A canyon with turquoise pools between towering cliffs. Cross by boat at the start, walk about 45 minutes, then swim through pools into a cave with a hidden waterfall.
Bring a waterproof bag. Nearby Bimmah Sinkhole is a turquoise pool in a limestone crater. It's about 1.5 hours from Muscat.
A beach on Oman's easternmost point where endangered green turtles come ashore every night to lay their eggs.
Oman's main mosque, completed in 2001, with a huge Persian carpet and a Swarovski chandelier.
A sea of orange sand dunes, up to 100 m high, inhabited by Bedouin.
A 17th-century fort with a huge round tower in the historic capital of interior Oman.
Oman's highest mountain, about 3,000 m, overlooking Wadi Ghul, the 'Grand Canyon of Arabia'.
A rugged peninsula at the Strait of Hormuz, separated from the rest of Oman, with mountains plunging into fjord-like inlets (khors).
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