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DAY EXCURSIONS

JABEL AKDHAR NIZWA FORT

& NIZWA & JABRIN CASTLE

START EARLY WITH A DRIVE TO JABAL AKDHAR. WE DRIVE ON TO
THE PRETTY VILLAGE OF BIRKAT AL MAUZ AND ENJOY A WALK MORNING, DRIVE TO THE HISTORIC TOWN OF NIZWA, OMAN’S
THROUGH THE LUSH GREEN DATE PLANTATIONS. ENJOY THE CULTURAL CAPITAL. YOU WILL VISIT THE NIZWA FORT WITH ITS
COOL CLIMATE UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SEE AL JEBEL AL MASSIVE CIRCULAR CANNON TOWER, ONE OF THE MOST IMPRES
AKHDAR WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR FRUIT ORCHARDS TYPICALLY LAID SIVE FORTS IN OMAN AND THE TRADITIONAL SOUQ. THEN YOU
OUT IN TERRACES ALONG THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND IRRIGATED WILL PROCEED TO JABRIN CASTLE BUILT IN ­TH CENTURY WHICH
BY ‘FALAJ’, TRADITIONAL WATER SYSTEMS. IS ONE OF THE FINEST OF ITS KIND.
A WIDE VARIETY OF FRUITS INCLUDING PEACHES, POMEGRAN ITS MAGNIFICENT PLASTERWORK, THE CARVED DOORS AND THE
ATES, APRICOTS, FIGS, GRAPES, APPLES, PLUMS AND PEARS ARE PAINTED WOODEN BEAMS OF THE CEILING, MAKES THIS CASTLE
CULTIVATED HERE FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER. AND ALMONDS AND AMAZINGLY DIFFERENT. THEREAFTER CONTINUE TO BAHLA, ONE
WALNUTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CROP. THE VILLAGES OF OF THE OLDEST SMALL TOWNS OF OMAN, WHICH IN THE †TH
SAIQ, WADI BANI HABIB A VILLAGE OF OLD HOUSES AND AL AIN CENTURY WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE TRIBALS LIVING IN THE
DOT THE LANDSCAPE AND OVERLOOK A SPECTACULAR LAND REGION. AS THE MONUMENTAL FORT IS CLOSED FOR RENOVATION
SCAPE OF PEAKS, GORGES AND WADIS. ONLY A PHOTO STOP IS PLANNED.
THE ROSES OF JEBEL AL AKHDAR FILL THE AIR WITH FRAGRANCE BAHLA IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS POTTERY. ENROUTE MUSCAT,
FROM MARCH TO APRIL WHEN THEY ARE IN FULL BLOOM AND VISIT THE PRETTY VILLAGE OF BIRKAT AL MAUZ SITUATED AT THE
ROSE WATER IS DISTILLED IN THE HOMES OF THE VILLAGERS. IN FOOTHILLS OF JEBEL AKHDAR GREEN MOUNTAIN . ENJOY A WALK
THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL DRIVE TO THE HISTORIC TOWN OF THROUGH ITS OASIS AND DENSE DATE PLANTATIONS.
NIZWA, OMAN’S CULTURAL CAPITAL. WE WILL VISIT NIZWA FORT
WITH ITS MASSIVE CIRCULAR CANNON TOWER, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPRESSIVE FORTS IN OMAN AND THEN THE TRADITIONAL SOUQ.
LATER WE WILL DRIVE BACK TO MUSCAT.

NIZWA FORT IS OPEN
SATURDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY