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Private tour - Empty Quarter desert adventure - Wadi Dawka + Ubar

By Takamul Travel Oman
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$552 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Takamul Travel brings to you 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 Wadi Dawka, a valley where thousands of precious 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 whose ruins stand witness to the glorious past when the city served as a centre for the incense trade.

Activity location

  • Wadi Dawkha
    • Salalah, Oman

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Wadi Dawkha
    • Salalah, Oman

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Private tour - Empty Quarter desert adventure - Wadi Dawka + Ubar
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
AU$551.59 x 1 AdultAU$551.59

Total
Price is AU$551.59
Until Fri, 3 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedSoft drink/Pop
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedCoffee and/or Tea

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Wadi Dawkha
  • 20m
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.
Empty Quarter
  • 20m
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.
Empty Quarter
  • 3h
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 colour during the sunset and make some remarkable pictures.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESWadi Dawkha
    • Salalah, Oman

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEWadi Dawkha
    • Salalah, Oman

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