Full Day Private Guided Day Trip in Salalah

We start the tour by visiting the magical coastal town of Taqah. It is a beautiful town on the Arabian Sea. The beach is on its southern side. The white sand of the beach, along with coconut trees and cliffs on one side make the place mesmerizing. The beach has lots of birds, making it a bird-watcher paradise. You get a chance also to see old style houses of Dhofar and the panorama view.

Taqa Castle. This castle is not the only historical building in the town. Burj Al Askar and Koofan House are other historical sites with amazing tales to tell. You can pay for the entrance to any of these sites (entrance is not covered in the tour cost). If you don’t want to enter, you can experience the place from outside and make this a photo stop.

After that, you will be heading up to Dhofar Mountain to see Wadi Derbat, The most beautiful water Wadi with cows, camels, and goats roaming freely all along the valley waters and mountains. The seasonal waterfall is awesome people can also do a short hike around the area plus boating activities.

Through a 20-minute drive from Darbat on the mountains, which are green during the Khareef season, we will reach the site of the sinkhole. This is another popular spot on the Jebel Safari in Salalah. Tawi Attair Sinkhole, which translates as The Birds Well, is a unique place to visit.

Tawi Attair is one of the world’s deepest sinkholes, measuring some 200 meters from top to bottom. It is actually so deep that a fifty-floor building can be fit inside it. Probably formed by the collapse of the roof of an enormous subterranean cave in the past.

The next stop will be Jabal Samhan, which is the highest point in the Dhofar region and is above 4000 feet. It is worth noting that the scenery becomes barren near the top, which is a contrast to the plantation you might be seeing on the way from Darbat to Samhan during the drive.

Depending on the weather, you may see clouds hugging the cliff of Jebel Samhan or the coast of Mirbat if the weather is clear. The entire drive is on the mountain path where you enjoy the landscape on both sides of the road.

While descending from the mountains, two noticeable stops will be made. One of them is at Wadi Hanna, where you will discover fine cluster of Baobab Trees. These are African trees and their presence here shows the impressive botanical link of Dhofar with Africa.

The other site is that of Magnetic Hill, also called Salalah Anti Gravity Point. The car will drive here without any acceleration up to a speed of 40 kilometers per hour in natural gear.