All About Wahiba Sands in Oman

The desert is also home to some 3,000 Bedouins, some of whom you may meet if you travel through the sands. Bedouin camps can be found along the tracks and trails in this isolated desert. Travellers can spend the night in one of these camps, they can experience an unpolluted sunset and watch the stars in the night sky.

In sporadic areas, one can find stands of single-species woodlands. Where the sands meet the ocean, outcrops of aolianite (sand compressed into rock) can be found displaying unusual and attractive abstract shapes. Here the beaches mellow into soft shades of yellows and whites.

To the west of the Wahiba are the small towns of Rawdah, Samad Ash Shan, Al Akdar and Lizq. Rawdah and Samad Ash Shan contain ruins and reconstructions of old forts while Al Akdar is the home of Omani pit weavers who design elegant textiles from their looms dug into the ground.

At Lizq can be found remains of structures that date back to Bronze Age. South of Lizq are the prosperous towns of Al Mudaybi and Sinaw where you can find almost every day the bustling Bedouin souq at the centre of town.