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Unexplored Oman

Wildlife & Nature Off-the-beaten-track + 2 more + 3 more

Experience Oman, beyond the usual tourist trail.

13 days

from £4,065 pp

including flights

Classic Oman

Classic Wildlife & Nature + 3 more + 3 more

Explore the highlights of Oman in one unforgettable trip.

10 days

from £3,980 pp

including flights

Ultimate Oman

Wildlife & Nature Ultimate + 3 more + 3 more

Our most comprehensive 16-day grand tour of Oman.

16 days

from £6,580 pp

including flights

Sultanate in Style

Romantic Luxury + 1 more + 2 more

Oman’s finest landscapes and most luxurious stays.

20 days

from £9,099 pp

including flights

Dhofar Delights

Wildlife & Nature Culture & History + 1 more + 2 more

Discover Oman’s southern treasures on this 13-day holiday.

13 days

from £4,780 pp

including flights

Luxury Beach + 1 more + 2 more

Dubai & Dhows

Oman, Dubai

From Dubai’s skyline to Musandam’s fjords, this is Arabia at its best.

13 days

from £6,140 pp

including flights

Quirky excursions

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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.

Shisr

Shisr, a tiny well in the interior of Dhofar, gained international recognition in the early 1990s when Sir Ranulph Fiennes and a team of archaeologists identified it as a legendary lost city, Ubar, swallowed by desert sands. Debate rages as to whether or not this is the case, and the remains at Shisr are far from extensive, but for anyone who has read Fiennes’ “Atlantis of the Sands” and has an interest in the subject, Shisr is an important stop on a trip into the Empty Quarter.

Mirbat

Mirbat today is a small and sleepy town, notable for its Yemeni-style buildings, most of which are sadly in some state of disrepair. One building which has been restored is the fort which was the backdrop to the most notable event in Mirbat’s history. In 1972 the Omani government, supported by the British, was waging a war against a Marxist, Arab nationalist uprising. 300 guerrilla soldiers pinned down 9 SAS soldiers in the fort; thanks largely to the heroic actions of one of the SAS soldiers, who ran under fire to an artillery emplacement and single-handedly operated a field gun usually manned by 4-6 soldiers, the assault was beaten off, although two of the SAS soldiers died in the battle.

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.