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Ancient Masjid Beach in Musandam

missionsoffroad — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:23:13 +0000

Rough, off-road, winding track leading to Ancient Masjid in Musandam. Driving down in a search for a place to camp, all I am anticipating is finding a remote, trackless beach. As I am taking the last turn, a strange and mysterious-looking building emerges from the contrasting azure of the sea. …

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Day 9: Shaat Village Suspended in the Clouds & Mughsail Beach

missionsoffroad — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 16:09:11 +0000

At an altitude of 1000 meters, the village of Shaat is one of the most prominent and popular tourist destinations in Salalah. It is located on the slopes of Jabal Al Qamar and overlooks the Indian Ocean. Shaat was the most awaited place to visit and yet the most disappointing. …

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Day 8: Ayn Khor Waterfall & Job’s Tomb

missionsoffroad — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 18:09:09 +0000

After a day filled with history and amazing facts that I learned at the Museum of Frankincense Land (read more: Day 7: Frankincense — The Desert Tears, Sumhuram & Al Baleed Archeological Sites) I decided to go on a trip to see another waterfall – Ayn Khor. There are a …

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Day 7: Frankincense — The Desert Tears, Sumhuram & Al Baleed Archeological Sites

missionsoffroad — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 08:41:40 +0000

Incense, an aromatic resin harvested from the resin of desert trees in Salalah, has been prized for thousands of years for its distinctive smell and healing properties. As the highest-quality incense is collected from a rare species that grows in isolated lands in Oman’s southernmost province of Dhofar, the history …

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Day 6: Wadi Darbat Waterfalls & Taqah Cliff

missionsoffroad — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 16:23:28 +0000

Salalah mountains are embellished by fog and mist, and Dhofar is transformed beyond recognition during khareef season (read more about khareef season in this article: Day 3: Pristine Paradise — Fazayah Beach). The weather, however, as magical as it was, became unpleasant to me after a few days. Everything in …

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Day 5: Jebel Samhan — Where Arabian Leopard Wanders

missionsoffroad — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:52:14 +0000

It’s a gloomy rainy afternoon when I finally arrive at Jebel Samhan mountain range. I overcome the off-road section and reach a place, literally at the end of the world at an altitude of about 1,300 m rock shelf sloping down to a coastal plain. I cannot see the coast, …

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Day 4: Masood Hidden Beach

missionsoffroad — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 10:17:00 +0000

While overlanding through Salalah, once again I had a chance to experience the legendary hospitality of Omani people. I was invited to a camping and off-roading trip to a secret place by a talented Omani photographer and his friend. Masood Hidden Beach in Salalah where we camped, reminded me very …

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Day 3: Pristine Paradise — Fazayah Beach

missionsoffroad — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 13:34:20 +0000

It’s morning. I get woken up by the wondrous sound of the waves hitting rocks violently at the Fazayah Beach and on purpose I delay opening my eyes, letting the feeling of anticipation build up a little more. What I am about to see in a moment, is going to …

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Day 1&2: All Roads Lead to Salalah

missionsoffroad — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:51:19 +0000

In September 2021, right after Oman opened its border for overland travelers from the UAE (read more here: All You Need To Know To Travel to Oman in 2021), I set out for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Salalah, which timing luckily fell for the end of khareef season. During peak summer …

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