Top Muscat Nature Walks

Driving up Oman’s Jebel Shams mountain to see the country’s Grand Canyon isn’t recommended to anyone but seasoned off-roaders. This private full-day trip takes you there and back, with no driving worries. Marvel at the vast canyon from Jebel Shams’ summit, and visit Nizwa, villages, and ancient ruins with a guide to navigate and provide background you’d otherwise miss. Lunch and return hotel transport are included for ease.

Tour : Wadi Al Arbaeen tours  Duration : 8 Hours Pick up: Muscat Let us go through the scenic countryside and rugged mountains to the small fishing town of Quriyat. Have a chance to go through a village with plantations of dates, lemons and mangoes..

Trace Oman’s northeast coast to Wadi Shab and other beauty spots without having to hire a 4x4 and drive off-road yourself with this Muscat private tour. Relax and enjoy the scenery in a private guide-driven 4x4, stop to visit Fins Beach and the Bimmah Sinkhole, and hike and swim in Wadi Shab—a river gorge laced with palms, waterfalls and natural pools. Lunch and hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

Start the tour by going straight to Wadi Shab which means a “wadi between the cliffs” and enjoy a walk through the wadi, as well as a refreshing swim in those pools. If you feel brave enough, go inside the cave accessible only by swimming. Once you come back to the car, you will head to Qalhat for a stop at Bibi Mariam Tomb (at present, closed for archaeological searches).

Take a turnaround trip alongside the Grand Canyon and experience spectacular natural scenery in Jabal Shams. Walk on through old abandoned village ruins and reach to cave with a water pond as a reward for Your efforts on the “Balcony Walk” trek. Located 220km from Muscat (80km from Nizwa) with the closest town Al Hamra, we gonna follow the road from Al Hamra to Wadi Ghul towards Jabal Shams Plateau, carry out until we will reach Al Khitaym village (app. 40km from Al Hamra). An ancient donkey trail, which follows the west flank of the An Nakhur Gorge (known as “Grand Canyon”) and leads to a abandoned village of As Sab - formerly known as Sab Bani Khamis. From the terraces we will also explore Water pool located inside open cave structure (Bi’r Dakhilyah). We gonna return on the same road. The time spent on the trek is set up around 5 hours, which is including the stops to breaks, pictures and break at the Water pool area before returning back).