Scenic and desolate – Wadi Ash Shuwaymiyah, Oman
Wadi Ash Shuwaymiyah in Oman is an amazing wadi for adventure-seeking travellers who want to test their off-road and navigating skills.
Pros: fantastic off-roading, amazing scenery, roaming camels
Cons: 4×4 driving can be challenging and the path hard to follow – most likely destroyed by flashfloods; lastly, you probably need a full day to properly explore the wadi
We visited the place on the way to Salalah from Muscat in November 2020. Here are directions we followed in the wadi.
Visited Dec. 2022 for the second time, and the ingress road to the wadi has been rebuilt. The driving is not challenging, unless you want to explore some of the side canyons (where it will be – so if you are looking for that kind of adventure, it is still possible).