UAE’S OUTDOOR HERITAGE.OUR FUTURE.

For any adventurous traveller in the UAE, an overland trip to Salalah is a must. All you need is a reliable vehicle, lots of fuel and some time. We also decided to take some audio books with us for the 4.500…

Feel like a new challenge in your life … are you tired of going to the gym or pounding the pavements around Safa? Why not try Dragon Boat racing: a sport which is rapidly gaining in popularity in the region. Last…

People have always ventured to the outdoors for fun; it’s well known that friendships made under tough conditions last a lifetime. The original outdoor adventure companies were made up of ex-military instructors; the…

Sri Lanka has been troubled over recent years with instability and civil war. Since 2008 the situation with the Tamil rebels in the north has quietened and there have been no terrorist attacks. However, the situation…

As the plane descends towards Salalah airport in southern Oman, I gaze down over the rugged but beautiful Dhofar Mountains. It seems hard to believe that life exists here as there is little vegetation or water, but…

The Atlantians! They are living among us, and you can see them on the Palm Jumeirah island. All of them are there, at the Atlantis Dive Centre; where else they could have survived if not on an island, on and beneath…

It’s sad but true – wealth and the good life don’t always attract only good people. Unfortunately, bad people seem to find an opportunity to cheat people or rob them when they feel safe and especially if they are…

Pioneering work by an international wildlife conservation organisation looks set to help start the process of getting a remote part of Oman declared a Marine Protected Area. Biosphere Expeditions has just completed the…

Our oceans are currently undergoing a sea of change! The biodiversity of our marine ecosystems is known to be unparalleled. For many years, most of us believed that our actions could never have an effect on our vast…

Threatened by loss of habitat, accidental fishing, pollution, human harvest and climate change, the beautiful hawksbill turtles are facing the danger of extinction. These turtles which are older than dinosaurs have…