Embark on a 3-day tour of Oman from Muscat. Visit the Nizwa Souq, Nizwa Fort, Wahiba Sands, Wadi Bani Khalid, Sur, Ras Al Hadd, Wadi Shab, Fins Beach, and Bimmah Sinkhole. Stay overnight in Wahiba Sands and Ras Al Hadd.
Day 1: Muscat-Nizwa Market & Fort-Wahiba Sands
Leave Muscat for the old capital of Oman, Nizwa. Visit the famous Nizwa Souq, where you can find a wide variety of vendors offering their goods in the streets of the souq. Next to the souq is Nizwa Fortress, which offers splendid views of this ancient town and the surrounding mountains.
From Nizwa, continue your journey to the desert of Wahiba Sands. Relax in the camp or take part in an adventurous 4x4 drive in the sand dunes. Watch the stunning sunset of the desert on one of the big sand dunes. Finish the day with dinner at the camp. Stay overnight in Wahiba Sands.
Day 2: Wahiba Sands-Wadi Bani Khalid-Sur-Ras Al Hadd
Drive to Wadi Bani Khalid, one of the biggest and most beautiful wadis in Oman. After reaching Wadi Bani Khalid, take a short walk to see sparkling, blue, clear water pools, perfect for a long swim. Relax and sunbathe in the beautiful scenic wadi canyon.
From Wadi Bani Khalid, continue your journey to Sur. Take a small city tour in Sur and see the dhow factory where wooden dhows are built. See the old ship and visit the old part of Sur where most of the houses are designed with wooden doors and windows.
Continue to Ras Al Hadd to your hotel/resort for the night. In the evening after a buffet dinner, visit the Turtle sanctuary at Ras Al Jinz. Go on a guided walking tour on the beach at night under the stars, where you have a high chance of seeing sea turtles stumbling onto the beach to build a nest and lay eggs. Stay overnight in Ras Al Hadd.
Day 3: Ras Al Hadd - Wadi Shab- Fins beach - Sinkhole- Muscat
Continue your tour to Wadi Shab, an enormous canyon gorge that is lined with palm trees and impressive indications of what the power of the water coming down from the mountains can do in nature. With a 45-minute hike up through the canyon, arrive at one of the crystal-clear water pools. Swim through the warm waters from pool to pool, eventually coming to the last pool where an opening among the enormous rocks allows you to swim into an incredible crevice cave with a small waterfall.
Make a stop at Fins Beach, which opens up to a panorama of strikingly white sands and intriguingly pebbly beach, with sparkling turquoise waters and a soft cool breeze. Next.
Our next stop is Bimmah Sinkhole, a big crater near the sea with a big lake at the bottom Bimmah Sinkhole a water-filled depression, structurally a sinkhole, in the limestone of eastern Muscat Governorate in Oman, a lake of turquoise waters, it is 50 m by 70 m wide and approximately 20 m deep, it's only about 600 m away from the sea, between the coastal towns of Dibab and Bimmah village, the sinkhole was formed by a collapse of the surface layer due to the dissolution of the underlying limestone.
