Musandam Peninsula Khasab

... tip of Arabia, and quite close to Iran, is a land of beautiful fjords or khors as they are known in Oman. It is so close to Iran that Khasab port is used to smuggle US cigarettes into Iran in return for goats via small speed boats. We saw some ...

... system" on the boat. After a bit of organisation, there were 30+ people joining. The drive from Dubai to Khasab, the main town in that part of Oman, was only a few hours, but passing the border and waiting for a car which had gone to the main part of ...

It was an early start as our convoy of 25 people and 7 4WD's headed north towards Oman.  Our destination was Khasab Harbour in the Musamdan Peninsula (Oman) for a day of dhow cruising around the Khors (Islands).  We were to be there for a 9.30 ...

After the boat trip many people were going back to Dubai, but I had planned to stay with Canadian Graham, Polish Jan, and Aussie Ella. We had Graham's jeep to go around, and more importantly Graham himself, who had already been exploing a fair bit of the ...

... Area: Musandam Peninsula is the northern tip of UAE but in Omani territory that is separated by UAE from the mainland Oman. Khasab is the main town in this area that boasts the highest mountain of this area i.e. 2200m called as Jebel Hareem. ...

This is my journey to Khasab, the capital of Musandam, Sultanate of Oman.

The drive along the Musandam coast to Khasab was gorgeous! It was amazingly beautiful---the highway hugged the coast between the mountain cliffs and the sea, and every once in a while there would be a small village or a seaside beach (public).  This ...

... another resort (the only other one being the Golden Tulip Resort a couple of miles west of Khasab.  Too bad---one of the best things about Oman is that it hasn’t yet been totally overdeveloped and tourist-ized like many Western nations.  ...

... dirhams worth of vacuum packed pillows (and another grande latte!) we continued on through the UAE/Oman border crossing. The road to Khasab winds around shear limestone cliff faces which plunge downwards to connect with the Straits of Hormuz  ...