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Desert Safari Camp

Here’s a factoid. The Omani people love camping in the desert. Every Wednesday, hordes of people drive into the desert. Some haul their own gear and set up camp under the stars while others head to places like the one we were off to. They all seem to have but one credo, maintain peace and quiet, mind your own business, don’t litter and enjoy the countryside.

So, we drove down from Muscat on 1st March, on a bright and sunny as hell Thursday morning. We left the city behind us in minutes and soon we had crossed the rocky cliffs around Muscat. Quick geography lesson here, Oman may be one of the tiniest GCCs, but it sure has variety packed into its 309,501km2. They’ve got amazing white sandy beaches, sheer sandy dunes, rocky cliffs that make you want to clamber over, lush green wadis or valleys where rainwater flows to and even a 3000 meter high mountain where it snows in winter. Our drive took us across the spectrum minus the mountain.

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