Wadi Qashea Hiking, Abseiling & Swimming

Extraordinary adventure Abseiling and hiking in Wadi Qashea

Day 1 Muscat- Nizwa Fort & Market- Birkat Al Moz- Jabal Akhdar (Green Mountain)

 The tour starts in the morning, we’ll drive towards Nizwa. Nizwa was the capital of Oman during Al Yaruba Dynasty we’ll visit the famous Nizwa Souq (Market), a wide variety of vendors offering their goods in the streets of the souk from, here you can find, vegetables, pottery, jewelry, handicrafts, Omani sweets (halwa), spice, and souvenirs which are sold in authentic old market halls that few places can boast, especially interesting is the Friday cattle market when the locals come to sell their, goats, cattle, sheep, and chickens in a circus style open marketplace.

Next to the Souq is the Nizwa fort and castle the fort it’s been built in 1649 and the castle been built in 888. The fort is a museum today and offers splendid views of this ancient town and the surrounding mountains. You can walk around in this impressive fort and castle with many passages rooms. The fort is an architectural testimony to the economic and military achievements of the early Yaruba dynasty from the mid-17th century. It was a military stronghold designed to withstand even the strongest of attacks at the time. Even along the corridors, many traps were laid to deter any intruders that might have penetrated the defenses.

After Nizwa we visit Birkat Al Moz, it has a large Falaj system that supplies water date palms, and vegetables for many orchards; it’s listed to the UNESCO organization. It’s worth spending some time walking and discovering the old part of the village.

From Birkat Al Moz we drive up to (Jebel Akhdar) it’s known as “Green Mountain” it’s considered one of the most scenic areas in Oman, it’s a part of Hajar Mountain Range. Jebel Akhdar has so-called because of the presence of green terraced gardens surrounding the villages you precede to the Saiq Plateau; this place can be reached only by Donkey for hundreds of year’s A variety of fruits like pomegranates, apricot, apple, olives, Grape, Rose, Peaches, and Walnut. Are grown here There are interesting walks in Wadi Bani Habib, Shrejah, Al Ain, and Al Aqur.

Over Night In Jabal Akhdar Hotel

Day 2 Wadi Qashea Hiking, Abseiling & Swimming

Today is an exceptional day, the adventure begins here. We’ll leave the hotel at 05:00 AM in the early morning, heading to the Al-Russ area in the Green Mountain, and from  Al-Russ area we start walk down about 700 meters, the path not bad  at the beginning and then it’s unclear and we start walking over & between the big rocks until we reach the first descent-Abseiling in the wadi 45 meters, then the second descent-Abseiling 65 meters, then continue the descent-Abseiling between 10, 20 and 30 meters, and then Abseiling to the hanging pond with a height of 45 meters, immediately after the hanging pond 55 meters, then walk for 4 km and exit from Wadi Tanuf , you will walk between & over rugged and large rocks, and from the last Abseiling to Wadi Tanuf 4 km, the distance from the beginning to the end: 9 km

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: VERY DIFFICULT

WHAT TO BRING:

• WATERPROOF BAG FOR YOUR SNACKS YOU NEED FOR THE TRACK
• WATERPROOF STRONG HIKING BOOTS WE ALWAYS PREFER TRAINER & SOME EXTRA CLOTHES
• WATERPROOF PHONE COVER IF YOU PLAN TO TAKE YOUR PHONE WITH YOU
• LIFE JACKET IF YOU HAVE NO SWIMMING EXPERINCE

ADVENTURE INCLUDING:

• DAY 1 LUNCH 7 DINNER AT LOCAL RESTAURANT
• DAY 2 SNACKSD DURING THE ADVENTURE
• TRANSPORTATION BY A/C 4WD
• ABSEILING GUIDE & FIRST AID
• PRIVATE ADVENTURE
• PICK UP & DROP OFF
• ACCOMMODATION
• ALL FEES & TAXES
• BOTTLE of WATER
• ABSEILING TOOLS

EXCLUSION:

NIZWA FORT FEES INTRANCE

PICK UP INFORMATION:

WE PICK UP TRAVELERS FROM ANY PLACE IN MUSCAT

• MUSCAT HARBOR (FOR SHORE EXCURSIONS PASSENGERS)
• MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
• RESIDENCE
• HOTELS

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