Nature in Dhofar is abundant, the flora and the fauna, ….the wildlife at the coast, in the mountains and also in the two deserts; the rocky and the sandy one. Dhofar is a bird watching paradise and is also home for leopards, in fact Dhofar is their only place in the whole of Oman. All … Continue reading
Worldwide festivals are in full swing. In Salalah-Dhofar, during the Khareef or the south-west monsoon, in the south of the Sultanate of Oman, on the 6th of August the number of visitors to the yearly Salalah Tourism Festival stood at 1,195,047. The Festival started at 15th of July and ….still runs till 31 of August. Continue reading
While we are facing in La Roche-en-Ardenne, my hometown, high humidity, cloudy skies, and suddenly full sunshine, I received a picture of ‘Razat mountain‘ where my Omani friends watched the ‘Khareef’ entering into ‘Dhofar,’ in the south of the Sultanate of Oman. Khareef or south west monsoon is a combination of different natural elements and … Continue reading
To let me be part of a beautiful and strong natural phenomenon, my Omani friends sent me some pictures of the impact of the south-west monsoon on nature, while I am promoting my new book ‘Whispers of Oman’in Belgium, my native country. This so-called ‘Khareef’ is a three month natural phenomenon, normally starting around June … Continue reading
Sunday the 21st, the three month long Khareef, or south-west monsoon season became a fact. In newspapers one could read how Salalah-Dhofar is preparing this season full of magic only existing in this part of South Arabia. The Khareef changes the whole coastal ecosystem. Camel herders have to move out of the mountains to the … Continue reading
