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Hilton Salalah Resort

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A grand approach to a palatial entrance belies the low-rise nature of the Hilton, the Arabian-style buildings shaped around an attractive swimming pool fringed with palm trees. The rooms are a decent size, large enough for a seating area alongside your bed, and decorated with Arabian touches to remind you where you are. Views are either of the mountains behind the city or the beach and ocean in front of it, and you have a variety of restaurants offering casual and formal dining, inspired by local and international cuisines.

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The Empty Quarter

Made legendary by the exploits of explorers like Bertram Thomas, St. John Philby and most famously of all, Wilfred Thesiger, the Rub Al-Khali (Empty Quarter) is a place of myth and fearful reputation. It’s possible to take a daytrip from Salalah to dip one’s toes into this vast sand sea where the dunes line up in towering ranks like ridges on a corrugated steel sheet covering 250,000 square miles of inhospitable terrain. For a sense of complete isolation and to get just an inkling of what the desert Bedouin and men like Thesiger endured (or even enjoyed) it’s a trip worth taking.

Excursion

Taqah

East of Salalah and en-route to Mirbat, is the delightful town of Taqah. In the old quarter of the town you can find the historic homes of the old traders of Taqah, dating from when the town was a significant export hub for myrrh and frankincense; these houses, some of which are now shops, have a large open downstairs where merchant’s goods used to be stored and the living quarters upstairs. The fort has been recently restored and is one of the best examples of historic military architecture in Dhofar.

Excursion

Mughsayl Beach

Heading out of Salalah along the coastline towards the Yemeni border, the shoreline rises and becomes more rocky than sandy. Partially collapsed caves at Mughsayl have created wonderful blowholes. In the right conditions, a building roar presages great fountains of seawater exploding up out of these blowholes to soak delighted spectators. Not far past Mughsayl the steep cliffs and mountain ranges tower and hide the “Furious Road”, a strip of tarmac defiantly twisting repeatedly back on itself in an effort to conquer the peaks and make its way into Yemen.

Excursion

Fishing in Oman

From the Shuwaymiah No Boundaries Fishing Lodge you can head out into the Indian Ocean to reefs where giant trevally and tuna lie ready to test even the most expert fisherman. Offshore lie the Hallaniyat Islands, an untouched trove of fish and home to manta rays, dolphins, sail fish and humpback whales. Closer to home, shore fishing brings in bream, snapper, sting rays and sand sharks. Conservation is close to the hearts of those running the operation and fish are released once caught.

Excursion

Wadi Darbat

During the Khareef (June to early September) the rains of the southeast monsoon brush the coast of Salalah, turning the area and mountains a lush green. It also brings cascades of waterfalls down the mountain and Wadi Darbat is the most attractive of these falls. It is best visited towards the end of September, after the Khareef when the thousands of Omani's and Gulf Arabs who flock here to enjoy the pleasure of rain have left, but the remnants of the falls and lush green mountains remain. You can swim in the pool waters that accumulate below the cliff falls just a kilometre or so from the main highway, but for the most dramatic views and pictures, you should drive further up the mountain to the rock pools that tumble down from the mountain. You can not swim in these pools, but take a little boat ride around it or simply admire the dramatic crystal clear waters. If you follow the road all the way to the end, you will pass roaming herds of camels, cows and goats, eventually reaching a car park with a cafe and boat rides which can take you deeper up the wadi (available almost year-round).

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