Wadi Bani Awf Oman
Wadi Bani Awf Oman. Wadi between Rustaq and Al Awabi, January 2014, Hajjar mountains
Wadi Bani Awf (وادي بني عوف), also spelled Wadi Bani Awuf, is a large wadi in wilayat Al Rustaq in the South Batinah Governorate of Oman. The wadi covers a large area with several villages and lots of cool attractions worth visiting, including the famous Snake Canyon! The route through Wadi Bani Awuf goes through beautiful scenery and connects all the way to Bilad Sayat in Al Dakhiliya region by crossing the Hajr Mountains and offers some of the best off-road driving experience you can find.
We referred to the Oman Off-road Guide during our visit to Wadi Bani Awf (which is a great book that we highly recommend for anyone wanting to explore Oman with their 4WD) and managed to visit the “smaller” Snake Canyon. You can’t refer to Wadi Bani Awf as a single attraction due to the large area it encompasses so we we will attempt to break-up the places we visited in this post.
Wadi Bani Awf Oman
Wadi Bani Awf - Oman
Wadi Bani Awf (aka Snake Gorge) - Sultanate of Oman
Wadi Bash - Wadi Bani Awf, Oman
Two VW Touaregs head up Wadi bani Awf west of Muscat, Oman
Oman/Spectacular Crossing the Hajar Mountains Part 35
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The Al Hajar Mountains:
The Al Hajar mountains in the interior of Oman are a geologist's paradise and provide magnificent, rugged landscapes. Running for almost 200 miles north-west to south-east, immediately to the north of the Wahiba Sands and between the sands and the coast, they contain the highest mountain in the Arabian peninsular, Jabal Shams at almost 10,000 feet.
The summit of Jabal Shams itself is occupied by radar and communications installations, but one can drive (on a dirt-road!) to a magnificent overlook just south of this – driving up anywhere in the mountains in the summer provides a blessed relief from the baking temperatures in the desert below! Beneath the overlook lies the breathtaking Grand Canyon of Oman, a series of jagged valleys and rugged escarpments disappearing into the distance whose sheer walls drop 3000+ feet to Wadi a'Nahkar below.
The Wadi a’Nakhar emerges from the mountains near Al Hamra, north of Nizwa, from where it is possible to drive back into the mountains on a rough rocky track that follows the bed of the wadi. The wadi narrows fairly quickly beyond the entrance and in some places the track is no wider than the wadi bed, hemmed in by 1,000 foot cliffs on each side – obviously, you don’t drive this after heavy rain! The scenery is spectacular and the drivable track ends after about 6 miles at a small hamlet with a few houses, a date-palm oasis and (usually) local people selling rugs and other woven products. From here it is possible to hike the rest of the way up into the Grand Canyon and to Jabal Shams.
Further to the south-east a paved road from Al Hamra climbs in a long series of switch-backs to Sharafat al Alamayn, considered to be the finest panorama in Oman, across the western Hajar mountains all the way to the coast. This is the start of the spectacular descent of the Western Hajar through Wadi Bani Auf, generally reckoned to be the most memorable off-road drive in Oman (and the entire Arabian peninsular) -- a rough, narrow dirt track descends (very!) steeply down the escarpment, with sheer 1,000 foot drop-offs on one side, in a series of tight hair-pins – it’s a challenge to the skills of experienced off-road drivers and is pretty much impassable during and immediately after any wet weather.
Further to the east lie the amazing terraces of Aj Jabal Al Alkdhar, famous for growing fragrant roses whose petals are harvested for fragrances, with the villages of Ashraijah and Al Ain perched on the edge of the Saiq plateau overlooking them. The plateau is around 6,000 feet above the plain at Nizwa and consequently gets around 12 inches of rain per year – this, together with very careful water management and terracing of the steep hillside, enables the growth of pomegranate, apricot, peach and walnut, as well as the roses for which it is famous
Explore Oman ... Balad Sayt - [31-05-2014]
The trip started from al Hamra to Balad Sayt and then passed to Wadi Bani Awf (AKA Snake Gorge) and which eneded in Rustaq via Wadi Sahten
Special thanks to Ambrosio Wong for the background music
Wadi Bani Awf - Oman 2011
Offroad über die Berge im Oman
Wadi Bani Awf / Auf / Auw
Oman (Wadi mistal) (wekaan)
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Wadi alhoqane oman (venu)
Enjoying a small water fall at Wadi Al Hoqane, Sultanate of Oman
Bilad Sayd - Jabal Shams Offroad
Family off-road trip & gathering across Oman Al Hajar Mountains through Wadi Bani Awf, Bilad Sayd, Al Hamra, and Jabal Shams.
what an incredible off-road experience and stunning scenery.
Route link:
Background Song list:
- Piano Rock Instrumental - Hyde
- Last Night - Nicolai Heidlas
- BACK IN SUMMER - Nicolai Heidlas
- Street Lamp - Silent Partner
Wakeboarding in Oman
Omani wakeboarding coach Ayub Al Hasni shows us how it’s done.
Drive to Balad Sayt, Oman
Bald Sayt is a small village with a population of 1000 or less in a remote valley near Jabal Shams, Oman. The highest point in the region is 2100mtr above sea level. The drive to Bald Sayt can be completed only by an SUV having good ground clearance!! The hair pin curves on the unpaved track, some times cut through the rocks presenting a narrow road where barely one car can pass along the cliff facing the valley, with a drop of at least 500 meters!! It is a scary drive.
Oman Wadi Ghul
Oman F800 gs off road
Sultanat d'Oman / Alhmra-Bilad Sayt
Balcony Walk and Via Ferrata, Wadi Ghul, Oman
Circular trek starting at the wadi below the Jebel Shams Base Camp to Al Khitaym village, along Wadi Ghul's Balcony Walk to visit the deserted village of Sap Bani Khamis and the pool and limestone cave of Bir Dakhliya. Then a climb out of the canyon up a via ferrata and walk back up the wadi to our starting point.
Driving into Wadi An Nakhur (Wadi Ghul) in Oman
Location: Wadi An Nakhur (Wadi Ghul), Sultanate of Oman
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Date: November 2015 & January 2016
Footage by: Krzysztof Stepien, transazja.pl
Music: El Magicia by Kevin MacLeod,
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Nakhal Fort - Build back in Pre-Islamic Era
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Nakhal Fort is one of the most prominent historical monuments in the Sultanate. It derives its name from the Wilaya itself. The fort lies amidst palm orchards in Wilayt Nakhal in Al Batinah South Governorate. It is an entrenched building that rises above a rocky hill at the base of Mount Nakhal in the northeast of Al Jabal Al Akhdar (Green Mountain).
The fort, also called Husn Al Heem, lies 120 kilometres from the capital Muscat and is located at the entrance of Wilayt Nakhal in Wadi Ar Raqeem.
This fort’s architecture does not follow a particular pattern, as it was designed around an irregularly shaped rock. You'll find that some rock parts become part of the building. This can be observed in some towers, particularly on the fort’s western side.
The construction of the castle dates back to the pre-Islamic era.
Oman's Al Hajar Mountains By 4WD
Discover the thrilling highs of off road Oman on a 4WD adventure across the Al Hajar mountain pass.
On this journey, we travel from Jebel Shams, Oman's highest peak, along the paved road up to the pass. We then follow a narrow, winding dirt track as it traverses dramatic ranges edging deep canyons, past the entrance to spectacular Snake Gorge, and through the epic landscapes of Wadi Bani Awf before rejoining the paved road back to the coast and Muscat.
A 4×4 road trip with incredible scenery, this is without doubt one of the highlights of Oman.
Music by Markvard:
Songs: 'Perfect Day' & 'Sky'
Wadi Al Hawqayn. Near Al Rustaq. Oman
Enjoyable trip to this downstream wadi(spring) coming from mountain.
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