11 Aug 2018
It was last week road trip planned..... with families and kids....road from muscat to Rustaq is smooth with out any hiccups usually all roads in Oman is really well build and smooth. Took our breakfast in Rustaq and then we proceed ahead first to snack gorge canyon......after few kilometers from Rustaq road diverst to Balad Sayt ....last village with nice road is till Al RaKhah then it all starts off road.....14 to 16 kilometers off road in Wadi....or say dry river......spend some time as being still summer not much of water was there in snake canyon....but yes if could track deep in canyon you could see more water which is challenging . However moving on to Balad Sayt...from here the real climbing of mounting starts. Some place its around 40 degree steep but short climb....with beautiful breathtaking views and worth visiting.. It took us approx 60 mins drive from snake canyon to Balad Sayt. I would recommend to visit in months like from Oct. to Mar. as weather would be more pleasant and would see more water in snake canyon. But yes its a place to go at least once especially for the ones who enjoy long off roads drive....... cheers....and yes 4x4 only.......