Wadi Al-Hayol is One of Most Visited Tourist Places in Oman

Muscat: Wadi Al-Hayol is one of the most prominent tourist areas in the Wilayat of Mahdah in the Al-Buraimi Governorate. It is about 95 km away from the center of the state and about 85 km away from the Wilayat of Mahdah. It can be reached through mountain road from the main road (Al-Buraimi-Sohar), which has a distance of 22 km. Passing through the village of “Rahab” in the Wilayat of Liwa in the North Al Batinah Governorate.

The region is characterized by its prominent geographical location close to a number of the wilayats of the North Al Batinah Governorate from different sides, as it is bordered on the south east by the wilayats of Liwa, Sohar and Shinas, while the Western Oman Hajar mountain range, which is located in the northern side, formed a natural separator between it and the center of the wilayat, and its population is distributed in the 9 villages that are still inhabited today, namely Al-Aqrabeyah, Hail Al-Mashak, Al-Shwaimra, Hail Al-Qawasim, Al-Mazra’iya, Al-Tawi, Al-Dhaher, Al-Muhaidth, and Al-Hajer.

The town is unique with an attractive mountainous nature, and streams of water extending from the top of the mountains to be proud of throughout the year, in addition to tall palm trees of all kinds, and various crops, most notably mangoes, bananas, grapes, figs, and the Zam tree, which is one of the distinctive trees in the region and other seasonal crops. A number of plants are distributed in the village. The towers that confirm the region’s nobility and human connection with it since ancient times.

The sulfur springs distributed throughout it promote tourism and a therapeutic shrine, as there are seven springs distributed in its various parts, namely Ain Al-Khabta, Ain Qabil Lekhlio, Ain Ljal Al-Rasah, Ain Ljal Al-Sahma, Ain Al-Habisa, Ain Al-Hara, and Ain Lal Al-Sukhaibri. Hospitalization added another advantages, thus constituting an essential tributary for increasing water resources that contribute to irrigating agricultural crops and increasing green areas at different times of the year when the percentage of water is low.

The government is making great efforts to provide basic requirements for the people of the region, including water distribution networks, wide coverage of cellular networks, a school consisting of three floors, a municipal office, a multi-use playground, and an asphalt road that crosses the mountain peaks to the valley’s homes.