Private tour - Empty Quarter desert adventure - Wadi Dawka + Ubar
Description
Get the most affordable, enjoyable and adventurous private tour to the Empty Quarter desert on the market. Explore the vastness of the desert areas with different shapes of dunes. Experience the adrenalin ride on the dunes with our expert drivers who will get the best performance out of the terrain cars. Then you will climb the dunes yourself dipping your feet in the moving sands. Enjoy the breathtaking views on the sea of sand from the dunes´ peaks while the sun slowly moves to the horizon. Before the sunset, you can take the best pictures of the desert landscape with the sun setting over the dunes. On the way to the desert, you will visit a camp with black camels, UNESCO site Wadi Dawka, a valley where thousands of frankincense trees grow and give the valued harvest of frankincense drops. From there you will continue on the Frankincense route to the lost city of Ubar (UNESCO) whose ruins stand witness to the glorious past when the city served as a center for the incense trade.
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Itinerary
Explore the UNESCO World Heritage site of Wadi Dawka where you can find thousands of Frankincense trees in the rocky desert area on the Nejd plateau in Dhofar mountains. Smell the scent of the precious resin pouring out of the trees.
Discover Ubar - the lost city in the desert, also known as the Atlantis of the desert. In the ancient and medieval times, it served as an oasis on the frankincense trade route. Sadly, the city collapsed to the sinkhole which appeared in the limestone bedrock under the city.
Drive to the Empty Quarter, the largest sandy desert in the world. There you will enjoy the adrenalin ride on the dunes with our experienced drivers. Driving up the dunes, descending from steep slopes and making the tilted horizontal drive. You can also try to run to the top of the dunes and relish in walking barefoot in the sand. From the top of the dunes, you can observe how the landscape changes its color during the sunset and make some remarkable pictures.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up the travellers from all hotels and hotel apartments in Salalah, Taqah, and Mirbat and also from the Port of Salalah and from the International Airport of Salalah.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(5)
This trip and 3 other trips with the private travel agency Takamul Travel /southern Oman-Salala/, which we managed during our 11-day stay, exceeded our expectations. All the organization of the trips took place under the direction of Mr. Tomaštík, a Czech living here and co-owner of this travel book. During his travels he provided comprehensive information about Oman, there was not a question that he did not know the answer to thoroughly. Flawless organization during trips, reliability, advantage of a small group, max. 2 cars. Kája Tomaštík, a young, empathetic person with the advantage of knowing the local language, which is a big advantage against other tour companies offering trips. Staying in Sálála and trips with Mr. Tomaštík was a great experience for us Europeans and we highly recommend it.
Dear Sir, thank you for leaving such a kind and detailed review. It was our great pleasure to be at your service on three package tours. We are proud that our chief tour guide Karel did such a great job. We will pass your positive remarks to him. We will be looking forward to welcoming you in Salalah again.
A very well organized trip that brought me and my family incredible experiences. especially the sunset in the desert is beautiful. The guide was very pleasant and gave us a lot of information. We also had a rental car from the same company and everything was in perfect order. I recommend it to everyone.
Thank you for leaving such a kind review. We were delighted to arrange the private tours and other services for you. We are glad that you enjoyed the itinerary and services of our guide. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Salalah again, there are many more places to be explored!
The tour was great and our guide Azuz is a nice guy very experienced. The desert is not to be missed when in Salalah and the private tour is the best way to live it with your timing.
Thank you for leaving us this kind review. We are glad that you have enjoyed the private tour to the desert. We put great effort in designing the best itineraries. Therefore it is a great pleasure for us to hear your appreciation. We will pass your review to our tour guide Azouz.
We were picked up by our guide in front of the hotel and driven to a part of the desert where you definitely wouldn't have come alone, even with a four-wheel drive vehicle. Unforgettable tour. On the way there still visited a camel owner and tasted camel milk. Very good. Fun and interesting tour, although not entirely cheap.
Dear Marco, we are grateful for your kind appreciation of our services. On the desert tour, our drivers showcase the best of driving skills and knowledge of the territory. The fact that the tour is private makes it possible to get further to the desert and thereby avoid meeting other groups. Your review makes us obliged to improve our services even further. We would be honored to welcome you again in Salalah!
We enjoyed a wonderful trip to the empty quarter yesterday and Ahmed was a fantastic guide who made every effort to make the tour unforgettable.
Thank you for leaving us this kind review. We are glad that you enjoyed the desert trip with Takamul Travel. We put great effort in designing the best desert tour intineraries. Therefore it is a great pleasure for us to hear your appreciation. We will pass your nice remarks to our esteemed colleague Mr Ahmed.
