Oman: Wahiba Sands

The Wahiba sands are a great ocean of sand and endless dunes, some rising to 100 metres in height. They are generally rusty red at the base and honey coloured on the top – an alluring landscape of changing contours and colours. The sands are home to the Bedu, nomadic tribesmen who roam the land with goats and camels, or live in small fishing villages.

Journeying from Muscat into the ethereal stillness of Oman's Wahiba Sands, we camp under the stars in this vast isolated wilderness, distant from modern civilisation hoping to meet bedouin families as we go.