Day Trip to Nizwa & Jabal Shams (The Grand Canyon of Oman)

The old city of Nizwa was very colorful, neat and calm, and the castle visit was a unique experience. Driving to the canyon was another hour drive from Nizwa but the view. Was really rewarding!!! Breathtaking!! The hole drive from Muscat and back took us about 9 hours but we enjoyed the whole of it thanks to excellent company of our. Driver-guide Ali who apart from a real professional is a very kind and knowledgeable person with whom we exchanged openly views about our cultures and religions. Next time we visit Muscat we will look for him to be our exclusive guide.

Good full day tour of Nizwa fort and market and the grand canyon. Good views and histories. Enjoyed it.

Fantastic day exploring the souqs and fort of Nizwa followed by the glorious mountain landscapes and hairpin bends of Jebel Shams! Salim was an excellent guide and driver, photographer (!) and full of humour!

Abdullah was amazing and really informative. You could tell he knew a lot about history and took the time to explain everything to us - we did nizwa and jebel shams with him. The next day we sorted a tour to al ayn to see the famous beehive tombs as well as balha fort. Our guide was salim. He didn’t know anything really about balha and the fort itself was stunning but it didn’t have any information written in the rooms etc. Oman are in the process of improving this. However, he said little is known about the fort but we went home and googled it and there’s lots of info- salim just didn’t know a huge amount about it which was sad because we paid 130 for this tour. However, he was v competent taking us to al ayn to see the tombs. I think maybe just work on providing more information and improving knowledge - the rest was great

Abdullah is truly an amazing person who knows a lot of history and was able to share knowledge about the Nizwah fort that was fascinating. The drive to the grand canyon of Oman was very exciting and the lunch stop was so lovely and charming. An amazing day with a kind soul who took us around to whatever markets we wanted to shop at!🙏🏻

I must thank Abdullah for such wonderful ride to the Grand Canyon. It is remarkable. The lunch is yummy.

Vielen Dank für einen erlebnisreichen Tag mit unserem exzellenten Guide Salim nach Nizwa und zum Jabal Shams. Der Tiermarkt ist ein Erlebnis, auch wenn man dafür etwas früher aufstehen muss. Salim hat uns den ganzen Tag viel über die Sehenswürdigkeiten, Land und Leute erklärt und war mit seiner Aufmerksamkeit und Herzlichkeit der perfekte Begleiter. Um uns einen Gefallen zu tun, haben wir am Rückweg nach Muscat sogar noch einen Abstecher nach Birkat Al Mouz für einen kurzen Fotostopp gemacht. Danke Salim für diesen wunderschönen Ausflug!

Nous avons passé un très bon moment lors de notre excursion. Notre Chauffeur Fahad fut d'une gentille sans nom avec nous. Il a fait même plus que ce qui était prévu en nous emmenant dans des coins que seuls les locaux connaissent. Mention spéciale pour sa ponctualité et son humour à la omanaise.