Earlier this year, I read this report of a potential trip to the Al Hijar Mountains, Oman (https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycletouring/s/1Cx2NTzHAz). I asked a few friends if they wanted to go and all said instantly yes. It was the best decision, it was one of the most beautiful countries I have been to.
The cycling was a mixture of perfect roads or gravel, all the locals were friendly and often stopped providing water, food or just to ask what we were doing. English was spoken everywhere, such an easy country to travel in.
We went in their winter, which was still hot, but nothing above 35 degrees. We carried around 2-4 L pp of water. But nearly every Mosque has adrinking ater fountain.
The views are exceptional. Please go. You won't regret it.
I also created a video of our trip: https://youtu.be/ule_s_dX420
by Any_Slice8570
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We also originaly planned to fly from London with Oman Air. Turns out they have a crazy small bike box policy, like 150cm total dimensions. Not even sure a childs bike could fit in that. Luckily we had refundable flights, and went for Ethiad, which had 300cm total.
We then met a couple out there who had made the same mistake, they each paid €1000. Pretty rough, don’t make the same mistakes as us!
Looks amazing! We had this as 2nd option for our honeymoon. Looking forward to visit is some times.
Was there any presence of militants or check points?
35° C or Freedom-Units?