Hatta Pools Willayat Mahdah

Welcome to the Sultanate of Oman - Willayat of Mahdah	To get to Hatta Pools, you need a passport or UAE ID for the UAE checkpoint, but there are no Omani entry formalities	Rocky landscape - Willayat Mahdah, Oman	Al Hajar (Stone) Mountains, Oman
The Range Rover on the road to Hatta Pools	Hajar Mountain landscape	The road to Hatta Pools	The road to Hatta Pools - passable in a regular car
One of the Range Rover's last road trips	Panorama of the road to Hatta Pools	Picnic by the falaj (irrigation channel), Hatta Pools	Falaj (irrigation channel) near Hatta Pools
Falaj (irrigation channel), Oman	Falaj (irrigation channel) near Hatta Pools	Falaj (irrigation channel), Oman	There are actually little fish in there
Desert vegetation	Desert around Hatta Pools	Hatta Pools	Dennis at Hatta Pools
It took me 8 years of living in Dubai, but I finally made it to Hatta Pools	Hatta Pools are about 5 km beyond the UAE checkpoint at Al Fay	Hatta Pools, Oman	A dry section of Hatta Pools
Hatta Pools - Canyon	Dennis - Hatta Pools	Reflection - Hatta Pools	Very interesting eroded landscape at Hatta Pools
Water-carved canyon, Hatta Pools	Water-carved canyon, Hatta Pools	Water-carved canyon, Hatta Pools	Climbing at Hatta Pools
Dennis at Hatta Pools	Canyon - Hatta Pools	Canyon - Hatta Pools	Canyon - Hatta Pools
Canyon - Hatta Pools	Canyon - Hatta Pools	Canyon - Hatta Pools	Hiking at Hatta Pools
Some people managed to climb down into the canyon but we didn't try too hard	Canyon - Hatta Pools	Canyon - Hatta Pools	Canyon - Hatta Pools
Canyon - Hatta Pools	The main area of Hatta Pools above the canyon	Inviting waterhole - Hatta Pools	Fish in the desert, Hatta Pools
Temperature's ok...a little chilly, but refreshing	Swimming at Hatta Pools	Dennis swimming at Hatta Pools	This pool is quite deep
Is the graffiti really necessary Azerbaijan?	Hatta Pools, Oman	Hatta Pools, Oman	Hatta Pools, Oman
Hatta Pools, Oman	On weekends, lots of people from the UAE come for a day trip or to camp overnight at Hatta Pools	The Omanis have been investing heavily in their roads	Beyond Hatta Pools, you can drive deeper into Oman while remaining in the visa-free border area
From Hatta Pools we drove to the southwest on a loop that brought us back to the Dubai-Hatta Road between the 2 UAE checkpoints	Road from Hatta Pools to Ray and Shuwayhah, Oman	Explorer's Off-Road UAE is recommended	Side road from Ray (Oman) leads to another wadi
Irrigation pool behind a simple dam - Wadi Ray, Oman	Wadi Ray, Oman	Road sign Al-Dhaaynah, Oman	More and more of these former "Off-Road" routes in Oman are being paved
Willayat Mahdah, Oman	Willayat Mahdah, Oman	Willayat Mahdah, Oman	Willayat Mahdah, Oman
Interesting rock formations	Interesting rock formations	Interesting rock formations	This area is described in Off-Road Explorer's Shwaib to Ray route, though we didn't follow it exactly
Mountains of Willayat Mahdah, Oman	Willayat Mahdah, Oman	Willayat Mahdah, Oman	Willayat Mahdah, Oman
Folded layers of sedimentary rocks pushed upward	Broad valley of Wadi Sumayni	Donkey out alone in the stoney desert	Acacia tree, Willayat Mahdah, Oman
Beyond the UAE border fence, a palace on a dune, Shwaib - UAE	Head north to rejoin the Dubai-Hatt Road