Jebel Shams, translated as Mountain of the Sun, is Oman’s highest peak. The mountain is also featured by its view into the spectacular deep Wadi Ghul lying alongside it. With views of the Al Nakhur Canyon labelled as “The Grand Canyon” of Arabia, Jabal Shams Oman is one of the must visit attractions for any visitor.

Al Jabal Al Akdhar (with a temperature up to 20 degrees cooler) is a hidden paradise full of gardens, vegetation, and orchards that are secreted from view among the mazes of flowing wadis and terraces. The cool mountain air and high level of rainfall provides ideal conditions for cropping of all kinds of temperate fruit.

Jebel Samhan, one of the more popular touristic destinations of the Governorate of Dhofar, especially during the Khareef (July – September), when its slopes and plains are lush with greenery, Landscapes of varying flora and rocky fields of leafless desert twisted frankincense trees, flowing streams and lively animal reserves.

Tucked away in the north-western fringes of the village of Abud, Jebel Ghawil stands as the fondly known ‘Grey Mountain’ in the Governorate of Buraimi. Jebel Suweini, the peak is a popular destination for arduous mount climbing and trekking, as well as sightseeing of flowering Caralluma Arabica and fascinating bat species.

Jebel Misht, the French Pillar, stands at the end of the 1979 French Pillar route that follows from Ibri to the south-east face of the peak. The landscape of Jebel Misht does with its stunning desert hybrid lines of the Walked Spur of the Grandes Jorasses and The Nose of El Capitan, both climbs of similar scale.