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desert silence as other camps, holiday staying mainly in
but in comfort. hotels.
A double room costs about Explore’s seven-night
£330 including dinner, Spice Trails of Petra tour
breakfast, sunset dune drive follows old trade routes and
and camel ride. includes four nights’ “wild
Oman’s most unusual camping” – sleeping in
resort is Six Senses Hideaway Bedouin goat-hair tents, as
at Zighy Bay, on the used on the camel
Musandam peninsula in the caravans of 2,000 years ago.
north. The stone and wood Feynan Eco Lodge uses solar power Two nights are spent at
villas may look a little like Wadi Rum rock canyons,
mud huts but are very luxurious, and you and two at a camp near Petra. Guests can
can arrive by car, speedboat or even tandem sleep under the stars or under canvas, take
paraglider. camel treks and enjoy Bedouin hospitality
Elite Vacations charges from £1,849 for and tales around the campfire.
seven nights including flights, car transfers The tour costs from £1,180 including
and breakfast. flights, four nights’ camping with all meals,
Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman offers luxury in an unlikely setting and three nights in hotels with breakfast.
JORDAN. Feynan Eco Lodge at Wadi Feynan is
camps in Wahiba, built in Bedouin style Jordan has an increasing number of luxury offered by Bales as part of an eight-day
with palm fronds providing shelter from the hotels including spas, but it also has some Active Jordan tour including Petra and the
wind. These may be more authentic, but interesting camping options offering some Dead Sea. The tour costs £1,795 including
have no private facilities or temperature of the most authentic experiences in the flights.
control. Middle East. Feynan Eco Lodge is a traditional adobe
At Desert Nights you can enjoy a buffet It is mainly a touring rather than a structure, operating on solar power during
dinner and entertainment before retiring to a stay-put destination, so a couple of days’ the day and candlelight at night, built by the
comfortable cabin, and experience the same camping can easily be included as part of a Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature.
Highlights of Oman Tour – 7 nights
5* Al Bandar at Shangri La’s
Diverse natural beauty, rugged mountains dropping into a
Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa
blue ocean to lush vegetation in green wadis, and red-gold
sand dunes in the desert. 4 nights from £629 per person
7 nights from £1635 per person
Al Bandar Deluxe – Breakfast – Eithad Airways
Deluxe/ Standard Room basis - Breakfast - Eithad Airways
Airport Tax - Private Transfers
Airport Tax - Private Transfers & Guide
Travel until 21 October 09 (excl. 01 Jul – 31 Aug 09) Travel until 21 October 09 (excl. 01 Jul – 31 Aug 09)
57032 / V0404
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