4x4 & self-drive

Four days by 4x4: Nakhal Fort and Wadi Bani Awf, a night on Jabal Shams, Jabreen, Bahla and Nizwa, then Wadi Bani Khalid, the Wahiba Sands and the coast road back to Muscat.

A three-hour 4x4 drive from Khasab up to Jebel Harim, the highest peak of Musandam, with viewpoints, mountain villages and old stone houses.

A full day by 4x4 through Musandam’s mountains to Jebel Harim, with many viewpoints, remote villages and a picnic lunch in the mountains.

A full day by 4x4 from Salalah over the Dhofar mountains to the ruins of Ubar, into the dunes of the Empty Quarter, and back via Wadi Dawkah.

Three days by 4x4 from Salalah: Wadi Dawkah, Ubar, two nights camping in the dunes of the Empty Quarter, and the wild coast west of Salalah.

A day trip from Muscat by 4x4: Barka fish market, Nakhal Fort and springs, and the off-road drive through Wadi Bani Awf to Bilad Sayt.

Eight hours from Muscat by 4x4: Ibra, the pools of Wadi Bani Khalid and the dunes of the Wahiba Sands. Local lunch included.

One and a half to two hours of 4x4 dune driving with an experienced driver over the high dunes of the Wahiba Sands, with photo stops.

Six days at your own pace in a rental 4x4: Muscat, a wadi and the Wahiba Sands, Nizwa, Jabal Akhdar and Nakhal.

Seven days in a rental 4x4: Muscat, the coast road to Sur, Wadi Bani Khalid and the Wahiba Sands, Nizwa, Jabal Akhdar and Nakhal.