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One our friends suggested a group trip during the Eid holidays. Living in the UAE for quite some time, we haven’t visited Musandam so didn’t think much. We five families started without much of plan, not even a google search, one of our friends said, take the emirates road go straight to RAK and then to Khazab! But that didn’t quite work, luckily i had this road map which helped. Its 160 kms, via Emirates Road.
The road to Musandam was exactly as described above except the last bit. Instead of taking the dirt road you continue to drive till you find travel agent booths. By the time we reached the border(UAE exit gate) a long queue was already formed as it was Eid holidays. Most of the visitors were groups in multiple vehicles. In many cases the group leader collected all the passports and went to the gate. The security officers did not asked to show the Vehicle Registration card which most of them did not have at hand so had to exit from the queue. By the time they the queue they had a tough time convincing the the one
Already in the queue which eventually went to shouting and fighting cops had to intervene. However the guys at Oman entry gate was pretty fast. Because I did nt have Oman covered in my car insurance policy I had to pay Aed 100 at oman insurance booth next to the gate. Just after the entry to Musandam peninsula the drive was little more fun in between the mountain and the sea. We travelled about 30km and reached the only 5 star hotel in Musandam. We found a travel agent adjascent to the fuel station. However all the boats were booked the only slot available was 2.30 pm.some intelligence by asking the fuel station staff there are more agents if you drive further.not too far we found xyz travel&tours,for adults it is aed150 per person and free for children for a cruise on a dhow for 3 hours which includes soft drinks and snack if you are lucky you get a chance to watch dolphins. We all enjoyed the dhow drive relaxing on traditional piloows. But eventually get tired and there were no sign of dolphins. However we organised some games for children and traditional indian ‘antakshari’ to kill time. All of a sudden we noticed some dark moving objects by the side of the boat and people started screaming “dolphin”. That dramatically change the mood of the people. The boat drivers tactically positioned two boats to cover both sides of the group of dolphins which caused spectacular view of Dolphins racing along the boat.
We also spend some time on the beach but was not very impressed becacuse of the sharp stones.