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ADVENTURE
SNAKE TIWI
CANYON HIKING &
HIKING AND SWIMMING
CANOEING EXPLORE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CANYON IN OMAN!
THIS IS AN ENTRY LEVEL ACTIVITY WITH LOTS OF SWIMMING,
THIS IS A FANTASTIC ENTRY LEVEL ADVENTURE FOR THOSE EXPLORING THE LOCAL CULTURE AND A FEW ADRENALINE FILLED
LOOKING TO GET A GOOD ADRENALINE RUSH AND TRY OUT SOME ABSEILS.
ROPE WORK.
THE CHALLENGES START RIGHT FROM THE START WITH A M UNLIKE THE OTHER CANYONS, THIS WADI IS FULL OF GREENERY,
WITH THE TERRACED PALM TREE GARDENS STRETCHED ALONG
ABSEIL OR A JUMP FOR MORE COURAGEOUS DELETE THESE THE EDGES OF THE CANYON AND BIZARRE CALCITE FORMATIONS
THREE WORDS RIGHT AT THE CANYON ENTRANCE AND WILL NOT YOU CAN SPOT ALONG THE WAY. THE WATER IN WADI TIWI IS
END UNTIL WE START OUR HIKE TO EXIT THE CANYON. SOMETHING SPECIAL, THANKS TO THE PALE LIMESTONE ROCK, IT’S
KEEP FOLLOWING THE CANYON DOWN, GET READY FOR A M CLEAR WATERS TURN SKY BLUE, AN “OUT OF THIS WORLD” VIEW.
ABSEIL, MULTIPLE SLIDES, JUMPS AND SCRAMBLES. EVERY TURN JUMP IN THE DEEP POOLS OF THE WADI AND ABSEIL OFF AN
HAS GOT A NEW OBSTACLE TO BE FIGURED OUT . ACTIVE WATERFALL, AS WE MAKE OUR WAY DOWN TOWARDS THE
TAKE A QUICK BREAK TO WARM UP IN THE SUN AS WE REACH THE VILLAGE OF TIWI.
FORK WHERE THE TWO SIDES MEET AND HEAD TOWARDS THE ENJOY A FILLING LUNCH AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT IN THE
CAVE. TRAVERSE THROUGH THE POOLS IN THE DARK AND COME VILLAGE AND MAKE OUR WAY TO THE LAST STOP OF THE DAY
OUT TO FACE MORE SLIDES, SWIMS AND A FEW BIG JUMPS. IF YOU BIMMAH SINKHOLE.
ARE READY, AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TOWARDS THE EXIT, OUR LAST THIS SINKHOLE IS QUITE A SPECTACLE WITH GOLDEN COLOUR
CHALLENGE IS A MINUTE HIKE OUT OF THE CANYON BEFORE ROCK FRAMING A BOLD TURQUOISE POOL. BRACKISH WATER IN
WE TAKE OUR WELL DESERVED REST UNDER THE SHADE OF THE THE SINKHOLE IS WHAT GIVES IT ITS COLOUR. WE HIKE DOWN FOR
PALM TREES A SWIM AND HEAD BACK TO MUSCAT
WHERE?
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CANYONS IN OMAN, SNAKE CANYON,
LOCALLY KNOWN AS WADI BIMMAH IS A TWO HOUR DRIVE FROM
MUSCAT.
