could get out and have a wander. The sand was amazingly fine but a lot easier to walk on than expected and it was beautiful to see actual sand dunes. It was also rather hot! We spent maybe 15 minutes walking up and down dunes and taking photos before returning to the car.

After reinflating the tires we drove back to Muscat. It was a long way to go for 15 minutes but the overnight options were very expensive and it gave me the...

The Wahiba Sands is a large desert area just four hours drive from Muscat. Its geography is mixed: in the north are smaller dunes and wide flat areas, to the east the dunes pile up to 100 metres against the ocean, and in the south, at Barr El Hikman, is a vast expanse of flat sand dotted with treacherous salt flats and home to huge populations of migrating birds. A surprisingly wide array of flora and fauna call the sands home, as do about 3,000 Bedouin, some of whom you will get to meet when you visit the Wahiba. There are also camps to spend the night in the desert, a remarkable experience that starts with a golden sunset, continues with a densely-starred sky and concludes with the soft light of a...