We’ll leave Muscat to Nakhal town, here you can visit the beautiful Nakhal Fortress, it’s lies at the foothills of the mountains in a nice small village that grows extensive date palm plantations, this magnificent 1500 years old fortress rises out of the mountain rock, towering high above the ancient village as if still warning would-be attackers of its ominous strength, it has witnessed many battles and its packed full of hidden escape routes and secret passages, you can stroll around inside of this restored fortress and visit all the rooms which have been nicely decorated in the original old style, the view from the top of the fortress over the mountains and green date plantations is outstanding.

From Nakhal we continue our trip to Wade Bani Awf, the road leads us through the Wade, we’ll pass by impressive Wadi Canyons (Snake Canyon) and several villages the most beautiful village there is Balad Sayt, it’s surrounded by mountains from all directions.

Then we drive up the Mountain, this mountain road drives up to the Jebel Shams 3009 Meters (Grand Canyon) it’s one of the most adventurous mountains in Oman, offering existing off-road experience and fantastic views, we reach canyon view which is 2000 meters we stop there and we enjoy the view and photo.

From Jabal Shams we drive to Nizwa, where we spend the first night of the tour. Overnight in Al Diyar Hotel or Similar