En route to Seifa. Rugged terrain but electricity lines march over the hills to the few villages in the area. Fishing shelters at Yanqut, at the end of one of the inlets of Bandar Khayran Only maybe 30 km by boat round the coast, the land route to Seifa takes you up and down some hair-raising dirt roads with unspeakable gradients. The thing is, once you get used to it, it's just one of those things. Difficult to grow date palms when the groundwater is too salty Seifa beach, just after dawn At the end of the journey, which was probably well-nigh impossible before the road was carved through the mountains, you take a sharp turn to the left at the bottom of the last steep hill and arrive shortly at the end of the narrow wadi behind Seifa town.
Some date palms survive, but many have died, maybe because the groundwater has become too salty.
You can turn left or right once you reach the mosque and find yourself among low sand dunes, where you can pitch camp wherever you like. If you're within 100 m of another camping party, it's a busy weekend. We're not such tough campers since it's so mild or even hot most of the time that you can camp out under clear skies. But it's best to take your camp fuel as there is little drift wood. And don't forget your cool box full of liquid refreshment.