Full-Day Wadi Shab Hike and Bimmah Sinkhole Swim from Muscat

Dawn slides across the Gulf of Oman as the road leaves Muscat, the desert brightening into bands of copper wadis and chalky cliffs. Two hours later, the bus doors open to the quiet of Tiwi, where palms rattle in a dry breeze and a short boat shuffle ferries you across Wadi Shab’s shallow mouth. From here, the canyon invites you forward—boulders shouldering the path, a falaj murmuring beside terraces of dates, and turquoise pools winking between folds of limestone. The wadi doesn’t rush; it nudges. The farther you go, the more it asks you to commit: step-light over uneven rock, scramble a ledge, and finally give in to the water.