CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
curated scenic road. monsoon mountains, Arabian Sea, wadis. From Şalālah it runs 358 km to Şalālah; allow about 6 h 05 of riding. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 27 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Salalah is a city that does not match anyone's picture of Arabia. It lies on a green coastal plain in Dhofar, in the south of Oman, backed by a ridge of mountains that catch the monsoon. From about June to September the clouds roll in, the khareef begins, and the hills turn the colour of an Irish valley, with drizzle, mist and waterfalls, and Gulf visitors drive down in their thousands to enjoy the cool. The rest of the year the plain is hot, but the coconut palms, banana plantations and the sea breeze keep it gentle, and the mountains stay dry and brown.
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Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 2.
Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 2 comes up 43 km in. Next is Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 3.
87 km in you reach Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 3. Next is Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 4.
Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 4, about halfway. Next is Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 5.
Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 5 sits at 174 km, late in the day. Next is Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 6.
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Read the complete Salalah write-up.
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Oman Salalah Mountain and Coast Loop point 6 comes up 358 km in.