15 Half-Day Tours in Oman You Can Book Today

Muscat: Half-Day Sightseeing Essentials Tour and Audio Guide - Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque: allow extra time for the rules

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 598 reviews · 4 hours · from $48Our pick

See Muscat’s Grand Mosque, Muttrah Souq, fish market, museum, palace, and forts on a practical four-hour audio-guided tour.

“Excellent Tour, exactly as described, perfect half day timescale, saw multiple locations, all entry fees were covered, audio system worked correctly with headphones provided, guide with knowledgeable friendly and polite, enjoyed it very much. Excellent first day”

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Khasab: Half-Day Dhow Cruise, Dolphin Watching, & Snorkeling

2.Half-Day Dhow Cruise, Dolphin Watching, & Snorkeling

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 507 reviews · 3 hours - 210 minutes · from $37Best value

Review of Khasab’s 3.5-hour dhow cruise, with dolphins, fjord views, snorkeling, refreshments, pickup, practical tips, and honest value advice.

“Great trip (special thanks for Obu!), great landscapes, refreshments, dolphins... very good crew! Only thing that could have been better would have been if fins were provided for the snorkeling part of the cruise.”

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Half-Day Private Muscat City Tour – Top Landmarks in Just 4 Hours

3.Half-Day Private Muscat City Tour – Top Landmarks in Just 4 Hours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 256 reviews · from $100Top rated

Review of Muscat’s 4-hour private city tour, including the Grand Mosque, Opera House, Muttrah Souq, palaces, forts, and local treats.

“This was a great tour. Our guide Khalil was fantastic! He was patient, attentive and informative. The mosque was beautiful as was the opera house!”

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Khasab: Half-Day Dhow Cruise with Dolphin Watching

4.Half-Day Dhow Cruise with Dolphin Watching

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 189 reviews · 3h 30m · from $37

Cruise Musandam’s fjords from Khasab, spot dolphins, swim at Telegraph Island, and enjoy fruit, drinks, tea, and coffee for $37.

“Super, Tour, wenig Leute auf dem Boot. Getränke und Obst frei, frisch und kalt.”

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Muscat Half Day City Tour with Audio Guiding

5.Muscat Half Day City Tour with Audio Guiding

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 155 reviews · from $56

Review of Muscat’s 4-hour city tour with mosque, souk, museum, palace, forts, hotel pickup, and multilingual audio guide.

“Fun tour that showed us around downtown Muscat. I think I could have done without the fish market but it was otherwise a nice time.”

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Khasab: Khor Sham Half-Day Cruise with Snorkeling & Dolphins

6.Khor Sham Half-Day Cruise with Snorkeling & Dolphins

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 143 reviews · 4 hours · from $45

Review of Khasab’s $45 half-day dhow cruise, with fjord views, dolphins, Telegraph Island snorkeling, drinks, and practical tips.

“Very nice tour, our guide Jithu gave us wonderful information about Khasab and the Arabian Norway. We saw dolphins, snorkeled and swam at Telegraph Island. The crew was very attentive and provided us with a wide variety of drinks, fruit, and delicious dates. Thank you very much, the tour is highly recommended.”

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Half-Day Private Muscat City Tour- with a local guide

7.Half-Day Private Muscat City Tour- with a local guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 143 reviews · from $100

Review of Muscat’s private half-day city tour, with mosque, souq, fish market, forts, local food, guide tips, and value advice.

“The Muscat city tour with my guide Mahmood was really enjoyable and comfortable trip. Mahmood gave me lot of historic information about places we visited like Mosque, Opera House, Mutrah Souq, Beaches etc.”

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Half Day Muscat City Tours Private

8.Half Day Muscat City Tours Private

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 127 reviews · from $200

Review of Muscat’s private half-day tour, covering the Grand Mosque, Bait Al Zubair, Royal Opera House, and Muttrah.

“Ahmad our tour guide arrived on time, very patient, friendly, professional and knowledgeable. Great experience, will recommend for anyone visiting Muscat”

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Khasab Musandam Half Day Dhow Cruise

9.Khasab Musandam Half Day Dhow Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 107 reviews · from $40

Cruise Musandam’s fjords from Khasab by traditional dhow, with dolphin watching, Telegraph Island snorkeling, refreshments, and free local pickup.

“The trip was extremely well organised all round, with a friendly crew. Nothing was too much trouble … the crew went the extra mile to get the dolphins to race the boat … amazing sight of a pod of 5. Towels, refreshments, snorkels provided. Magnificent scenery, a ‘most do’ when in Musandam.”

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Cruise-Tour Excursion Muscat city tour half day

10.Cruise-Tour Excursion Muscat city tour half day

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 107 reviews · from $58

See Muscat’s Grand Mosque, Mutrah Souq, Al-Alam Palace, and forts on a practical half-day cruise excursion with guide and transport.

“service was provided with passionate spirit from a person who wanted to show best of oman and its citizens in the best possible way.Guide took me and my daughter to sultan qabos mosque and gave us optimal description about its compoRead more”

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Private Half Day Muscat City Tour Afternoon

11.Private Half Day Muscat City Tour Afternoon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 57 reviews · from $89

Explore Muscat privately with hotel pickup, a local guide, forts, palaces, Mutrah Souq, and mosque photo stops in four focused hours.

“I enjoyed the half day privet tour with Waleed! I’ll recommend it to anyone traveling solo and would like to enjoy Muscat authentic vibes”

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Private Half-Day Muscat City Tour

12.Private Half-Day Muscat City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 50 reviews · 4h 30m · from $113

Explore Muscat’s Grand Mosque, souq, palace, forts, museum, and opera house on a flexible private half-day tour with hotel pickup.

“Haroon was our guide for the city tour and he did an amazing job at not only guiding us through the city but also entertaining us by adding interesting stories and taking photos in a way our girls like. It was a very productive tour and we highly recommend this tour with Haroon for those who want to explore Muscat for a half day.”

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Salalah: Half-Day Guided Tour to Wadi Darbat & Mount Samhan

13.Half-Day Guided Tour to Wadi Darbat & Mount Samhan

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 46 reviews · from $110

Review of Salalah’s half-day tour to Taqah Beach, Wadi Darbat, and Mount Samhan, with practical advice on value, weather, guides, and sights.

“This was the best guide we’ve ever had! Hammed was incredibly helpful and kind throughout the entire tour. We truly appreciated the care and hospitality shown to us. The views were absolutely breathtaking, and the tour was very time-efficient. I would highly recommend this experience!”

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Private Half-Day Muscat City Tour

14.Private Half-Day Muscat City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 44 reviews · from $100

Explore Muscat’s Grand Mosque, markets, palaces, forts, and opera house on a flexible private tour with hotel or port pickup.

“We had a fabulous time on our private tour. Said was very knowledgeable and kind and was the best guide we could have possibly asked for. This tour is a must do (and if you can, request Said be your guide)a.”

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