Camping: Wahiba Sands, Desert Nights Camp
I grew upward amongst a real movie-inspired thought of what the Middle East together with the desert looks like: golden sands together with dunes every bit far every bit the oculus tin see, alone disrupted past times a lonely wandering camel. You tin appreciate my disappointment when landing inward Muscat to uncovering that it didn't agree this image. One surface area of Sultanate of Oman does agree the neb though, Wahiba Sands, together with its located close iii hours drive from Muscat.
For my parent's in conclusion weekend inward Sultanate of Oman nosotros decided to process them to a glamping sense at Desert Nights Camp, where yous tin sense the existent desert amongst all modern comforts that Londoners expect. The drive to the military camp is much similar whatever other drive around Oman, lots of rocks, mountains together with wadis. But every bit you approach the area you start to run across a hint of the "real" desert, which is real exciting.
The military camp is situated close 10km from a tarmaced road. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 4 bike drive is ideal, but nosotros saw plenty of regular cars whizzing upward together with downwards the path, which is well tread. The sight every bit yous distanced the route was quite thrilling, existent sand, consummate amongst ripples, together with fifty-fifty camels. Driving on sand is surprisingly bumpy though, fifty-fifty though my husband described it every bit "like driving on air".
We were welcomed into Desert Nights Camp amongst cool towels, dates, together with Omani coffee. The friendly staff whisk off your luggage to your tents, saving yous having to drag it through the sand. We stayed inward a huge 2 room Bedouin trend tent amongst plush Arabian inspired furnishing. All of the tents are air conditioned together with I was pleased that the roof is doubled lined to bound the issue of bugs that could accept access to you!
At around 4.30pm nosotros were driven upward to the transcend of the dunes to sentinel the sunset, which was my favourite purpose of the whole trip. The sentiment is amazing together with every bit the Sun goes downwards the colours yous run across are beautiful.
Breakfast together with dinner are included inward the stay, the camp's principal surface area has a eating seat which serves a buffet BBQ for dinner, which was real good. We chose a spot exterior to taste the atmosphere together with luckily the air current had died downwards a flake or nosotros would accept ended upward amongst real sandy food!
After dinner nosotros ventured away from the eating seat to larn away from the lights together with run across the stars. If yous are i for star gazing I would recommending downloading an app for your telephone earlier yous become far (there is network at the camp, but is express to the reception surface area together with is real slow). With the app yous only indicate your telephone at the heaven together with yous tin run across the names of each of the stars together with what constellations they are in, together with because at that topographic point are real piffling "city lights" I've never seen together with thence many stars.
For my parent's in conclusion weekend inward Sultanate of Oman nosotros decided to process them to a glamping sense at Desert Nights Camp, where yous tin sense the existent desert amongst all modern comforts that Londoners expect. The drive to the military camp is much similar whatever other drive around Oman, lots of rocks, mountains together with wadis. But every bit you approach the area you start to run across a hint of the "real" desert, which is real exciting.
The military camp is situated close 10km from a tarmaced road. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 4 bike drive is ideal, but nosotros saw plenty of regular cars whizzing upward together with downwards the path, which is well tread. The sight every bit yous distanced the route was quite thrilling, existent sand, consummate amongst ripples, together with fifty-fifty camels. Driving on sand is surprisingly bumpy though, fifty-fifty though my husband described it every bit "like driving on air".
At around 4.30pm nosotros were driven upward to the transcend of the dunes to sentinel the sunset, which was my favourite purpose of the whole trip. The sentiment is amazing together with every bit the Sun goes downwards the colours yous run across are beautiful.
After dinner nosotros ventured away from the eating seat to larn away from the lights together with run across the stars. If yous are i for star gazing I would recommending downloading an app for your telephone earlier yous become far (there is network at the camp, but is express to the reception surface area together with is real slow). With the app yous only indicate your telephone at the heaven together with yous tin run across the names of each of the stars together with what constellations they are in, together with because at that topographic point are real piffling "city lights" I've never seen together with thence many stars.
The side past times side forenoon nosotros enjoyed breakfast and took payoff of the gratis camel rides offered. Although the ride was brusque (about iii minutes) it was long plenty for me to realise I wouldn't desire to caput out into the desert for hours on a camel!
