Category Archives: Oman Holidays

Tour of Oman Schedule

Posted on February 13, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

The Tour of Oman bike race is starting on Tuesday in Muscat Oman – here is the schedule with all times GMT

Tuesday   14/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN at Muscat Palace to Huwquain 16:00 – 20:00
Wednesday   15/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Sur to Wadi Dayqah 16:30 – 20:00
Thursday   16/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Wadi bani Kharus to Muscat Airport 16:40 – 20:00
Friday   17/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Bid Bid to Wadi Kabir Muscat – 16:45 – 20:00
Saturday   18/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Royal Opera House Muscat to Jebel Akhdar – 16:00 – 20:00
Sunday   19/02/2012   TOUR of OMAN Al Khawd to Muttrah Corniche 16:00 – 19:00

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Posted in England, Mountain, Muscat, OMAN, Oman Holidays, People, TOURS, Tours in Oman, Travel, Travel Blog, Uncategorized

Tagged Muscat, OMAN, oman blog, Oman Tour, Tour of Oman 2012, Tour of Oman times, عمان, مسقط

The Clipper Odyssey visits the Arabian Peninsula

Posted on January 15, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

Last year I gave a series of talks on Oman in a wonderful cruise on the Island Sky from Salalah to past Abu Dhabi. This year the American company Zegrahm is doing a similar cruise travelling between Muscat and Bahrain and has invited me Continue reading →

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Posted in HOLIDAYS, Muscat, OMAN, Oman Cruise Excursions, Oman Holidays, Sea, TOURS, Tours in Oman, Travel, Travel Blog

Tagged Arabian Sea, Clipper Odyssey, Cruise Excursions, Island Sky, Muscat, Noble Caledonia, OMAN, oman blog, Oman Holidays, Oman Tour, Salalah, Sands of Time, Sea, Sea of Oman, Zegrahm, عمان, مسقط

Oman Air’s new CEO

Posted on January 6, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

Oman Air over Oman's Mountains

Oman’ national airline Oman Air now has a new CEO. Continue reading →

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Posted in HOLIDAYS, Mountain, Muscat, OMAN, Oman Holidays, People, Travel, Travel Blog

Tagged OMAN, Oman Air, oman blog, Oman Holidays, Oman Tour, Wayne Pearce, عمان, مسقط

Gazelles and Dhows in Dhofar

Posted on January 3, 2012 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

It was a nice surprise to see the familiar face of Allesandro near Salalah.

Allesandro and Dhow

He had previously worked on the Jewel of Muscat and was now restoring a Dhow called “The Wolf”. Another enjoyable encounter was with Continue reading →

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Posted in HOLIDAYS, OMAN, Oman Holidays, Oman's Nature, TOURS, Tours in Oman, Tours of Salalah, Travel, Travel Blog

Tagged Arabian Sea, Dhofar, Dhow, Gazelle, OMAN, Salalah, عمان

Forts and Mountains in Oman

Posted on December 29, 2011 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

We managed to included for our tour group a combination of time in one of Omans charming forts

visiting one of Omans Forts

set overlooking an extensive Date Oasis with an exhilarating drive Continue reading →

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Posted in HOLIDAYS, Mountain, OMAN, Oman Holidays, Tour of Muscat, TOURS

Tagged Christmas in Oman, Mountains, OMAN, Oman Forts, Oman Holidays, Oman Mountains, عمان

Coast and Desert in Oman

Posted on December 28, 2011 by omanholiday | Leave a comment

Making use of the sea cliffs our tour group stopped on the flight path of Sooty Gulls, Black Headed Gulls and Caspian Gulls travelling along the coast.