Desert & dunes

Seven days around northern Oman: the coast road to Sur, turtles at Ras Al Jinz, wadi pools, a night in the Wahiba Sands, the Green Mountain, Nizwa and Jabreen, and Muscat.

Eight days: dolphins and old Muscat, the Grand Mosque, two nights on Jabal Akhdar, Nizwa, Bahla and Jabreen, Jabal Shams, the Wahiba Sands and the coast road.

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.

Three days: the Bimah Sinkhole and Wadi Shab, turtle watching at Ras Al Jinz, the coast road, Wadi Bani Khalid, a night in the Wahiba Sands, then Ibra, Nizwa and Jabreen.

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.

Six days with a guide: Muscat, a wadi and the Wahiba Sands, Nizwa, Jabal Akhdar and Nakhal. Oman’s essentials in under a week.

Six days with a guide: Muscat, Jabal Shams and the Grand Canyon, Nizwa, the Wahiba Sands and the turtle beaches of Ras Al Jinz.

Two days from Muscat: Ibra, the pools of Wadi Bani Khalid, a night at a camp in the Wahiba Sands, then back along the coast by Wadi Shab, the Bimah Sinkhole and Quriyat.

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