An easy tour, but on an original route, to visit the mountains of the Western Hajar, the deserts of the region of Sharqiyah, and the arid plateaux of the Eastern Hajar with its oasis nested in deep cut canyons.
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Environment :
Mountain, Wadi, Desert, Sea
Activities :
Accomodation :
X 8
X 3
per person
GROUP
of 3 to 12
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www.omantrekkingguides.com, website of AL MAALAM TOURS , company registered under Commercial Register Number (1087801), and with
(local tour operator licence)
AL MAALAM TOURS - PO BOX 917 - Post Code 611 - NIZWA - SULTANATE OF OMAN
MAIN INFORMATION |
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Price per person |
900 OMR (2356 USD) |
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Group Size |
from 3 to 12 persons |
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Status |
AVAILABLE (Guaranted when 3 registered) |
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Tour guided in |
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Start |
25/12/2022 at 08:30 |
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Meeting at Mutrah Hotel ; we will send you location |
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Finish |
05/01/2023 at 18:00 |
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We drop you at your hotel in Muscat |
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DOCUMENTS TO DOWNLOAD |
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DETAILED PROGRAM |
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TECHNICAL SHEET |
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COUNTRY SHEET |
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ABOUT THE GUIDE |
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IBRAHIM
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CHILDHOOD |
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He was born and grew up in an old quarter of Nizwa, a city with long history and traditions. |
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YOUTH |
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Good soccer player and several times champion of Karate in Oman, he started to work early, performing various small jobs : waiter, delivery-boy, seller of fruits and vegetables, office assistant… When he entered adventure tourism, first as driver/assistant, he immediately knew he found his way. |
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ADULTHOOD |
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After several years working for different agencies in the field of adventure tourism, he opened with his friend Antoine the agency Al Maalam Tours. |
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FUTURE |
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The following of the story happens now, and will we written in a few years… |
Tour guided by IBRAHIM |
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www.omantrekkingguides.com, website of AL MAALAM TOURS , company registered under Commercial Register Number (1087801), and with
(local tour operator licence)
AL MAALAM TOURS - PO BOX 917 - Post Code 611 - NIZWA - SULTANATE OF OMAN
BOOKING PROCESS |
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1 - Use the form on the right to give us a few information about you and eventualy ask us some questions. |
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2 a - If you have asked us more information, we'll reply to you as soon as possible, and you can then tell us later through a simple email when you are ready to book. |
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2 b - If you asked to book, we'll send you an invoice with our bank details if you want to pay by bank transfer (bank charges should be paid by you) and a link for the payment by credit card. |
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3 - When we receive the deposit, we send you the invoice mentioning the amount paid and the remaining amount to be paid. |
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4 - One month before departure, we'll ask you to pay the remaining amount : by bank transfer or credit card at latest 1 week before departure, or cash (OMR or USD only) during the tour directly to the guide. |
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CANCELLATION POLICY |
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You can cancel anytime. |
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More than 45 days before departure, we refund the full amount paid by you (except bank charges). |
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Between 45 and 20 days before departure, we keep 10% of the price of the tour and we refund the rest (except bankl charges). |
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Between 20 and 10 days before departure, we keep 30% of the price of the tour, which means the amount of the deposit paid. If you have already paid the remaining amount, we refund you that part (we keep only 30%). |
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Less than 10 days before departure, we keep the total amount paid. |
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If your insurance does not cover cancellation fees and that you have a good reason to cancel (you meet diifficltiies, not just that you changed your mind), we'll do ourt best to reduce as much as possible the amount kept: we work to earn our living, not to make money with the problems of others... |
www.omantrekkingguides.com, website of AL MAALAM TOURS , company registered under Commercial Register Number (1087801), and with
(local tour operator licence)
AL MAALAM TOURS - PO BOX 917 - Post Code 611 - NIZWA - SULTANATE OF OMAN
We have a round in the village, located at 1400m, at the far end of a valley in shape of an amphitheater. The village and its garden are built on the cliff. We walk across the old village and the terraces where grow garlic, onions, apricots, lime trees, etc… Apricots are the main crop and it's expecialy beautiful in spring when they flower.
- Level 1
- Duration : 1 hours
- Height difference : +50m/-50m
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
This is a nice very typical valley of the foothills. On our way, we'll see magnesic springs which colour some of the pools in white. This valley runs in the middle of unsual rocks, called ophiolite and which originate from the oceanic floor : a journey up this valley is like a trip to the depth of the earth. The water is here flowing all year long, and we find some small pools to refresh..
- Level 1
- Duration : 2 hours
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
Nice place with the river near and the massiv hills of ophiolite
Individual camping tentWe walk in the wadi and on the luxuriant terraces of the palm gardens. The path then heads along the valley, goes up to a small pass and down to an isolated palm garden. The inhabitants of the village where we started the hike come there regularly to take care of the cultures and of the falaj (traditional irrigation system). The entrance in the gardens is now private, so we stop just before and have lunch near the stream and we come back using the same way…
- Level 2
- Duration : 4 hours
- Height difference : +300m/-300m
- Walking time : 2 to 4 hours
It's an old settlement which was nicely renovated and turned into a guesthouse. The farming activity was kept (fields and cattle). And the staff is particularly nice!
DormitoryWe walk in the river bed with many trees and birds (sometimes also a stream) and then find a good path which climbs in the mountain and takes us to a beautiful mountain village. We go back the same way.
- Level 2
- Duration : 4 hours
- Height difference : +400m/-400m
- Walking time : 2 to 3 hours
We start from the main valley and head to a narrow gorge. This part of the walk is just wonderfull! At the end of the gorge, we discover the village. Built in a small hill and surrounded by cliffs, this village is one of the most beautiful of Oman. We walk through the village and the ardens and come back through an other branch of the small gorge.
- Level 1
- Duration : 2 hours
- Height difference : +50m/-50m
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
A beautiful hotel located in an old quarter of Nizwa, just behind the souk. It's a complex of several old houses which have been renovated with a lot of taste. Rooms, bathrooms, majilis, and teraces are spread in a labyrinth of corridors, stairs, and bridges.
Standard RoomNizwa is a major city of Oman located at the foot of the mointains in the interior. In the past it was the capital of the country and remains the cultural center of the country for mountain people. The Souq was rehabilitated some 15 years ago. Friday is the market day, called 'Souq Al Jumaa', and brings visitors from the nearby mountains as well as bedous from the desert side. The livestock souq is particularly worth a visit. But you find also the fish souq, vegetable souq, meat souq, as well as some people saling moutain honey, dates, incense, and anything you might need.
- Duration : 1 hours 30
We go for a walk late afternoon on the rocky hills. It's the time of the day where the light is the best. The red, green, and yellow rocky hills offer wonderfull contrasts.
- Level 1
- Duration : 1 hours
- Walking time : 0 to 1 hours
It's an environment typical of Oman : geologists call these rocks the "Hawasina Complex"
Individual camping tentIt's the weekly market day
- Level 1
- Duration : 2 hours
We walk up a small plateau next to our camp. On the one side we perceive the white desert which we will cross the day after. On the other side, the sun sets on rocky hills.
- Level 1
- Duration : 2 hours
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
Varied landscape : sand dunes, rocky hills, and an accacia "forest"
Individual camping tentWe spend the full day in this so beautiful and unsual place where rocky hills of various colours are covered with red or cream sand. We go for a walk early morning and come back to our camp late morning when it starts to get hot to have lunch and take rest under the shade. Late afternoon, when the light becomes beautiful and the heat decreases, we go for another walk until sunset.
- Level 3
- Duration : 7 hours
- Walking time : 2 to 5 hours
Varied landscape : sand dunes, rocky hills, and an accacia "forest"
Individual camping tentThis is a very picturesc fishing beduin village : feelings to be t the far end of the world where old 4WD cover with algaes and shells tow small boats coming back from fishing.
- Duration : 1 hours
Hard to say if we are on the bech or in the desert, since the dunes arrive in the sea… Here endless beaches strech along the Indian Ocean. The bath is just great!
- Duration : 2 hours
We walk a little to enjoy the sunset light on this surrealistic landscape.
- Level 1
- Duration : 2 hours
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
Unusual landscape : on one side we have pure white dunes, whereas on the other side we have the Indian Ocean…
Individual camping tent
We start a walk across the dunes in late afternoon. The heat isn't too strong anymore and the sunlight is the more beautiful. The setting sun always gives changing colour to the sand and the shades. This a great unforgetable time.
- Level 1
- Duration : 1 hours
A very nice camp which lays in the middle of the sand dunes, in a quiet and wild area.
Arabic Tent with private bathroom
The lower part of this valley forms a narrow and wild canyon. We start from a lovely village in the valley and cross its palm garden to access the entrance of the canyon. We hike in the canyon between big boulders (the way is not very easy but doesn't last long) until we arrive to a splendid pool with waterfall. We have rest here and enjoy a swim. For those who like jumping, a very nice 10 meters jump is possible there… According to the rains and floods which change the river course, it can happen that we need to swim or hike in the water to reach the waterfalls
- Level 2
- Duration : 3 hours
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
Individual camping tent
We discover this remote and secluded (the access dirt track was built only in 2013!) village set in a spectacular location. It's a lush green oasis in the middle of on arid mountain!
- Level 2
- Duration : 3 hours
- Height difference : +100m/-100m
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
We camp in the village near a old house which is getting renovated little by little. For the moment, there is no toilet, but it's a project that might be done quickly…
CampingWe start from the sea and start hiking in the wadi. After 45 minutes or 1 hour walk in this beautiful wadi we'll go to the water : we swim from pool to pool to reach a waterfall flowing in a cave. We come back the same way. The valley, the walk, and the swim are very beautiful, but the place iis now very touristic and often crowded.
- Level 1
- Duration : 3 hours
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
We hike in the wadi, through the palm garden (which also hosts bananas, papayas, mango trees, lime, etc…) along the falaj to reach our camp site. Water flows in the river bed, flanks are covered by lush green gardens, dominated by steep cliffs.
- Level 2
- Duration : 2 hours
- Walking time : 1 to 2 hours
We camp in a private garden in the wadi. The place is great and walking around late afternoon is great : superb views and lots of birds! For the moment, the place is very simple, but the owner plans to build toitlets soon…
CampingWe start with a refreshing swim in the vast pool down the village where we park. We then walk up the wadi around large boulders and across water pools until the canyons narrows to form very long pools. We swim there and go back the same way. Warning : in some places, you might have to step in the water ; you shoes and pants might get wet…
- Level 2
- Duration : 4 hours
- Walking time : 2 to 3 hours
www.omantrekkingguides.com, website of AL MAALAM TOURS , company registered under Commercial Register Number (1087801), and with
(local tour operator licence)
AL MAALAM TOURS - PO BOX 917 - Post Code 611 - NIZWA - SULTANATE OF OMAN