Organized Tours

Mark Tours provides all-inclusive services with visa assistance, hotel reservations, transportation between airport and hotel, guided tours, chauffeur service and car rentals. Day excursions include a half day or full day in Muscat, a day in either Jebel Akhdar, Wahiba Sands or Wadi Shaab or Nizwa, Bahla and Jabrin and some of the other ancient cities. The unforgettable Dazzling Dolphins tour takes you on a three hour boat ride along the coast of Oman, where you can see Omani dolphins up close in their natural habitat.

These tour operators are famed for the wonderful tours and excursions that they arrange for tourists in Muscat. As with other tour operators, Zahara offers a wide range of trips and packages that tourists can choose from. The Mystical Muscat tour lasts about 4 hours and includes visits to the Grand Mosque, the fish market and Mutrah Souk, the Bait al Zubayr Museum and the Al Jalali and Mirani forts. Other half day tours entail visiting the coast of Muscat to partake in whale and dolphin watching. Tourists can also opt for the dhow cruise which allows them to view the beautiful sunset on board the dhow.

With Arabian Sea Safaris, tourists can partake in a boat tour of Muscat. View Muscat Harbor, Mutrah and the Corniche from the water with the historic tour or take pictures of the forts, the Sultan’s palace, the beaches and the fishing villages like Qantab and Sidab with a photography tour. For geology enthusiasts, there is a geology tour where tourists are taken to the beautiful black mountains surrounding Muscat. These tours, which usually last around 4 hours and are led by an English speaking guide, cost 20- 25 Omani Riyals and above per person. The company also offers dhow and dinner cruises, wildlife safaris and fishing trips.

Oman World Tourism These operators have a variety of guided tours that visitors can choose from, ranging from a day long to up to six days long with prices varying accordingly. Many areas of Muscat are covered by the tours and some excursions are planned to surrounding areas like Nizwa and Jabrin. Other activities are more adventurous and involve camping, fishing, boating, sand surfing, snorkeling and trekking, while others are focused on sightseeing. The Muscat city tour, which is a day long and costs 25 Omani Riyal per person, will take you to the Grand Mosque, the fish market in Mutrah, Mutrah Souk and the Oman Museum.

United Tours offers a variety of packages both in Muscat and surrounding cities in Oman. In the half day tour of the city, tourists are taken to the Grand Mosque, Bait-ul-Zubayr Museum, the fish market in Mutrah, Mutrah Corniche, the Mutrah Souk and the Al Jalali and Mirani forts. In the full day tour visitors are taken to Seeb and to areas outside of Muscat such as Rustaq and Al Hazm as well as the Al-Hajjar mountain range. There are also packages for those who want to experience Oman’s breathtaking natural beauty in the form of the wadis, beaches and mountains.