Salalah Trip Overview
A day Trip, Discovering East of Salalah, Taqah City, Sumuhram archeological site, wildlife in Wadi Darbat, Jabal Samhan, Baobab Tree, and Mirbat ancient town.
• TRANSPORTATION BY AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLE 4WD CAR
• LUNCH AT LOCAL RESTAURANT
• ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE
• PICK UP AND DROP OFF
• ALL FEES AND TAXES
• PRIVATE DAY TRIP
• BOTTLED WATER
WE PICK UP TRAVELERS FROM ANY PLACE IN SALALAH
• SALALAH HARBOR (FOR SHORE EXCURSIONS PASSENGERS)
• SALALAH AIRPORT
• RESIDENCE
• HOTELS
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Additional Info
Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Salalah, Oman
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
A day Trip, Discovering East of Salalah, Taqah City, Sumuhram archeological site, wildlife in Wadi Darbat, Jabal Samhan, Baobab Tree, and Mirbat ancient town.
• TRANSPORTATION BY AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLE 4WD CAR
• LUNCH AT LOCAL RESTAURANT
• ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE
• PICK UP AND DROP OFF
• ALL FEES AND TAXES
• PRIVATE DAY TRIP
• BOTTLED WATER
WE PICK UP TRAVELERS FROM ANY PLACE IN SALALAH
• SALALAH HARBOR (FOR SHORE EXCURSIONS PASSENGERS)
• SALALAH AIRPORT
• RESIDENCE
• HOTELS
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Taqah Castle, Taqah, Salalah 211 Oman
The tour starts in the morning, we will drive towards Taqah, its cemetery Mazoon Al-Mashani, the mother of Sultan Qaboos, is buried. Under identical marble gravestones, an uncle and a grandfather of the Sultans Qaboos are buried.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sumhuram Old City, 49 Sumhuram Street, Salalah 211 Oman
From Taqah continue your journey to Khor Rori reports that the town of Sumhuram was founded on royal initiative and settled by Hadhrami emigrants. The Dhofar region was the main source of frankincense in the ancient period, and it seems likely that the foundation of the settlement by the Hadhramaut was in part motivated by the wish to control the production of this valuable commodity.
The excavations have uncovered the ground plan of the settlement and have attested maritime contacts with the Ḥaḑramite homeland, India, and the Mediterranean. It was inscribed in 2000, along with other sites along the Incense Route in Oman, as part of the World Heritage site “Land of Frankincense”.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: شلالات وادي دربات(ولاية طاقة), 3CJP+QR2, Taqah, Oman
Wadi Darbat Offering majestic views of the lakes, mountains, caves, wildlife, and waterfalls, Wadi Darbat is surely a paradise for nature lovers and history enthusiasts. Watching the crystal clear water cascading down the 100-meter waterfall surrounded by lush greenery is surely a delight. Close to the waterfall are many natural cave chambers with stalagmites and old stalactites.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Jabal Samhan, Salalah Oman
Jebel Samhan is one of the major mountain ranges in the administrative district of Dhofar, whose highest peak reaches 2,100 meters. Jebel Samhan has many levels that are traversed by deep and narrow mountain passes, some of which are up to a thousand feet deep.
In the plain of Jebel Samhan different plant species such as acacia and frankincense trees grow. The narrow mountain passes are poor in water, but there are numerous streams that serve as an important source of water for most of the animals living here. (Classified as an endangered species) In addition to the Arabian leopards are many other mammals native to these mountains, including the Arabian Gazelle, the fox, and the Nubian goat.
Leopards are usually considered the best adapted to the environment of animals. The Arabian leopard is usually smaller and lighter than its African relatives. For a long time lived the Arabian Leopard in the northern mountain range of the Arabian Peninsula.
Oman is rich in country nature.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: شجرة التبلدي المعمره بضلكوت, P755+8VX، ظلكوت،، Oman
Baobab magnificent giants, their trunks sometimes ringed with snails, stand head and shoulders over the more typical Dhofari vegetation and are the only such trees on the Arabian Peninsula.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Mirbat, Mirbat, Dhofar Governorate
From there continue your journey to Mirbat coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, Mirbat (Moscha) was involved in the export of frankincense in ancient times, to places as far as China. In ancient times Mirbat was the capital of Dhofar, with an income derived from the frankincense trade and from breeding Arabian horses, visit the port of Mirbat and walk along with old houses of Mirbat
Duration: 1 hour
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