Half Day Mountain Safari To JABAL HARIM (Shore Excursions)

Jebel Harim, which translates as the ‘mountain of women’ and at 2000m the highest peak in Musandam. The mountain takes its name from the days when local women would retreat to caves up here in order to avoid being carried off by pirates or rival tribes while their menfolk were away on extended fishing or trading expeditions. The actual summit is home to a radar station monitoring shipping way below in the Straits of Hormuz and is out of bounds, although there are superb all-round views from the road, with breathtaking views back to Khasab and onwards towards Dibba. Many of the rocks up here are also studded with superbly preserved fossils, offering the remarkable sight of ancient submarine creatures – mollusks, fish, clams and numerous trilobites – now incongruously stranded near the summit of one of Arabia’s highest mountains.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Khasab, Khasab, Musandam Governorate

Khor Najd photo stop for sea view (altitude 400 meters)



Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Khasab, Khasab, Musandam Governorate

Saya Village for photo stop in Farming Area (altitude 1200 meters)


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Khasab, Khasab, Musandam Governorate

Fossil Area photo stop (altitude 1700 meters)

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes