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11 nights · Muscat, Oman → Alila Hinu Bay, near Salalah (Mirbat), Oman · 4x4 & Overland

The Oman Expedition: Muscat to Salalah via the Empty Quarter

About 1,500 km across the Rub al Khali in a convoy of Land Cruisers, with a mountain start in Jabal Akhdar and a beach finish at Alila Hinu Bay.

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From£12,594pp

Duration11 days

StyleAdventure

Best suited toAdventurous drivers

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11 nights through Oman

Twelve days across Oman, guided, with guests driving a convoy of Toyota Land Cruisers from Muscat through the Jabal Akhdar mountains and about 1,500 km of the Rub al Khali, ending in Salalah.

The Oman Expedition was set up by Alila Hotels Oman and the Canvas Club private camps to join the country’s north and south through the sand desert in between. The operator says 95 percent of trips to Oman cover less than 10 percent of the country. The crossing follows no predefined route. The leaders plan it from satellite images and the shape of the dunes, and the group is not expected to meet other vehicles or people. Departures follow the lunar calendar, starting on the new moon, so the night sky is at its darkest. The operator calls it a genuine expedition with real uncertainty, and asks applicants to introduce themselves first.

The programme opens at The Chedi Muscat, then spends three days around the Alila Jabal Akhdar, with the Via Ferrata, hikes and mud villages. At the Canvas Club North Camp in the Sharqiyah sands there is driving training on sand. Early desert days include the Khaluf sugar dunes by the sea, then about 350 km of transit to the northern edge of the Rub al Khali, a crossing of its northern and southern sections, and dunes the operator puts at over 300 metres. The expedition ends at Alila Hinu Bay near Salalah.

Teams run as four cars with up to three people each, twelve guests at most, and drivers rotate. The operator supplies V6 automatic Land Cruisers, Garmin navigation with a printed roadbook, two-way radios, an Iridium satellite phone, camping gear, recovery equipment and a chef. There is no mobile reception from day three to day eight. Guests may ship their own 4WD instead. The Canvas Club page lists the price from 14,885 euros per person, plus flights.

Style

Adventure, Convoy, Expedition, Guided, Luxury, Rally

Duration

Grand tour (16+ nights)

Region

Middle East

Vehicle provision

Vehicle provided

Group size

Departures

October - April

Starts/ends

Muscat, Oman → Alila Hinu Bay, near Salalah (Mirbat), Oman

Support

Guide, Roadbook / navigation

Accommodation

Hotels, Camping

Suitable cars

Adventurous drivers

Vehicle

4x4 & Overland

Price basis

From EUR 14,885 per person plus flights, as shown on the Canvas Club Oman page for The Oman Expedition ('from 11 days'). Not shown on theomanexpedition.com.

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