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“Oman has pulled off an impressive transformation into a safe, prosperous but authentic nation, but change is coming,” writes Lee Tulloch.

Enjoy the article, but …’One advice, go and see for yourself…’

Preparing your holidays to Oman, especially Salalah-Dhofar, then we give you some ideas to go to and if help needed, just contact ArabianSandToursservices…

To the East…

To the West...

(click on thumbnail to see more stunning pictures of Salalah native and self-taught photographer Al Barami….)

Beside the sunny side of Dhofar, there are also the colors of the stones that are a pleasure for the eye.

The geode, spherical, hollow, inside beautifully crystallized….still for geologists a wonder how they were formed…

With the rays of the sun the stones of ‘Sumhuram, the archaeological site,’ a highlight to visit and a highlight during the ancient Frankincense trade, becomes radiant….

Stones as fire, ancient meeting place for the Bedouins, for tea and meat…

Four easy words describe what ‘Dhofar’ is all about.

Four ecological landscapes are involved…

Four pictures, four reasons to travel too…

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Farmer life mountains

Desert delights

Incense trail

sea sounds

This documentary is still a special one, with information about the ‘grandeur of the Frankincense trail’ in the past. For thousand of years frankincense has been prized in ancient times and was valued more than gold. The first part of the documentary is in the south of Oman, in Dhofar, where the Boswellia Sacra or Frankincense tree is at home. For the filming Kate Humble could count on the experience of Arabian Sand Tours.

But…anyone who wants to follow the footsteps of the Frankincense trail in Dhofar, or who wants to organize a stay in the desert where the camel caravans went through…just send Arabian Sand Tours an email….

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