Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Salalah/Oman Trip in Sept 2009 Eid Holidays

Finally, an opportunity to do long awaited Salalah Trip by Road in the coming Eid holidays (tentatively from Fri, 18th Sept till Fri, 25th Sept), Will have to take a couple of days off to complete weekend to weekend.

Itinerary:

Day-1 (Friday, 18th Sept, start from Auh @ 3.00 a.m): Auh to Salalah(Oman) in one stretch via Mezayed(Al Ain) border post - Approx 1250 km (Reach Hotel by night)
Day-2 (Sat, 19th Sept): Salalah Local SightSeeing (Night stay at Salalah hotel )
Day-3 (Sun, 20th Sept): Salalah Local Sighseeing (Nightstay at the same hotel)
Day-4 (Mon, 21st Sept): Salalah Local Sighseeing (Nightstay at the same hotel)
Day-5 (Tue, 22nd Sept, start from Salalah @ 3.00 a.m): Salalah to Masirah Island - 850 Km , cross to Masirah in Ferry(Camping at Masirah)
Day-6 (Wed, 23rd Sept): Masirah Local Sighseeing (Nightstay at the same Camp)
Day-7 (Thu, 24th Sept): Masirah Local Sighseeing (Nightstay at the same Camp)
Day-8 (Fri, 25th Sept): Masirah to Abu Dhabi - Approx 800 km (Back to Abu Dhabi by night)

Total Road distance to be covered: Approx 3200 km
Total Number of days: 8
Total nights in hotel: 4
Total nights at Camp: 3

Here is the map and route marked on it


A nice writeup on Salalah Trip:
http://www.chirri2000.com/discovery/disc_salalah/disc_salalah.htm

About Masirah:
http://www.world66.com/asia/middleeast/oman/masirahisland
http://home.hetnet.nl/~lilian_jan_schreurs/oman/Masirah.htm
http://www.geocities.com/suonnoch/Oman/masirah.htm
http://exploremasirah.com/