Travelogues Oman

Off the coast of Muscat, the capital of Oman, lies the royal troop transport vessel which was built in 1987 at the Bremer Vulkan shipyard. It now serves as an escort ship for the...

In a foreign culture, it can be like being in outer space. Dark and without support. How good it is to feel that other people are the same!

Oman is at the top of the list for Swiss tourists. If you are also considering going there, read through our advice.

In Oman, there is a big difference between what happens outside and what is inside the house. This applies to elbows and air conditioning.

December 14-16, 2025 - Back to Muscat In the end, we zoomed back to Muscat and returned the rental car. On December 15, we had another real highlight: We went on a snorkeling tour...

Muscat 30.11.25-03.12.25 Hello Oman! We spent the first few days in the capital and were immediately captivated by the country. It has a wonderful aroma everywhere, the people we...

The southwest of the Sultanate of Oman including Rub al-Chali. Here you will find my travel report and the corresponding impressions from my adventurous trip to this wonderful...

On the last Omani morning, we have breakfast with a view of the goats in the rock face opposite the tent. We walk back to the main road and after a while we stop at Bimmah hole,...

Playa Percheles - the snake bay. Many thanks to Gabi and Jörg for this tip. The journey was already a bit difficult. We wanted to take the coastal road N 332 and were sent from...

12.11. We wake up at seven and take pictures of the panoramas and the sunrise, after a while our acquaintance from the night passes us back and invites us for coffee, we pack...

Here you will find my travel report and the corresponding impressions of my trip to Muscat and Wadi Shab :-)

4.12. Bimmah Sinkhole - a hole in the ground. With water inside. And doctor fish. With foot fetish. 5.12. Wadi Shab - an indescribably beautiful gorge. To reach the end, we had to...

I wake up around 5 o'clock in the morning, there is a beautiful starry sky above the river, and the Big Dipper, which we search for in vain in the evening, is standing on the...

What gets us out of bed is the fact that at 8:15 a guy from the rental company is supposed to come to change the car for us. Also, the mosque that we saw at night from outside...

After Mattis felt better, we drove to the desert. At the beginning of the sand track to Wadi Sands, we let some air out of the tires to drive better in the sand. All the other...

Flora was healthy again! So we went back to Carrefour and bought our camping equipment and so much food that the car was loaded as much as our Zafira usually is when we go on...

The children go to take a quick bath, the discovery of small honeydews gets them out of the water. We go to the port city of Sur, where the traditional manufacture of wooden...

In the morning we observe flamingos on the lagoon through binoculars from the tent. When packing, the children compete with Ota, who will fold the tent first, so we are packed...

In the morning, we are again drawn by the penetrating light from the tent, the children are already playing in the sand again. We pack and try to have breakfast, but a cloud of...

Flying is not everyone's cup of tea. Personally, I'm not a fan either, and Jannik prefers to keep both feet on the ground, but if you want to travel far, you have to pull...

On our third and final day in Dubai, we had something special planned: a desert safari! However, the start was a bit chaotic as we were woken up from our room nearly an hour...

In the morning, a camel came to see us, he was more curious than us and again he had more courage than me. He stared at us long enough and wandered around. Meanwhile, the sun...

There is a cattle market in Nizwa in the morning, so we get up at 6am. We are in Nizwa after eight o'clock, goats and cows are being led around at the goat market, interested...

We got up early and set off for Wadi Bani Khalid. On the way, we passed by a zoo. The pictures on the internet looked quite nice... When we arrived, the park turned out to be a...

December 7th - December 10th, Masirah Island A small, less touristy island in the Gulf of Oman :)

First stop today is the abandoned village of Manizifat near the town of Ibra, we are here early so we have it to ourselves. The inhabitants left the village after 1990, when...

The morning is beautiful again, I wash a few things in the washing machine and the children bathe, so we don't leave until around 11 a.m. We are headed to Wadi Bani Awf, which...

Salalah is a city in Oman with about 200,000 inhabitants and is located near the border with Yemen. Unlike the United Arab Emirates, Oman is not as dry. Monsoon season lasts...

A sea day lies behind us now. Nothing spectacular happened on this day. There was plenty of time for eating, relaxing, and exercising. We covered 941km from Doha to Muscat....

On the next morning, we had breakfast. Unfortunately, Mattis didn't feel well. We went to one of the smaller pools in the wadi and swam there. Mattis rested. The water was...