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ADVENTURE
THE CAVE AL HAYER FALLS
EXPLORER SWIMMING
A SHORT HIKE DOWN THE WADIS AND A M ABSEIL LATER, WE ARE THIS IS A FANTASTIC DAY OUT SWIMMING IN TURQUOISE POOLS OF
AT THE BOTTOM, STANDING NEXT TO A DARK HOLE IN THE THE AL HAYER SECTION OF WADI BANI KHALID. AWAY FROM TOUR
GROUND WHICH IS THE NATURAL ENTRANCE INTO THE CAVE. A ISTIC POOLS, THIS CANYON IS A GREAT ADVENTURE FOR EVERY
METER ROPED ABSEIL GETS YOU DOWN INTO TOTAL DARK ONE WHO ENJOYS WATER FUN. WITH MULTIPLE LONG SWIMS,
NESS, LIKE VERY FEW OTHER PLACES ON EARTH. IMPRESSIVE JUMPS AND PLENTY OF GOOD ROUTE FINDING, THIS IS
WE START EXPEDITION THROUGH THE CAVE'S ENORMOUS CHAM A FUN AND LESS TRAVELLED ROUTE IN OMAN.
BERS AND NARROW PASSAGES, SCALING HUGE BOULDERS THE THE CANYON BOASTS AN IMPRESSIVE WATERFALL WITH GREAT
SIZE OF CARS AND COLUMNS OF CALCITE THAT DWARF THE FEW JUMPING POINTS FROM THE TIMID METER HIGH TO THE REALLY BIG
SPECTATORS WHO COME TO VISIT. STUFF. THE LENGTH OF THIS CANYON MEANS THAT YOU CERTAIN
FOLLOWING THE WATER COURSE, WE REACH THE FIRST LAKE LY WON’T BE LEFT WANTING MORE OUT OF THE DAY! THIS IS A
WHICH IS HOME TO THE RARE AND PROTECTED BLIND CAVE FISH. GREAT ADVENTURE FOR THE NOVICE AND LESS EXPERIENCED
OUR EXIT ROUTE FOLLOWS THE OLD PASSAGEWAY AS IT WINDS CANYONERS OUT THERE.
BACK UP THROUGH SOME IMPRESSIVELY LARGE CHAMBERS AND
WELL DECORATED SECTIONS TOWARDS OUR M ENTRANCE WHERE?
PITCH AND THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF DAYLIGHT. THIS ADVENTURE TAKES PLACE IN THE EASTERN HAJAR MOUN
TAINS IN THE VILLAGE OF AL BIDAH. THIS IS A RARELY EXPLORED
WHERE? AND MOST EXCITING SECTION OF FAMOUS WADI BANI KHALID.
A LARGELY UNEXPLORED AL HOOTA CAVE SYSTEM IN THE WEST ONCE OUT OF THE CANYON WE ENJOY OUR LUNCH AND HEAD
ERN HAJAR IS A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO THE CAVING WORLD. BACK TO ARRIVE TO THE CAPITAL IN THE EVENING.
THE LOWER SECTION OF THIS CAVE HAS BEEN OPENED UP AS A
SHOW CAVE, CONTAINING CONCRETE WALKWAYS AND LIGHTING
RIGS GIVING EASY ACCESS TO THE MOST TIMID. THANKFULLY THE
TOP OF THE CAVE WAS NEVER TOUCHED, MAKING IT A PERFECT
SPOT FOR UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION.
