The Musandam Peninsula of Oman is a stunning and rugged place. The nature is nearly unbelievable, showing off deep blues, desert browns, and rocky purple peaks. If you are curious about this small ...

Kumzar, a remote fishing village in the Musandam Peninsula in northern Oman, located in a sheltered harbor near the strategic shipping lane of the Strait of Hormuz. Due to its unique geographical ...

"I feel its warmth." Behind him, the village of Film, notched into the mountains of Oman's Musandam Peninsula, shimmered like a brazier. Goats panted in the shade cast by upturned boats and the ...

This story appears in the January 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. “Do you mind if I look around?” Alex asks the villagers. We’re standing with a group of fishermen in front of a ...

Most remarkable of all is the Musandam Peninsula, an exclave of Oman separated from the rest of the country by 100km of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Here, fjord-like inlets called khors ripple ...

KHASAB, Oman, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- At the northernmost tip of Oman, the Musandam Peninsula juts into the Persian Gulf like a dagger, standing guard at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran ...