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DAY EXCURSIONS
GRAND
CANYON
TOUR
MORNING DRIVE TO THE HISTORIC TOWN OF NIZWA, OMAN’S
CULTURAL CAPITAL. HERE YOU WILL VISIT THE POWERFUL
NIZWA FORT, WITH ITS MASSIVE CIRCULAR CANNON TOWER.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE FORTS IN OMANYOU
WILL VISIT THE TRADITIONAL SOUQ NEXT.
DRIVE TO THE VILLAGE OF AL HAMRA TO SEE OLD HOUSES AND
THE FALAJ SYSTEM. THE TRADITIONAL MUD HOUSES DATING
BACK FROM YEARS ARE STILL OCCUPIED.
YOU WILL ALSO STOP AT WADI GHUL, THE FARMING VILLAGE IN
THE MOUNTAINS BEFORE WE REACH JABAL SHAMS, THE GREAT
CANYON OF OMAN. ENJOY THE BREATHTAKING VIEW OF THE
GREAT CANYON.
NAKHAL
& RUSHTAQ
MORNING WE WILL DRIVE TO NAKHAL. YOU REACH NAKHAL TO
BEHOLD, A
YEARS OLD MAGNIFICENT FORT WHICH IS
DRAMATICALLY LOCATED AT THE TOP OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN
CLIFF. THE AREA IS SURROUNDED WITH DATE PLANTATIONS.
THE NARROW ROAD THROUGH THE TOWN WINDS UP TO THE
AIN TOWARAH HOT SPRINGS, WHICH IS A POPULAR PICNIC SPOT.
AFTER SPENDING SOME TIME AT NAKHAL WE WILL TRAVEL
AHEAD TO RUSTAQ WHICH WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL OF THIS
AREA AND A MAJOR TRADING CENTER OF OMAN. LATER WE
WILL DRIVE BACK TO MUSCAT VIA AL HAZAM PHOTO STOP AS
IT IS CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS .
