On your way to the highlight of watching the turtles lay their eggs and hatch, you’ll stop at Wadi Shabb, the wadi with the waterfall inside a cave!

This trip is for adults, families and kids who want to experience the magic of Oman for a weekend!

This trip requires driving to Oman on Friday night, making our way to Wadi Shabb on Saturday morning, then heading to Ras al Jinz for the night on Saturday. Turtle watching will happen on Saturday night at 9 pm at the Turtle Reserve. If you really loved it you can go out again at 5 am just before sunrise, Sunday, we will drive to Wadi Hawar for a similar hike and swim through more pools and al Jinz before returning to Muscat by 4 pm.

We will stay the first night in the Crowne Plaza Hotel before we head south early Saturday morning. Saturday night we will stay at the Turtle Beach Resort so you will be able to spend time on the beach after arrival on Saturday. Saturday is NO MOON which is very good for the turtles, who are disoriented from the full moon, Bring a flashlight with a ‘red’ light as you cannot use the flashlight with the turtles! We plan this trip for the end of August only as the turtles lay their eggs in the summer, but the majority of the hatching starts late-august - October. Wadi Shabb and Wadi Hawar will be full of summer monsoon rains and though it of course is hot, you will not even notice as you will wet the whole time!

To register and pre-book for this event please sign up here: Or you can pay a deposit by credit card to reserve here. You. can pre book with a deposit of 50% of your booking.

Adults: 1900 Dh Kids 700 Dh (Family pricing in the details)

• Detailed Itinerary

  tinerary:

  • Friday: Fly or Drive to Muscat, arrive anytime. Dinner is on your own, arrive as late as you need to.

  • Saturday:

  • 6:00 am - Drive in the bus as a group to Wadi Shabb. (2 hours from Muscat) We have to start early!

  • 8:00 am: - Hike/Swim through the wadi to reach the caves and return

  • 12:00 PM: Lunch in Wadi Tiwi Town - drive to Ras al Jinz

  • 3:00 PM: Reach Ras al Jinz Turtle Resort for afternoon swim and refresh

  • 7:00 PM Dinner

  • 8:30 PM: Drive to Turtle Reserve for the presentation and official tour of the turtles laying eggs and babies hatching. This is the height of the season with the best chance to see babies hatching, but it NOT a guarantee that the babies will be hatching, nature has its on schedule. You will definitely see the mama turtles and most likely at least some babies, but we cannot promise 100’s of babies, you just never know.

  • Sunday:

  • 5:00 am: optional tour of the mama turtles if you can wake up!

  • 7:00 am: Breakfast at Turtle Reserve

  • 8:00 am: Drive to Wadi Hawar (2 hours)

  • 10:00 am: Swim and light canyoning in Wadi Hawar - huge pools all filled up with summer monsoon rains.

  • 2:00 PM: Drive back to Muscat

  • 5:00 PM: Reach Muscat and drive home.

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• Prices

  Single Adult: 1900 DH

  Family Pricing

  • 1 adult and 1 kid: 2400 DH

  • (Sharing the room)

  • 2. adults 1 kid: 3600 (Sharing the room)

  • 2 adults and 2 kids: 4000

  • (2 rooms)

  • 2 adults and 3 kids: 4500

  • (2 rooms)

• Hotels We stay at

  1 night Crowne Plaza Muscat: 3 star hotel with a very good breakfast which is served at 5:30 am

  1 night Turtle Beach Resort - This is on the. beach.

• What's included/Not included

  Transfer to Muscat either drive or fly. You won’t have to drive after you arrive to Muscat, your car can be left in your hotel for the weekend.

  Included:

  • Group Transport for 2 days to all activities (we will cover around 600 KM total over the 2 days)

  • All turtle viewing charges

  • 2 nights Hotel: Crowne Plaza and Turtle Beach Resort

  • All meals except Friday dinner

  • English speaking Driver and Professional Local Guide, Yayha

  • UAE Trekkers Guide

• Getting to and From Oman

  • 6 months on your PASSPORT
  • No visa required but you must have your passport.
  • Residency is not required
  • Car on loan may require NOC from the bank
  • Oman insurance is required on car

  Flying to Oman is recommended as it is even cheaper than driving!

• Trek Description Families& Kids Easy

  • The hike into the canyon does require basic fitness, balance and swimming ability. It will be hot, you will go slow, but you still need to be able to walk for 45 minutes over rocks and ledges. Most people manage this without issue, but those without basic fitness will struggle.

• Flying: 150 Dh via Wizz Air Abu Dhabi

  The flights are very inexpensive and frequent. more details after we have a group to organize closer to to the date. WIZZ AIR 148DH RET