Travelogues Oman

December 10-14, 2025: the city of Nizwa and its mountainous surroundings After our time on Masirah, we drove back to the mainland and to Nizwa. Nizwa is a city in the northern...

It is terribly hot in the morning, the car gives us shade for a while, but then there is nowhere to hide. The children go swimming, first with Ota and then with me, they have...

When the sun rises in the desert, the light drives you out of the tent before the heat, it was around 20 degrees at night, so it was pleasantly cool. Children use the ubiquitous...

In the morning there is pleasant shade between the mountains, we pack and at 9 a.m. when we leave there is no sun. We scramble up the hills and stop every now and then to look...

Zuerst immer der Küste entlang mit wunderschönem Übernachtungsplatz Danach Halt an der Alibaba Höhle, mit sehr kleinem Eingang! Immer weiter am Meer entlang, Achtung auf die...

In the morning, the children and Ota go swimming in the sea, although our house is in the first row on the beach, but it is 1/2 km to the sea. As part of the acceleration, they...

Check out is at 1 p.m., so we still use the morning to dry the car and carefully repack before the next trip. We are going to the mountains to the viewpoint of Jabal Samhan. The...

We get up at 7 a.m. and it's still a pleasant temperature, yesterday we skipped dinner after a late lunch, so we cook a proper breakfast - oatmeal. We identified yesterday's...

Cars are marked like refrigerators! Oops, collected some stones, disadvantage of the twin tires. Fine for overnight stay in the nature park approx. 140€ (not paid!)

Seeing an eagle in the wild is already amazing. But seeing it walking on the ground is even more incredible! Small oases invite you to take a break. The mountains are up to...

Our first drive through a salt desert, already a bit nervous. You never know if the crust will hold or not! The Maldives of Oman, a dreamy lagoon landscape. With fish for...

6.12.-7.12. - One night in the desert

We are being woken up by the goats, or more precisely, the children have found out that goats have taken over our campsite and are taking turns to inform us about it. Finally we...

The landscape diversity is enormous. Old burial mounds and slopes up to 60% make the day interesting. Sink holes and wadis are simply beautiful and inviting for swimming.

Found another dream bay, collecting firewood and cooking. Gotta save on gas! Here the camels and cows graze side by side The mountain is actually permanently hidden behind...

In the morning we still bathe and pack, on the beach we meet a local diver who offers us a huge shell as big as a plate, he fished it from a depth of 10 meters and looked for...

We've all dropped out for varying amounts of time, we get out around 4am (it's 1am here) and we're quite awake. We buy an Omani SIM card and agree with the guy to bring us the...

As we are still waiting for parts for the car, we accept Tania's offer to spend a few more days with her. She and her husband Kher, along with their two children, have taken...

At Ali's guesthouse (he could be called differently) we met Peter. We had very interesting conversations with him and decided to travel together for a few days. In doing so, we...

We decided to extend our stay by one night, we leave the children in the apartment in the morning and we go to see the city with Ota. Unfortunately, it's Friday, so everything...

Today we have a big trip to the Yemeni border, we drive past the beautiful Mughsail beach and climb the mountains, the road here is in perfect condition, but we overcome a big...

After the previous days, when we moved a lot, the plan is not to go anywhere far. We are in no rush in the morning, the children finish school, diaries and read. In the...

We have big plans today, but in the morning I'm still playing with the laundry, so we're not the fastest. We go to the village of Misfat al Abryieen. First, we walk through the...

The coastal road of Mirbat is one of the most beautiful we have ever driven. In the Wadi crystal clear and cool water.

Salalah is the second largest city in Oman, Great Mosque, Frankincense Museum, and abandoned palaces. But also beautiful beaches.

03.11.21-13.11.21 Wir sind sehr neugierig, was uns in Salalah erwartet - die Fotos im Internet waren schon mal vielversprechend! Die Stadt an sich wirkt jedoch ein bisschen karg...

27.10.21-31.10.21 Auf unserem Weg von Maskat zum Wadi Bani Kahlid (wir wohnen dort in keinem richtigen Ort sondern einfach zwischen Straße und Wüste) machen wir einen Stop am...

Around 6 a.m. the rain wakes us up, exactly according to the forecast, so we are not surprised, we just close the tents. But it's quite windy, so I can't sleep, after a while it...

Wonderful beautiful castle that has been partially furnished again. Here we had the opportunity to visit the castle again in the evening.

Jabal Sham is the highest mountain in Oman at 2997m The Balcony Walk is very impressive and wonderfully beautiful to walk on, there are always about 600m down to the bottom. At...