FAQ Oman

We advise to never drive alone in the desert. Regardless of your experience, you should always have at least a 2 or 3 other cars with you. When you do go in the desert rent our recovery set so that you can deflate and inflate your tires and pull out cars that are stuck with a towing line. Our Off-Road Recovery sets contains: Air compressor | Deflator | Tyre pressure gauge | Towing line | Shackels for towing line | Jerrycan 20 liter | Jumper cable | Spare valves | Desert support jack plate | First aid kit | Tool set | Engine oil 1 liter If you travel just by yourself, we can organise a local guide to take you into the Wahiba Sands desert for 1 or 2 days. Check out our booking page for all the details.

You don’t need to know anything about 4×4 off-road driving before going on a 4×4 expedition tour with us, because our guides will show you how and adjust the off-roading to your skill level. For those who are renting 4×4 off-road cars, it depends on where you want to drive. Some terrains require no prior experience. If, however, you want to drive on dunes we certainly advise to have some previous experience. The more you know, the larger the amount of place you can go. There are also practicalities like deflating your tires. We provide all of this information, but you will have a much smoother trip if you either know about this already or look into it beforehand.

No, the license of your home country will suffice.

The daily limit per day is 200 KM. Extra mileage will cost OMR 0.10 per extra kilometer. Extra mileage will be charged after your rental period. Alternatively you can book the Unlimited Mileage option.

The insurance policy will include legal liability arising out of the use of the motor vehicles for third party: o Bodily injury/death: Unlimited o Property damage: OMR 200000 for any one occurrence For more information, download our Terms and Conditions.

AWD drives the entire wheels all time whereas 4WD uses a driver selectable system that mechanically engages the drive to all four wheels. 4WD has direct mechanical link between front and rear axles which can be locked. Normally the drivers are advised to engage the 4 WD mode (H4)on slippery /sandy surfaces and to get more traction use the low 4WD (L4).

There is not much difference in ground clearance between the 4 WD types. However, Toyota Land Cruisers has bit more ground clearance than the other models.

It would be helpful to engage 4 WD (H4 – can shift in low spead) while driving Wadis (water bed) and Sand dunes and (L4 – Vehicle has to stop) while climbing the mountains or feel maximum traction required. If you have more than 2 persons traveling in your car a V6 engine is recommended particularly in the mountains.

Yes, of course! If you make the booking with iDrive 4×4, we will send you all the required information. Another option is to buy the Oman off-road book combined with ou GPS routes, which has approximately 30 programmed routes and campsites that are described in the book in detail.

It will work well in places where humans live, but reception is not always good in remote areas (deserts and some wadis).

No, the ice can be bought at supermarkets, gas stations, and other shops in Oman.

In our kitchen set we always provide a gas lighter to light the gas stove which you use to ignite a fire. Firewood can be bought at most supermarkets in Oman.

We don’t recommend this option. We advice you to use the coolbox provided in the kitchen set and fill this up with ice cubes. This way your products stay much cooler. Electric cool boxes unfortunately only cool 20 degrees below ambient temperature.

We do have an awning available for the rooftop tents.

Rooftop tent Medium – Suitable for 2 adults
Inside the tent: 200 x 140 or 120 x height 70.5/112.5 cm

Rooftop tent Large – Suitable for 2 adults & 2 children
Inside the tent: 200 x 250 x 110 cm

Ground tent 2-4 persons
Dimensions (L x W x H): 304 x 305 x 183 cm

Ground Tent 6-8 persons
Dimensions (L x W x H): 427 x 245 x 193 cm

NEW couple tents 125 / 200 cm

When you receive our invoice click on the payment link and easy and safe pay via our provider Stripe with your preferred payment method (creditcard, debit card, iDeal, bank transfers and many others)

The GGTO offers travelers the guarantee that they will be recompensed any monies paid out on trips and, as necessary, their return fares will be reimbursed, in the event that the concerned tour operator, affiliated to the GGTO, declares financial insolvency. This can mean before departure, but also during the trip. Moreover, the Guarantee Fund GGTO underwrites your return trip for the length of your stay if the tour operator, due to financial insolvency, can no longer take responsibility for this. Every package holiday dealer is legally required to provide a guarantee scheme such as this one (Civil Code 7 Article 7:512).

The price will not change much with regards to one more or less person. If you decide to travel 6 days instead of 5, we are able to supply a lower daily rate however.

Service charge includes: – Installation of crossbars for the carriage of the rooftop tent – Installation of rooftop tent – Loading and cleaning of all camping equipment in the car – Cleaning cost of all camping equipment, rooftop tent and car – Delivery and Drop Off of the car & equipment in Muscat City or airport

An extra driver will cost €10 per day.

The administration cost is the surcharge depending on the payment method used.

No, unfortunately it is not possible to pay in Oman. Only our Service Center is located there. Our main offices are in The Netherlands and UAE (Dubai).

The rental company take a pre-authorization of OMR 250 as security for possible traffic fines.

Car pick up can happen between 9:00-18:00 at the below pick up points. Airport transfers can happen outside of office hours. You can indicate this during checkout.   Pick Up Points:

• iDrive4x4 Depot near Muscat Airport
• iDrive4x4 counter at Salalah Airport (surcharge)

Airport Transfers for Pick Up Options:

• Muscat Airport drive to iDrive4x4 Depot (10 minutes)
• Salalah Airport walk to counter (5 minutes)

Car Drop Off between 9:00-18:00 at the designated drop off points. Airport transfers can happen outside of office hours.   Drop Off Points:

• iDrive4x4 Depot near Muscat Airport
• iDrive4x4 counter at Salalah Airport (surcharge)

Airport Transfers for Drop Off Options:

• Muscat iDrive4x4 Depot drive to Muscat Airport (10 minutes)

Yes and yes. The airport is the only place to buy bottles of alcohol to take with you. You can buy alcohol at some hotels, but not to take it with you.

Of course! You can download them here for Oman, Uganda and Kyrgyzstan.

At the time of writing (October 2024), visitors from over 100 countries don’t need a visa for Oman when travelling for shorter than 14 days and will be able to enter the country at no cost. You can check if your country is on this list at the official government website.

Please make sure that upon entering the country, you have:

A prior and confirmed hotel booking
A health insurance
A passport validity of more than 6 months
A return ticket

Citizens of other nationalities can check for their Oman visa via the ROP’s eVisa website by clicking here. You can apply for a visa via the ROP’s eVisa website by clicking here.

No. Your Oman visa is a single entry visa. So the moment you’ll leave the country and want to re-enter, you will have to apply for a new visa. So keep this in mind in case you want to leave Oman to travel around the UAE for example. You may be better off purchasing a 10 day visa, which will be cheaper compared to a 30 day visa, as you cannot make use of your 30 days anyway the moment you leave Oman. Upon re-entering Oman you will have to purchase another 10 day visa.

When you book your adventure with us, the car insurance will be included. For Oman there is an excess of 170 euros. This means that if anything happens to the car, you will have to pay 170 euros first, then the insurance pays the rest. Check our terms and conditions for more information. For your own health and safety, we strongly advise you a travel and medical insurance. We work together with Safetywing, where you can book an insurance easily online. Read in our Travel Insurance blog why a travel insurance is something you really need to have for adventures like this.

For Oman, the minimum rental days is 3 days. Please keep in mind that rental days in Oman are per 24 hours. So if you start renting it at 2pm, your second rental days starts the next day at 2pm.

For Kyrgyzstan, the minimum rental days is 7 days. Please keep in mind that rental days in Kyrgyzstan are per calendar day.