HUQF Region - Al Wusta 2/3 days trip
DAY 1 PROGRAM Start from Seeb (1pm after lunch) – carry tea coffee and sandwiches so as to not to lose time at pit stops Optional Pit stop – Drive towards Haima on the Salalah route – Via Bidbid, Sumail, Nizwa, Adam, Al Ghaba – Asphalt roads Salt mountain and Cave Qarat Al Kibrit (reach before 5:30 and do carry torches) - 8.7 Kms before Ghaba Rest Area – Graded road – (N21 27 01.8 E57 16 40.4) Reach Al Ghaba (Via Nizwa, Izki, Sinaw ) – 2.45 hrs drive from Seeb CAMP- DAY1 near Ghaba Rest Area (Side road - drive towards the hills that can be seen 3kms) Look out for fossils (Stromatolites) DAY 2 PROGRAM Gypsum quarry (N21 15 05.5 E57 25 46.0) and Flint factory with Flint stones to collect Ghaba – 1 Oil Well (N21 19 40.6 E57 18 46.9) (abandoned in 1959 after drilling to a depth of 3455mts. One of the 1st oil exploration wells to be drilled in Oman along with the Douka 1, in 1955 and Fuhud 1 in 1956) Haushi – exposed oil seepage MISSED