Sama Al Wasil Camp

Dubai & Dhows

Oman, Dubai

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

Luxury Beach + 1 more + 2 more

from £6,140 pp

Adventurous Oman

12 days of self-drive adventure around Oman's highlights.

Wildlife & Nature Adventure + 2 more + 3 more

from £3,270 pp

Dhofar Delights

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

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

from £4,780 pp

Gentle Oman

Classic Wildlife & Nature + 3 more + 3 more

A relaxed journey through Oman’s desert, mountains, and culture.

9 days

from £3,345 pp

Ultimate Oman

Wildlife & Nature Ultimate + 3 more + 3 more

Our most comprehensive 16-day grand tour of Oman.

16 days

from £6,580 pp

Oman Family Holiday

12-Day family adventure with deserts, beaches, mountains & wildlife.

Family Wildlife & Nature + 3 more + 3 more

from £3,775 pp

Quirky excursions

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Wadi Bani Khalid

Just north of the Wahiba Sands and usually visited on your way to or from the desert, Wadi Bani Khalid is considered one of Oman’s most scenic spots. The gravel track picks a path between date palms as the valley walls close in further and further. Eventually, you arrive at a series of emerald-green water pools that are replenished by a stream flowing year-round. The stream disappears up an impossibly narrow crack in the rock, which you can only follow by picking your way along its rim. It’s a popular spot and there are shady pavilions and bridges leading out to rocky outcrops in the pools.

Masirah Island

For years only the most intrepid surfers and windsurfers made it out to Masirah Island, drawn by the excellent winds and great waves. Now, more and more people are taking the small ferry over to appreciate not just the watersports, but to see nesting turtles and enjoy the sense of being somewhere truly remote and seemingly cut off from the outside world.

Barr al-Hickman

Barr al-Hickman is a peninsula abutting the southern edge of the Wahiba Sands. You leave the world of high dunes and desert scrub vegetation and move into an ethereal place where the ocean fights a subtle and insidious battle with the land for each grain of sand. The peninsula is so flat the brain struggles, eyes trying to pick out some defining feature as white sand merges seamlessly with the ocean, which in turn blurs into the sky. The vast tidal flats are home to many birds, and the odd carcass of a rusting 4x4, stuck beyond redemption in the quicksand that lies not far from the marked tracks adds to the slightly unreal atmosphere – Barr al-Hickman is a unique and special place.

Camel riding

The desert camps all offer the chance to take a camel ride into the dunes. Once you get used to the rhythmic gait and the lurching mounting and dismounting, you can start to appreciate the Bedouin’s reliance on these animals, so ideal for crossing vast tracts of sand. From your elevated viewpoint you can follow the lines of golden crests and crescents all the way to the horizon.