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Bani Kharus: Canyon Start
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Bani Kharus: Parking at Entry
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Comment: P1 für Zustieg

Bani Kharus: Parking at Exit
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Comment: P2 für Ausstieg

Bani Kharus: Canyon End

Bani Habib: Canyon Start

Bani Habib: Parking at Exit
Comment: Ausstieg (Wagen nicht im Kiesbett des Baches abstellen!)

Bani Habib: Parking at Entry
Comment: P1 für Zustieg

Bani Habib: Canyon End

Bimah: Canyon Start
2025-04-10: Mandatory jumps at the start. Still clear water despite the dry conditions. Pretty little canyon.
Approach: From the piste directly into the gravelly streambed.
Tour: First in the gravelly and wide streambed to the beginning of the gorge. Then a little downclimb to the key point (point of no return). Here you could previously make a 2m - jump into a pool, but the latter is now sanded up - anno 2015. Although 2 bolts were present, but lugs and nuts were missing. If necessary and with appropriate intuition, one can slip here on friction. Continue with downclimb, also one or two small jumps are possible. Then we are at the confluence with the Wadi Bani Awf. We now pass the sinter "tunnel", the visual highlight of the tour. Then we have to walk and downclimb again. Finally the canyon opens, but only temporarily. At the exit there is again a narrow passage before you finally step out of the narrow walls, see also description Wadi Bani Awf.

Bimah: Parking Entry and Exit
2025-04-10: Mandatory jumps at the start. Still clear water despite the dry conditions. Pretty little canyon.
Comment: Austiegsparkplatz
Access: From Muscat, we drive west on the "Muscat Expy" highway. After about 25 km we pass the third entrance/exit to Muscat International Airport and leave it about 35 km further (and shortly before its exit - anno 2015) south on Route 13 towards Nakhl, Awabi. After 27.5 km we pass Nakhl and after another 36 km we drive past Awabi towards Rustaq. About 4.4 km after the end of Awabi we turn off Route 13 and head SSW following the signs for "Wadi Bani Awf". After 21 km (from route 13) we have reached the houses of Zammah on the edge of the streambed of Wadi Bani Awf. Up to here you can normally get with a non 4x4 car. Here we leave 1 car - not in the river bed ! - stand. With the second one we go uphill, after 4.1 km on the left is the entry to the side canyon Wadi Bimah.
Return: Out of the canyons onto the dirt road and downstream to Zammah.

Bimah: Parking at Entry
2025-04-10: Mandatory jumps at the start. Still clear water despite the dry conditions. Pretty little canyon.
Comment: Zustiegsparkplatz
Access: From Muscat, we drive west on the "Muscat Expy" highway. After about 25 km we pass the third entrance/exit to Muscat International Airport and leave it about 35 km further (and shortly before its exit - anno 2015) south on Route 13 towards Nakhl, Awabi. After 27.5 km we pass Nakhl and after another 36 km we drive past Awabi towards Rustaq. About 4.4 km after the end of Awabi we turn off Route 13 and head SSW following the signs for "Wadi Bani Awf". After 21 km (from route 13) we have reached the houses of Zammah on the edge of the streambed of Wadi Bani Awf. Up to here you can normally get with a non 4x4 car. Here we leave 1 car - not in the river bed ! - stand. With the second one we go uphill, after 4.1 km on the left is the entry to the side canyon Wadi Bimah.
Return: Out of the canyons onto the dirt road and downstream to Zammah.

Bimah: Canyon End
Return: Out of the canyons onto the dirt road and downstream to Zammah.

Bimah: Waypoint
Comment: Wadi Bimah/Wadi Bani Awf Zusammenfluß
Approach: From the piste directly into the gravelly streambed.

Shab: Canyon Start
2025-04-14: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Shab Very, very croudy. Too much people for us.A lot of hiking, it's not canyoning!!!!As a trip for a morning or a afternoon ok.... (Quelle: h...
2025-04-14: We came out of the desert today and it was ok for that. It's not really canyoning, but a nice swimming tour amidst lots of tourists. Scenic but very beautiful! The boat still costs 1 OMR.
2020-02-26: Nice tour for a rest/travel day. Crossing the small lake under the highway bridge cost 1 OR per person. Lots of tourists in the gorge, but above the cave basin you are on your own.
Approach: To reach the path on the other bank, we either take a boat across (for a fee) or wade through the river, which is not very deep but muddy.
Tour: On the orographic left bank a path leads into the canyon. When a side canyon enters from the northwest, we can either continue along the river bed or follow the path that leads up the orographic left slope. After about 80 minutes on this path we come to an abandoned village. Here you enter the course of the river and follow it downhill. You come to a small drop-off, at the foot of which is a pool covered by rocks. You can get out of the pool downstream through a narrow, low chute in the rock. You can also walk up the streambed and then swim into this pool from below, climb out at the top (fixed ropes - 2020) and continue hiking up the river as you wish.

Shab: Parking Entry and Exit
2025-04-14: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Shab Very, very croudy. Too much people for us.A lot of hiking, it's not canyoning!!!!As a trip for a morning or a afternoon ok.... (Quelle: h...
2025-04-14: We came out of the desert today and it was ok for that. It's not really canyoning, but a nice swimming tour amidst lots of tourists. Scenic but very beautiful! The boat still costs 1 OMR.
2020-02-26: Nice tour for a rest/travel day. Crossing the small lake under the highway bridge cost 1 OR per person. Lots of tourists in the gorge, but above the cave basin you are on your own.
Comment: am besten im Schatten der Brücke
Access: From Muscat about 160 km on the highway "17" in the direction of Sur (south). At the exit Tiwi - a few hundred meters before we have already crossed the Wadi Shab - we leave the highway and drive along the sea in the opposite direction until we can park our car at the Wadi.
Return: Down the riverbed. Arriving again at the highway bridge, we change banks again and are back at the car.

Shab: Canyon End
2025-04-14: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Shab Very, very croudy. Too much people for us.A lot of hiking, it's not canyoning!!!!As a trip for a morning or a afternoon ok.... (Quelle: h...
2025-04-14: We came out of the desert today and it was ok for that. It's not really canyoning, but a nice swimming tour amidst lots of tourists. Scenic but very beautiful! The boat still costs 1 OMR.
2020-02-26: Nice tour for a rest/travel day. Crossing the small lake under the highway bridge cost 1 OR per person. Lots of tourists in the gorge, but above the cave basin you are on your own.
Return: Down the riverbed. Arriving again at the highway bridge, we change banks again and are back at the car.

Saada: Canyon Start

Saada: Parking at Entry
Comment: Zustieg

Saada: Parking at Exit
Comment: Ausstieg (Wagen nicht im Kiesbett des Baches abstellen!)

Saada: Canyon End

Al Naqma: Canyon Start
Approach: Through the village of Al Suwayh and then two ways to enter the riverbed, see Google aerial photo in "Photo Gallery
Tour: Up the wadi to the high waterfall (450m height), see also photos u. Video

Al Naqma: Parking Entry and Exit
Access: Like at Wadi Al Hail: We turn off highway "17" (Muscat - Sur) at Dibab and drive on a dirt road up the Wadi Al Arbeyen river. After 15.5 km we reach the village of Al Suwayh and park our car here. See also Google aerial view in "Photo Gallery
Return: At the turning point W (450m altitude) the approach path back to the starting point P.

Al Naqma: Canyon End
Return: At the turning point W (450m altitude) the approach path back to the starting point P.

Al Hail: Canyon Start
Approach: The first long pool is bypassed on the left slope along a clear path; only then does the trail continue along the riverbed.
Tour: First up the wadi, at the turning point (370m altitude) it de outward way back to the car (100m altitude). See also photos & video.

Al Hail: Parking Entry and Exit
Access: As for Wadi Al Naqma: We turn off highway "17" (Muscat - Sur) at Dibab and drive on a dirt road up the Wadi Al Arbeyen river. After 15.5 km we reach the village of Al Suwayh and park our car here. See also Google aerial view in "Photo Gallery
Return: How to get there.

Al Hail: Canyon End
Return: How to get there.

Tiwi: Canyon Start
2025-04-18: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Tiwi Tiwi is ok, but overrated. The water until the grotte is not fresh anymore, a lot of algea.Khamis for the Shuttle is great +968 9259 0583...
2025-04-18: Classically overrated canyon. The grotto is beautiful, the canyon too, but it's always the same and the swim gets annoying after a while. It never gets really exciting.
2025-03-18: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Tiwi Gargantuesque, Magnifique !!! Rando aquatique agrémenté de sources chaude. La grotte est magique !!!Pour la navette Said posté au village...
Approach: From the car, we descend into the wadi, cross the stream and reach just before the houses of Umq Bir. Along a water channel to the left of a dry streambed up to huge boulders, across the streambed (before it breaks off) and downstream on the other side through banana groves until you reach the course of the stream in the area of huge, white-scoured pools.
Tour: From here we walk down the right side of the wadi to the first rappel (15 m), which is soon followed by the second (5 m). About 2.5 hours - walk and swim - later, the cave awaits us with another rappel (15 m, stand slightly to the right, offset downwards - alternatively 40 m rappel over the edge directly into the pool below the cave). Here we find the highlights of the tour. There are several hot springs to the left and right of the cave. Afterwards, long swimming sections with block climbing and jumps in between.

Tiwi: Parking at Entry
2025-04-18: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Tiwi Tiwi is ok, but overrated. The water until the grotte is not fresh anymore, a lot of algea.Khamis for the Shuttle is great +968 9259 0583...
2025-04-18: Classically overrated canyon. The grotto is beautiful, the canyon too, but it's always the same and the swim gets annoying after a while. It never gets really exciting.
2025-03-18: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Tiwi Gargantuesque, Magnifique !!! Rando aquatique agrémenté de sources chaude. La grotte est magique !!!Pour la navette Said posté au village...
Comment: P1 für Zustieg. Falls der letzte Streckenabschnitt in problematischem Zustand ist, das Auto schon kurz nach der Ortschaft Al Wilja abstellen.
Access: From Muscat about 160 km on the highway "17" in the direction of Sur (south). At the Tiwi exit - a few hundred meters before we have crossed the Wadi Shab - we leave the freeway, drive into the village of Tiwi and turn right onto the main road to the wadi of the same name (1.5 km from the freeway). A few meters before reaching the dam built through the wadi, we turn right and drive upstream on the orographic left bank of the Wadi Tiwi in a south-westerly direction. We first drive down by the river, later steeply up the road on the left, cross the river again and then reach the exit on the orographic left slope in the village of Mibam (9.5 km from Tiwi). The road is very narrow for long stretches, and it is not pleasant to avoid oncoming traffic here. We park our car for the return journey before the village of Milbam. Total transfer distance 79 km. We take the second car back to Tiwi, turn right over the dam and back onto the highway. After 17.5 km we leave the highway, drive around the scattered settlement of Qalhat - initially along the sea - and then under the highway again at the edge of a wadi. The route now climbs uphill to a junction where you keep right towards Hallout (signpost). 21 km after passing under the highway, we pass the junction to the settlement of Hallout, 1 km away. After another 18.7 km we reach the riverbed of the Wadi Tiwi. Immediately after the ford, we turn right and after a few meters we reach the village of Al Wilja. We continue on and cross the wadi again to the right just a little later. The road now winds roughly parallel to the wadi through the mountains, crosses the bed of the Wadi Tiwi again 4.7 km after Al Wilja and exits after another 3.6 km. Here we park the 2nd vehicle (transfer distance 79 km in total). The road is narrow, steep, stony and only concreted in the hairpin bends over the last few kilometers. 4x4 car absolutely necessary.
Return: Where the canyon widens, we look for the path on the left-hand slope that will take us through wild bursting terrain to the car in Mibam. The path is marked with silver dots and cairns.

Tiwi: Parking at Exit
2025-04-18: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Tiwi Tiwi is ok, but overrated. The water until the grotte is not fresh anymore, a lot of algea.Khamis for the Shuttle is great +968 9259 0583...
2025-04-18: Classically overrated canyon. The grotto is beautiful, the canyon too, but it's always the same and the swim gets annoying after a while. It never gets really exciting.
2025-03-18: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Tiwi Gargantuesque, Magnifique !!! Rando aquatique agrémenté de sources chaude. La grotte est magique !!!Pour la navette Said posté au village...
Comment: P2 für den Ausstieg (sehr beschränkte Parkmöglichkeit), evtl. schon vorher Auto abstellen.
Access: From Muscat about 160 km on the highway "17" in the direction of Sur (south). At the Tiwi exit - a few hundred meters before we have crossed the Wadi Shab - we leave the freeway, drive into the village of Tiwi and turn right onto the main road to the wadi of the same name (1.5 km from the freeway). A few meters before reaching the dam built through the wadi, we turn right and drive upstream on the orographic left bank of the Wadi Tiwi in a south-westerly direction. We first drive down by the river, later steeply up the road on the left, cross the river again and then reach the exit on the orographic left slope in the village of Mibam (9.5 km from Tiwi). The road is very narrow for long stretches, and it is not pleasant to avoid oncoming traffic here. We park our car for the return journey before the village of Milbam. Total transfer distance 79 km. We take the second car back to Tiwi, turn right over the dam and back onto the highway. After 17.5 km we leave the highway, drive around the scattered settlement of Qalhat - initially along the sea - and then under the highway again at the edge of a wadi. The route now climbs uphill to a junction where you keep right towards Hallout (signpost). 21 km after passing under the highway, we pass the junction to the settlement of Hallout, 1 km away. After another 18.7 km we reach the riverbed of the Wadi Tiwi. Immediately after the ford, we turn right and after a few meters we reach the village of Al Wilja. We continue on and cross the wadi again to the right just a little later. The road now winds roughly parallel to the wadi through the mountains, crosses the bed of the Wadi Tiwi again 4.7 km after Al Wilja and exits after another 3.6 km. Here we park the 2nd vehicle (transfer distance 79 km in total). The road is narrow, steep, stony and only concreted in the hairpin bends over the last few kilometers. 4x4 car absolutely necessary.
Return: Where the canyon widens, we look for the path on the left-hand slope that will take us through wild bursting terrain to the car in Mibam. The path is marked with silver dots and cairns.

Tiwi: Canyon End
Return: Where the canyon widens, we look for the path on the left-hand slope that will take us through wild bursting terrain to the car in Mibam. The path is marked with silver dots and cairns.

Wadi Bani Khalid Upper: Canyon Start
Approach: From the car upstream to the start of the narrowing.
Tour: We walk and wade upstream. After about 25 minutes from the entrance to the gorge, we come to a cave with concrete steps leading up to the entrance on the right. The cave itself is low and narrow. If you want to get a little further in, you have to crawl. A stream flows inside the cave. After visiting the cave, you can continue upstream if you feel like it and are in good physical condition. You then return the same way, keeping to and in the wet water.

Wadi Bani Khalid Upper: Parking Entry and Exit
Access: We come from Muscat and drive along Route 17 by the sea to Sur (Muscat - Sur about 200 km). Passing Sur, we take Route 23 inland. After about 50 km we cross the Wadi Bani Khalid for the first time. A little later, "23" curves to the northwest, and we ignore route "35", which branches off to the left 2 km after Wadi B. K.. From this junction we drive 43 km on the "23" in a NNW direction to the next junction of a tarred road to Wadi Bani Khalid. You can also get here from Muscat via the "15" and "23" through the interior (216 km). We now turn right onto the road to the baths/pools of Khalid. After driving 22.2 km through the mountains, we reach Wadi Bani Khalid again. Here, however, we turn north towards the pools and the upper section of the wadi in the direction of Moqel/Muqal. We now drive 7.2 km upstream, finally right on the edge of the wadi. We park our car where the road leaves the wadi to the right.
Return: From the canyon exit back downstream to the car.

Wadi Bani Khalid Upper: Canyon End
Return: From the canyon exit back downstream to the car.

Bani Khalid Lower: Canyon Start
2025-04-17: Very nice tour! Can be done completely without ropes, either jump or walk around. When the water pipe starts on the right, follow the path above until you reach a dam, then follow the lower water pipe...
2025-04-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Khalid (inférieur) Nice landscape with big green pools. It's possible to abseil the two waterfalls, to jump ore climbe around.44 degree!!...
2024-10-24: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Khalid (inférieur) (Quelle:
Approach: We walk downstream on the left bank through the palm forest, then enter the gravel bed and stand a short time later at the first large pool.
Tour: Hiking and swim, also downclimb. Possible jumps

Bani Khalid Lower: Parking at Entry
2025-04-17: Very nice tour! Can be done completely without ropes, either jump or walk around. When the water pipe starts on the right, follow the path above until you reach a dam, then follow the lower water pipe...
2025-04-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Khalid (inférieur) Nice landscape with big green pools. It's possible to abseil the two waterfalls, to jump ore climbe around.44 degree!!...
2024-10-24: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Khalid (inférieur) (Quelle:
Comment: P1 für Zustieg
Access: We come from the direction of Muscat and drive on Route 17 along the sea to Sur (Muscat - Sur about 200 km). Passing Sur we take Route 23 inland. After about 50 km we cross the Wadi Bani Khalid for the first time. A little later the "23" describes a bend to the northwest, we ignore the route "35" which turns off to the left 2 km after the Wadi B. K.. From this junction we drive 31 km on the "23" direction NNW, then we turn right and drive 15.2 km to Batan at Wadi Bani Khalid. After 11.6 km from "23" we turn left at the fork in the road, we ignore a track that turns left after 12.8 km. In Batan we park our car at the end of the road for the exit. For an alternative way to park the car for the exit, see "Way back". With the second car we first go back to "23", there we turn right again and head northwest for 11.9 km. Up to here you can also drive from Muscat via the "15" and "23" through the interior (216 km). We now turn right on the road to the baths/pools of Khalid. After driving 22.2 km through the mountains, we reach Wadi Bani Khalid again. Here we do not turn north to the pools and the upper section of the wadi, but stay on the road at the right edge of the wadi and drive downstream to the SE. 3,5 km further we come to the houses of Bada'ah and park our car on the parking lot at the river in front of the village.
Return: After the opening of the canyon we climb to the right bank, meet an irrigation canal and follow it, finally again under palm trees to the village of Batan, where our car is parked. Anno 2016 we got out over the dam onto the canal on the left bank and on this we reached a village on the left bank (Sayq/Seeq?). You can get there by car if you stay on this tarred road after turning off the "23", drive through the Wadi Bani Khalid and stay on the orographic left bank of the wadi until the exit of the road in the village. I.e., the two villages for a possible exit are opposite each other on both sides of the wadi.

Bani Khalid Lower: Parking at Exit
2025-04-17: Very nice tour! Can be done completely without ropes, either jump or walk around. When the water pipe starts on the right, follow the path above until you reach a dam, then follow the lower water pipe...
2025-04-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Khalid (inférieur) Nice landscape with big green pools. It's possible to abseil the two waterfalls, to jump ore climbe around.44 degree!!...
2024-10-24: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Khalid (inférieur) (Quelle:
Comment: P2 für Ausstieg. Auch am gegenüberliegenden Ufer kann das untere Auto abgestellt werden.
Access: We come from the direction of Muscat and drive on Route 17 along the sea to Sur (Muscat - Sur about 200 km). Passing Sur we take Route 23 inland. After about 50 km we cross the Wadi Bani Khalid for the first time. A little later the "23" describes a bend to the northwest, we ignore the route "35" which turns off to the left 2 km after the Wadi B. K.. From this junction we drive 31 km on the "23" direction NNW, then we turn right and drive 15.2 km to Batan at Wadi Bani Khalid. After 11.6 km from "23" we turn left at the fork in the road, we ignore a track that turns left after 12.8 km. In Batan we park our car at the end of the road for the exit. For an alternative way to park the car for the exit, see "Way back". With the second car we first go back to "23", there we turn right again and head northwest for 11.9 km. Up to here you can also drive from Muscat via the "15" and "23" through the interior (216 km). We now turn right on the road to the baths/pools of Khalid. After driving 22.2 km through the mountains, we reach Wadi Bani Khalid again. Here we do not turn north to the pools and the upper section of the wadi, but stay on the road at the right edge of the wadi and drive downstream to the SE. 3,5 km further we come to the houses of Bada'ah and park our car on the parking lot at the river in front of the village.
Return: After the opening of the canyon we climb to the right bank, meet an irrigation canal and follow it, finally again under palm trees to the village of Batan, where our car is parked. Anno 2016 we got out over the dam onto the canal on the left bank and on this we reached a village on the left bank (Sayq/Seeq?). You can get there by car if you stay on this tarred road after turning off the "23", drive through the Wadi Bani Khalid and stay on the orographic left bank of the wadi until the exit of the road in the village. I.e., the two villages for a possible exit are opposite each other on both sides of the wadi.

Bani Khalid Lower: Canyon End
Return: After the opening of the canyon we climb to the right bank, meet an irrigation canal and follow it, finally again under palm trees to the village of Batan, where our car is parked. Anno 2016 we got out over the dam onto the canal on the left bank and on this we reached a village on the left bank (Sayq/Seeq?). You can get there by car if you stay on this tarred road after turning off the "23", drive through the Wadi Bani Khalid and stay on the orographic left bank of the wadi until the exit of the road in the village. I.e., the two villages for a possible exit are opposite each other on both sides of the wadi.

Bani Awf: Canyon Start
2025-04-06: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Awf Nice Canyon (Quelle:
2025-04-06: Beautiful canyon, unfortunately only 3 rappels, but some small jumps.
2025-03-11: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Awf Magnifique canyon, eau douce, gorges encaissér, jeux de lumières. Un must sur le secteur !!! (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon.com...
Approach: Access directly from the road into the clear opening of the gorge. Optional entry into the Gorgette, a mini canyon that flows into the Wadi Bani Awf (for this, the car must be driven up to the right at the last fork in the road to the village of Bilad Sayt - 1.9 km from the fork). See map sketch and route description (no rappel, the waterfall at the exit is downclimbed orographic left on a path).
Tour: In the Wadi Bani Awf, first a running section, then some pools in a first narrowing, then another short running section in a widening of the canyon and then the rappel at the exit of the gravelly streambed. First 5m, then 25m to a wide ledge, from there 15m. Now follows the aquatic descent. We have made some somewhat delicate downclimbs a little more pleasant by using body protection. We pass the Wadi Bimah, which flows in from the left, and then pass the sinter "tunnel", the visual highlight of the tour. Then it's back to hiking and downclimbing. Finally, the canyon opens up, but only temporarily. At the exit, there is another narrow passage before you finally emerge from the narrow walls.

Bani Awf: Parking at Exit
2025-04-06: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Awf Nice Canyon (Quelle:
2025-04-06: Beautiful canyon, unfortunately only 3 rappels, but some small jumps.
2025-03-11: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Awf Magnifique canyon, eau douce, gorges encaissér, jeux de lumières. Un must sur le secteur !!! (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon.com...
Comment: Austiegsparkplatz
Access: From Muscat, we drive west on the "Muscat Expy" highway. After about 25 km we pass the third entrance/exit to Muscat International Airport and leave it about 35 km further (and shortly before its exit - anno 2015) to the south on Route 13 in the direction of Nakhl, Awabi. After 27.5 km we pass Nakhl and after another 36 km we drive past Awabi towards Rustaq. About 4.4 km after the end of Awabi, we turn off Route 13 and head SSW following the signs for "Wadi Bani Awf". After 21 km (from Route 13) we have reached the houses of Zammah on the edge of the Wadi Bani Awf streambed. You can normally get here in a non 4x4 car. Here we leave 1 car - not in the riverbed! - parked here. After 4.1 km, the entry to the side canyon Wadi Bimah would be on the left, at the road split after 6 km (from Zammah) we take the left-hand dirt road (on the right it would go up to the village of Bilad Sayt) past a football pitch with artificial turf and after a total of 7 km, finally downhill in a few switchbacks, we have reached our destination.
Return: From the exit of the canyon a few meters to the end of the slope and on this out to Zammah.

Bani Awf: Parking at Entry
2025-04-06: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Awf Nice Canyon (Quelle:
2025-04-06: Beautiful canyon, unfortunately only 3 rappels, but some small jumps.
2025-03-11: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Bani Awf Magnifique canyon, eau douce, gorges encaissér, jeux de lumières. Un must sur le secteur !!! (Quelle: https://www.descente-canyon.com...
Comment: Zustiegsparkplatz
Access: From Muscat, we drive west on the "Muscat Expy" highway. After about 25 km we pass the third entrance/exit to Muscat International Airport and leave it about 35 km further (and shortly before its exit - anno 2015) to the south on Route 13 in the direction of Nakhl, Awabi. After 27.5 km we pass Nakhl and after another 36 km we drive past Awabi towards Rustaq. About 4.4 km after the end of Awabi, we turn off Route 13 and head SSW following the signs for "Wadi Bani Awf". After 21 km (from Route 13) we have reached the houses of Zammah on the edge of the Wadi Bani Awf streambed. You can normally get here in a non 4x4 car. Here we leave 1 car - not in the riverbed! - parked here. After 4.1 km, the entry to the side canyon Wadi Bimah would be on the left, at the road split after 6 km (from Zammah) we take the left-hand dirt road (on the right it would go up to the village of Bilad Sayt) past a football pitch with artificial turf and after a total of 7 km, finally downhill in a few switchbacks, we have reached our destination.
Return: From the exit of the canyon a few meters to the end of the slope and on this out to Zammah.

Bani Awf: Canyon End
Return: From the exit of the canyon a few meters to the end of the slope and on this out to Zammah.

Bani Awf: Waypoint
Comment: Zusammenfluß mit Seitencanyon Wadi Bimah
Approach: Access directly from the road into the clear opening of the gorge. Optional entry into the Gorgette, a mini canyon that flows into the Wadi Bani Awf (for this, the car must be driven up to the right at the last fork in the road to the village of Bilad Sayt - 1.9 km from the fork). See map sketch and route description (no rappel, the waterfall at the exit is downclimbed orographic left on a path).

Ta'ab: Canyon Start
2025-04-19: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Ta'ab A very nice canyon. For us much nicer than Tiwi.The water was also cleaner than in Tiwi.It's good possible with one car. The way back is...
2025-04-19: We liked the Taab much better than Tiwi. The water quality was also better. We did the tour by car, which we parked at the exit. 45min outward journey. The way back is now well secured and you can be...
2020-02-25: On the new road to the parking lot above the village where we first had to find a place to park, because there was a guided tour in front of us, which drove here with 4 off-road vehicles. The gorge it...
Approach: We cross the wadi in front of us via an old first and then take the path on the other side up to the yoke. From the yoke you can look down into the Wadi Ta'ab and we take the old path that leads us - sometimes barely recognizable - down to the abandoned village of Ta'ab. Here we enter the riverbed.
Tour: At first, hiking and downclimbing are the order of the day until we come to the first rappel (50 m). The block from which you rappel into the pot is reached from the left shoulder of the rock. Attach the rope to the small tree at the top. At the bottom we stand in a huge Marmita trampa. The first climber climbs out of it with the help of a few anchors and a chain, allowing the next climber to make an exit with rope assistance. This is followed by the 2nd rappel (35 m) onto a small ledge above the pool (jumping is possible from here), then 3 smaller ones (about 10 m each). Swim, slide and jump several times. We then see a natural "tunnel" at the top left and have now reached the first exit option. You can also descend the wadi a little further (about 3 hours) to the abandoned village of Harima. Here you can take a look at a cave opening. From Harima, we follow a water pipe that finally exits the wadi. Here we look for the exit to the road on the left. If you want to take this route, you have to park the lower car just 7.1 km after the highway at a dirt road on the left.

Ta'ab: Parking at Entry
2025-04-19: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Ta'ab A very nice canyon. For us much nicer than Tiwi.The water was also cleaner than in Tiwi.It's good possible with one car. The way back is...
2025-04-19: We liked the Taab much better than Tiwi. The water quality was also better. We did the tour by car, which we parked at the exit. 45min outward journey. The way back is now well secured and you can be...
2020-02-25: On the new road to the parking lot above the village where we first had to find a place to park, because there was a guided tour in front of us, which drove here with 4 off-road vehicles. The gorge it...
Comment: P1 alt (bis016) für Zustieg
Access: From Muscat about 145 km on the highway "17" in the direction of Sur (south). At the Fins exit we leave the highway, but not towards Fins, but towards the mountains and Wusal. We now drive 8.6 km and come to the houses of Al Marfas (this is the second settlement on the left of the dirt road above the canyon). Here we park our (possibly first) car. With the second car (or on foot) we continue for another 1.1 km, where a dirt road branches off to the left. You can drive on this track until just before the village of Ta'ab, the last part is steep, stony and close to the abyss (4x4 necessary).
Return: 200 m of climbing - approx. 60 vertical meters - (up to 3+) await us, anchors for securing are available. In 2020, there was also a fixed rope at the steepest point. It makes sense for the lead climber to place a handrail using carabiners or quickdraws on the somewhat exposed passages. Then we are back at the top by the houses and our car.

Ta'ab: Parking at Entry1
2025-04-19: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Ta'ab A very nice canyon. For us much nicer than Tiwi.The water was also cleaner than in Tiwi.It's good possible with one car. The way back is...
2025-04-19: We liked the Taab much better than Tiwi. The water quality was also better. We did the tour by car, which we parked at the exit. 45min outward journey. The way back is now well secured and you can be...
2020-02-25: On the new road to the parking lot above the village where we first had to find a place to park, because there was a guided tour in front of us, which drove here with 4 off-road vehicles. The gorge it...
Comment: P1 neu (nach Straßenbau) 2018 (?)
Access: From Muscat about 145 km on the highway "17" in the direction of Sur (south). At the Fins exit we leave the highway, but not towards Fins, but towards the mountains and Wusal. We now drive 8.6 km and come to the houses of Al Marfas (this is the second settlement on the left of the dirt road above the canyon). Here we park our (possibly first) car. With the second car (or on foot) we continue for another 1.1 km, where a dirt road branches off to the left. You can drive on this track until just before the village of Ta'ab, the last part is steep, stony and close to the abyss (4x4 necessary).
Return: 200 m of climbing - approx. 60 vertical meters - (up to 3+) await us, anchors for securing are available. In 2020, there was also a fixed rope at the steepest point. It makes sense for the lead climber to place a handrail using carabiners or quickdraws on the somewhat exposed passages. Then we are back at the top by the houses and our car.

Ta'ab: Parking at Exit
Comment: P2 für Ausstieg
Access: From Muscat about 145 km on the highway "17" in the direction of Sur (south). At the Fins exit we leave the highway, but not towards Fins, but towards the mountains and Wusal. We now drive 8.6 km and come to the houses of Al Marfas (this is the second settlement on the left of the dirt road above the canyon). Here we park our (possibly first) car. With the second car (or on foot) we continue for another 1.1 km, where a dirt road branches off to the left. You can drive on this track until just before the village of Ta'ab, the last part is steep, stony and close to the abyss (4x4 necessary).
Return: 200 m of climbing - approx. 60 vertical meters - (up to 3+) await us, anchors for securing are available. In 2020, there was also a fixed rope at the steepest point. It makes sense for the lead climber to place a handrail using carabiners or quickdraws on the somewhat exposed passages. Then we are back at the top by the houses and our car.

Ta'ab: Canyon End

Hijri: Canyon Start

Hijri: Parking at Entry
Comment: Zustieg

Hijri: Parking at Exit
Comment: Ausstiegsparkplatz

Hijri: Canyon End

Wadi Dham: Canyon Start
Approach: From the car, walk towards the orographic left rock face and follow the path that climbs up under the walls. Later it descends into the river bed. We see an old stone carving on a boulder and pass a small sinter pot. Later, on the left, we see a shallow boulder (which you can also swim under) covered with vegetation. Where the river makes a bend of about 90 degrees, there is a cave on the righthand side, from which a spring pours out.\nNormally, this is the turning point. However, you can also walk further upstream and after a largely open stretch of river you will come to another attractive narrow section.
Tour: Downstream, you can largely move around in the water. There are also some slides and possible jumps.

Wadi Dham: Parking Entry and Exit
Access: We come from Muscat on the "15", pass the turn-off to Nizwa in the north after about 155 km, cross the Wadi Mahanna a little later and after another 37 km meet the "21", which comes from Bahla in an easterly direction. We now continue on the "21" in the direction of Ibri, but after 34.8 km (from reaching the "21") we turn right (in a northerly direction) to Al Ayn. After 25.8 km we get there and can take a look at the "beehive tombs" ( Al Ain beheeve tombs) located on a hill. Then we continue for another 11.5 km and the road finds its continuation in the streambed of the Wadi Dham. Depending on the condition of the road and the weather conditions, you can drive up the wadi in a 4x4 vehicle until you reach a large semi-cave within sight of the dam that drains the water. We park the car here at the latest.
Return: Once you reach the water drainage and the car parked by the half-cave, the tour comes to an exit.

Wadi Dham: Canyon End
Return: Once you reach the water drainage and the car parked by the half-cave, the tour comes to an exit.

Al Nakhr: Canyon Start

Al Nakhr: Parking at Entry
Comment: P1 für Zustieg auf Jabal Shams

Al Nakhr: Parking at Exit
Comment: P2 für Ausstieg bei der Ortschaft Nakher (Auto nicht im Kiesbett des Wadis parken!)

Al Nakhr: Canyon End

Halfain: Canyon Start

Halfain: Parking at Entry
Comment: in der Ortschaft Al Manakhir

Halfain: Parking at Exit
Comment: Parkplatz P2 für Ausstieg

Halfain: Canyon End

Qasheh: Canyon Start

Qasheh: Parking at Entry
Comment: Zustieg

Qasheh: Parking at Exit
Comment: Ausstieg

Qasheh: Canyon End

Kamah: Canyon Start

Kamah: Parking at Entry

Kamah: Parking at Exit
Comment: P2 für Ausstieg

Kamah: Canyon End

Aqabat El Biyout: Canyon Start

Aqabat El Biyout: Parking at Exit
Comment: Ausstiegsparkplatz

Aqabat El Biyout: Parking at Entry

Aqabat El Biyout: Canyon End

Seer
2025-04-11: Starts dry and has some pools further down, which are still quite clear. Wonderfully narrow canyon with beautiful tufa formations, a small grotto and a very nice ambience overall.

Seer: Parking at Entry
2025-04-11: Starts dry and has some pools further down, which are still quite clear. Wonderfully narrow canyon with beautiful tufa formations, a small grotto and a very nice ambience overall.
Return: You can park at the canyon exit. Or you can hitch a ride to Upper Snake Canyon.

Seer: Parking at Exit
2025-04-11: Starts dry and has some pools further down, which are still quite clear. Wonderfully narrow canyon with beautiful tufa formations, a small grotto and a very nice ambience overall.
Return: You can park at the canyon exit. Or you can hitch a ride to Upper Snake Canyon.

Bald Sayt
2025-04-10: Short tour to shorten the day. Beautiful hiking gorge at the start, original finish. The pool at the exit can be avoided with skill orographic left.