Muscat: For the past one year and half people have been bored, mostly staying at home due to the pandemic and related restrictions. Add to the exhaustion is the rising summer temperatures. A refreshing air is needed to clean lungs, relieve stress and anxiety, or purify the soul and mind.
Planning a cruise trip with friends and families exploring the coastal beauty of Oman in a boat or a yacht is one of the things one can do.
Boat trips are less expensive and convenient to explore the wonderful marine environment and beautiful coastline.
Oman is surrounded by seas and is known for building ships and there are many tour companies organising cruises with a variety of packages.
There are many centres for cruise trips, such as: Marina Bandar Al Rawda in Muscat. Among the activities that one can enjoy on these trips are: watching sunrise or Sunset, chasing dolphins, diving, surfing and sailing.
According to Saeed bin Habib al Rahbi, an employee at the Star of The Sea for Marine Tourism, the company organises twelve cruise trips each month, for families as well as special trips for men and women. “Right now we operate with only 50 per cent capacity following the Supreme Committee’s decision. We usually have 20 to 45 people on each trip depending on whether it is a boat, a yacht or a dhow,” Saeed said. He also mentioned that the trips to Sur and Dimaniyat Islands pass by all the landmarks on the way like Al Alam Palace and Sifah mountain.
“Having a trip with my friends in dhow was an amazing and beneficial experience. I felt relaxed and excited seeing the beautiful views I had not seen before in Oman,” Nusaiba al Zarafi, a tourist, said.
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