Outward Bound Oman

Seventeen tired but happy members of Vales senior management team returned to Muscat yesterday aftera three day team building course on Jebel Akdhar, surviving torrential downpours of rain, cool temperatures and the odd wild donkey .....

Under the auspices of His Excellency The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education,Outward Bound Oman last week celebrated three years of rapid growth at the Ministry of Education auditorium in Muscat. Teams of young people spoke about their recently concluded 1,000 km journey from Salalah to...

The Outward Bound Oman 1,000 Km, 80 day 41st National Day Youth challenge from Salalah to Muscat ends tomorrow! Six young people in two Zaruqas, traditional Omani saling boats from the north of Oman, have spent the last nine days rowing and sailing along the coast from Quriyat.The boats are now...

Its all over in ten days, and the Oman Air team are ready to go, but first they have to row and sail two traditional wooden Omani boatsfrom Quriyat to Muscat .....

A team of six young Omani girls, partnered by Nawras-Shababiah, set off from Muscat today with Instructor Erin Hall,to take over from the Golden Torches Trading girls, who have covered a terrific distance from the sands at Bidiya,to the summit of Salma Plateau.

Supported by Golden Torches Trading, six girls from Caledonian College are now proving that Omani girls can do just as well as the boys! They have beenwalking for six days now, and are currently ascending the Jebel to reach the top of Salma Plateau, where they will hand over to the next all girls...

The National Bank of Oman team arrived yesterday at the ferry point to Masirah Island, from where they will be heading north along the east coast of the Wahiba Sandsin the footsteps of the famous desert explorer, Bertram Thomas.

Congratulations to the Oman Methanol team, whohave safely reached the north-east area of Masirah Island after several hard days walking around the coastline. A short 12km remains to the ferry point back to the mainland, that they plan to cover later today after a well earned rest this morning.

The PDO team had their toughest day yet yesterday, on day 29 of the Salalah-Muscat journey. Routefinding through the saltflats and sabkha close to Mahoot was extremely difficult, as soft sabkha made direct navigation impossible. Camels had to find their own way around the obstacles, whilst the...

Omani youth (not to mention the camels!)are rising to the challenge; over 300 km of desert coveredto dateon the 41st National Day journey from Salalah to Muscat. The journey has alreadybeen featured on BBC World Service news-online.