Start the 2 days trip at the Quriyat fishing village where there will be a short photo stop at the harbor which is absolutely spectacular and yet completely rural!. Proceed to visit the Bimah Sinkhole, it is a fascinating limestone crater been created many years ago and the hole is large and filled with blue-green sea water.
Drive on to the white beaches of Finns for a photo-stop and/or a swim (1/2 hour). Continue to Wadi Shab and Wadi Tiwi where you will enjoy the pre-packed picnic lunch in the serene surroundings of the beautiful Oasis. Drive on to Sur where you will experience the fishermen’s harbor. Pay a visit also to the Dhow (traditional fisher baots) building yard.
Check-in to the hotel (Carapace, Sur Plaza, Sur Beach or Ras Al Hadd). You will get some time for a shower and dinner then at 21 pm you will picked up from the lobby where the rangers will take you for 15 min walk to the place where the green turtles nest on the calm beaches of Ras Al Jinz.
The turtles can be seen late at night (21hrs to 23hrs) and then again early in the morning (about 04 am). Back to the hotel for breakfast and check out. In the way back to Muscat you will stop at Wahiba Sands for a short round of Dune Bashing, lunch at a local restaurant and return back to Muscat.
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Drive on to the white beaches of Finns for a photo-stop and/or a swim (1/2 hour). Continue to Wadi Shab and Wadi Tiwi where you will enjoy the pre-packed picnic lunch in the serene surroundings of the beautiful Oasis. Drive on to Sur where you will experience the fishermen’s harbor. Pay a visit also to the Dhow (traditional fisher baots) building yard.
Check-in to the hotel (Carapace, Sur Plaza, Sur Beach or Ras Al Hadd). You will get some time for a shower and dinner then at 21 pm you will picked up from the lobby where the rangers will take you for 15 min walk to the place where the green turtles nest on the calm beaches of Ras Al Jinz.
The turtles can be seen late at night (21hrs to 23hrs) and then again early in the morning (about 04 am). Back to the hotel for breakfast and check out. In the way back to Muscat you will stop at Wahiba Sands for a short round of Dune Bashing, lunch at a local restaurant and return back to Muscat.
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Combine a morning of sightseeing in Dendara and Abydos. Start with Hathour temple in Dendra, The approach path is between two Roman fountains that end at the massive entry gate, The walls are mud-brick and date to the Roman era. Between the walls is the temple, two birth houses, a Coptic Basilica, a sanitarium, a sacred lake and the Temple of the Birth of Isis. Then move to Abydos in Middle Egypt, buildings constituting the settlement area in northern Abydos dating back to Predynastic times have been found around Kom es-Sultan, while recent excavators have found an Old Kingdom residential area to the south-east which contains a street of mudbrick houses with courtyards and a faience workshop with its kilns. End of the tour and transfer back to your hotel in Luxor.
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Pick up from Izmir port to enjoy a full day sightseeing tour in Ephesus city. It is considered one of the great outdoor museums of Turkey, in fact perhaps of the world. It is also considered one of the best preserved classical city of the Eastern Mediterranean, and among the best places in the world enabling one to genuinely ‘soak in’ the atmosphere of Roman times. You will visit Odeon, State Agora, The Prytaneion, Domitian Square, Hercules Gate, The Fountain of Trajan, Temple of Hadrian, Celsius Library, the Gymnasium, the Grand Theatre, the Arcadian Way and finally you will handicraft center to have a presentation about authentic Turkish arts. Return back to your cruise in Izmir port.
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Pick up from Agadir port to enjoy a day trip to Taroudant city. Lies between Agadir and Taliouine. Being one of the most fertile regions in the south, with a river that runs all year long, leaders and sultans have used it throughout history as a base from which they would attempt to take over the stronghold of Marrakesh. With the modernization from historical construction to the more recent craze of cinder-block houses, the ancient beauty that Taroudant once held remains a spark in the traveler’s imagination. You will visit the city and city souks that offers handicrafts, terracotta, silver, leather goods, carpets and beaded jewelry. Return back to your cruise in Agadir port.
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