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Oman Highlights
Haggle with local carpet sellers on
Jebel Shams
(
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)on a precipice above Wadi Ghul.
Survey the flat panorama of the Batinah region from the battlements of
Nakhal Fort
(
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)
.
After two decades of restoration, be one of the first to visit
Bahla Fort
(
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)
, a Unesco World Heritage
Site.
4Put your driving and navigational skills to the test in
Sharqiya Sands
(
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)
, an auburn sea of dunes.
Attend the night-time drama of labour and delivery in
Ras al-Jinz
(
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), a favourite turtle-nesting site.
Explore subtropical
Salalah
(
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), a region famed for gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Go round the bend on a dhow in a
Musandam
(
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) inlet.
Camp on a
Masirah
beach for a true desert island experience (
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).
Bargain for copper pots and gold bangles in labyrinthine
Mutrah Souq
(
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).
Splash through the latent pools of
Wadi Shab
(
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)
to the tune of croaking toads.
