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The Arabian Dhow dates back to the 15th Century, built by hand out of wood, only a few boat yards remain that still use this ancient technique. Many used to use sails but now most are propelled by engines. Above is Ibra after its first 2 year refurb in 2010....
We will be launching a new product "Ibra by Hud Hud Travels" and dabbling in the yachting industry with one of our trusted partners, she has been under full refurb since November 2021...
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We are often approached to organise something spectacular, something unforgettable, something complicated and something remote. Sometimes, we are asked to organise something with all these elements....
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One of 50 enriching experiences offered by HSBC Jade to their clients. A unique “glamping” experience tailored for HSBC Jade clients aimed at guests who are looking for an immersive experience into Omani culture and...
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Steve Walker is a professional photographer keen on landscape and travel photos wherever he has visited. Steve and his lovely wife Jane visited Oman in 2019 and did a full week trip with Hud Hud...
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As Oman continues to open up to the culturally curious, Alice B-B embarks on a singular adventure – brief but stretched to bursting with thought-provoking encounters – across empty sands and along pristine coasts....
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It feels like Oman has been popping up as a “must see” destination recently, so upon the recommendation of friends we started our journey through the Middle East in Muscat. Oman wasn’t as I expected...
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Last year, savvy travelers flocked to Rio for the Olympics; Cuba, because they could; and America’s national parks, to celebrate the 100th birthday of the natural wonders in their own backyards. In 2017, we’ll see...
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The world we explored every day was hard, barren and alien, the world we encountered at night couldn't have been warmer or more welcoming....
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Attention chameaux! Les panneaux routiers sont clairs. Ces dieux sont ici chez eux, prioritaires. D'autant, qu'assure le chauffeur, très souvent un camélidé, aspirant à vivre en ermite pour se ressourcer, quitte son enclos, errant libre...
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I was a Royal Marine for eight years so I have done a fair bit of camping in inhospitable places, such as when I was eaten alive by giant ants in the Amazon or when...
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The desert around Khaluf is made of white sand that is particularly crystalline and, at dusk, dunes that have spent hours shimmering in the heat suddenly appear glacial....
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Desert camping is the adventure for 2013, as extremely remote destinations become easier to reach and wilderness experts conjure up ever more astonishing levels of portable luxury....
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In the sun-scorched sand dunes of Oman's Empty Quarter, nothingness reigns, the horizon doesn't break, wildlife is hushed and no phone signal exists....
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The slow creaking open of Oman's window to the outside world has resulted in the Middle Eastern gem avoiding the rampant consumerism and glitzy over-the-top architecture so among its neighbours......
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Our driver and guide is Sean Nelson, a forty-seven-year-old former British Royal Marines Commando and onetime major in the Oman army's Desert Regiment who launched a luxury camping company three years ago....
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Rise early, for the hour after dawn is borrowed from paradise. So says an Arab proverb - and, within 24 hours of my touchdown in Oman, I am a believer....
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Until now, nothing has offered quite the same degree of dislocation, of utter melon-twisting discombobulation, as this tiny dose of the colossal, timeless, unknowable, Empty Quarter....
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Named after the Arabic for hoopoe bird (hud hud), the new mobile safari operation has six canvas tents, wooden pit toilets, pump showers and a lovely majlis (sitting area) bedecked with great round bolsters covered...
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