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Magic Camps - Wahiba Sands

Magic Camps Wahiba Sands is an intimate and remote luxury camp that echoes the Arabian folktales of One Thousand and One Nights. The spacious canvas bedroom tents come with earthy interiors including cotton sheets, natural wooden furniture and artisan design pieces. Nearby is your private bathroom tent, which is comprised of a portable toilet, an earthenware basin, a shower, fluffy towels and eco-friendly amenities. Elsewhere in the camp's desert oasis you'll find the cozy majlis seating area, dining tent, campfire and sunset lounge - the best place to watch the sky turn the same colors as the sand. Meals are prepared by an experienced chef, with dishes of both local and Lebanese origin, such as spiced lamb and marinated fish sourced from the Gulf of Oman.

Why We Love This Hotel

Remote Location: Magic Camps - Wahiba Sands is situated right in the heart of Sharqiya Sands, a 40-minute drive from the nearest road. This seclusion immerses visitors in desert life and guests can enjoy a peaceful retreat in the "middle of nowhere."

Sustainability: Magic Camps has a number of eco-friendly and responsible initiatives, including minimal plastic use, solar and battery energy rather than using a generator, eco bath amenities and choosing local products, especially in design. Quad bikes and dune buggies are forbidden, as the camp aims to emulate an authentic desert experience akin to Bedouin nomads, who leave no trace in their environment.

Chic Design: Remote, authentic and sustainable doesn't mean that design can't be fresh, contemporary and homely. Decor uses neutral-toned palettes, juxtaposing textures (many from natural materials and artisan detailing such as textiles and weaving) and a distinct "rustic chic" theme.

Destination
Wahiba Sands, Oman
Hotel Type
Tented Camp
Location Type
Remote
Magic Camps - Wahiba Sands is comprised of 10 luxury bedroom tents, with interi ors featuring local design, natural materials and artisan furnishings. The beds are comfortable and fitted with real mattresses, cotton bedding and cozy pillow s and blankets. Other tent amenities include warm electric lighting, electric s ockets with USB charging, complimentary water and hangers for clothes. There is also a private seating area outside each tent.
Luxury Bedroom Tent

Luxury Bedroom Tent

The luxury bedroom tents cover 220 square feet, with a diameter of 20 feet and a height of 10 feet. Bedding can be configured with either a double bed or two twin beds, and maximum capacity is three adults or two adults and two children under 12 years. A private bathroom tent is located next door, which includes a portable toilet, eco-friendly amenities (soap, shower gel and shampoo), a basin, as well as Indian terracotta jars with hot and cold water, provided for washing and showering.

You won't find a fancy wellness center, multi-tiered swimming pool or state-of- the-art gym at Magic Camps - Wahiba Sands, but there's still plenty to see and do. Available activities include camel trekking, sandboarding, dune riding in a 4x4, hiking with Bedouin guides, visiting nearby villages, discovering secre t wadis and hidden oases, as well as stargazing using the camp's powerful teles cope.

Majlis

The shared space at the heart of the camp is the cozy majlis, furnished with Berber rugs, hanging lanterns, comfy seating and sprawling foliage. Nearby is a campfire. Here, guests can meet other travelers, swap stories and watch performances by Bedouin musicians.

Hearty breakfasts prepare you for the day's adventure, with Arabic flatbreads, French baguettes, fresh fruits, homemade jams and juices, plus eggs cooked to order on the menu. In the evenings, flavor-packed local and Lebanese dishes ar e prepared by an experienced chef and his culinary team, using only ingredients sourced locally from the peninsula.
Dining Tent

Dining Tent

Choose between dining with other guests for social mealtimes or dining solely with your travel companion in a more intimate setting. Either option will see you seat at a rustic table lit by candles, with romantic floating lanterns hanging overhead.

Why Remote Lands?

Exclusively Asia

With Remote Lands you'll travel with people who have made Asia the solitary focus of their own lifelong adventure. As our guest, you'll discover Asia on a journey that is completely, authentically your own, adapted from our own remarkable experiences and adventures over the years.

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A family from Mexico

A family from Mexico

We had a trip that was truly unforgettable and perfect in every sense. Thank you to Remote Lands for all the time, care and dedication that was invested to make it come true. Remote Lands is really an outstanding travel company!!!

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A couple from Texas

A couple from Texas

My wife and I traveled to Nepal with Remote Lands, and had an incredible time. This was our fourth trip with Remote Lands and the trip was planned perfectly with every detail accounted for.

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A couple from San Francisco - Aman Jet Expedition, Spring 2016

If we had traveled independently, we could never have done this level of planning. This is the only way to travel.

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