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Camping - Ras al Jinz, Oman??

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 March 2011 - 22:12

Hi, planning a road trip to Oman in May and would like to know if anyone has any info about the current camping regs at the RaJ Turtle Reserve? The Off-Road Explorer and Lonely planet guides are a few years out of date now so can't trust that the campsites they mention even exist anymore.

From some searching it would appear that one can buy a ticket for the organised tour at the Reserve car park - this entails access to some camp. However, I've only read one report of this and can find no other info to substantiate it.

I have emailed the Turtle Reserve to see if they can advise. Don't really have money to burn staying at the Carapace Lodge so would like to camp if at all possible.

Any info from anyone in the know would be greatly appreciated.

TIA
K

(I've also enquired on the Oman forum but it doesn't look very active at all!!)

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 27 March 2011 - 07:37
There was a barasti camping site (Al Naseem?) on the flats at Ras Al Junaiz though it was busy when we were there.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 27 March 2011 - 05:51
Hi, having camped at the turtle place twice in the past we arrived there early evening just after Christmas to find that there is no campsite anymore and also that they were fully booked! You need to make your reservations in advance. The guy inside just told us to go and put up our tents at the end of the car park, which we did and it was fine. Luckily they had some no-shows so we were able to get in. My sister and her family went in again early in the morning too which they enjoyed. It is a nice visitor centre with good facilities and much better organised than it used to be. It is quite a walk from the visitor centre down to the beck so take decent footwear and torches.
 
 

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