Considering everybody is surprised we are going to Oman, I decided to prepare a list of things that you need to consider before traveling there. When planning our route I relied on tips of Povsod je lepo blog,tips of our friends that visited Oman recently & of course the internet. So, here are a few to-dos before going to Oman:

• Why Oman? Is the question we get asked a lot. Almost every year we try to travel in February when the average temperature in Ljubljana is 0°C. And every year we want to go somewhere warm, with good flight connections (preferably with cheap tickets), somewhere we have never been before. This year we started with the idea of Cuba, but somehow landed on Oman, completely by chance. Žiga presented the idea, we looked at some photos, read a blog or two, browsed for tickets and decided this was it. The fact that you can legally camp almost anywhere in Oman was one of the major points for Oman. The next one was that not many people want to go there yet. If you check out the photos, you’ll see that that is bound to change.
• Airplane tickets: You can get them cheap (well, cheap for Ljubljana) from Ljubljana or Zagreb. I tried looking for flights from Italy but Ljubljana and Zagreb were the cheapest & most convenient options for us. I am a big fan of google flights, probably one of my top 5 websites and definitely the first one to search for tickets.
• Tourist Visa: You can apply for a visa here. You’ll need a scan of your passport and your recent photo to do it. The process itself is very simple and you get your visa to the email address you provide. The price of it is currently around 45 € per person for a 30-day visa.  
• Renting a car: We found a car through TripAdvisor by chance. Basically, we got lucky and got a good offer for the amount of time we’ll spend in Oman (15 days on the road with Muscat airport pickup and Salalah airport drop off,). You will probably need a 4×4 (Four-wheel drive) if you want to explore the desert, the mountains and everything else. You’ll also need an international driving license.
• Deciding on your route: We will travel from Muscat, through the mountains and the deserts to the seaside and fly back to Muscat from Salalah. There are of course other options to consider, depending on what you want to see and do, how much time you have and what is your budget. Oman is not one of the cheapest countries we’ve ever been to, but it is also not one of the most expensive ones. PS: Try not to visit Wadis on Friday/Saturday when locals enjoy their weekend and it gets crowded. If you cannot avoid it, arrive early in the morning.
• Where to sleep?
  Most of the accommodations we booked through booking.com, but we only needed a few. A fancy desert camp, a room in a cool inn in Nizwa, a hotel in Duqm and a hotel in Salalah. The rest of the time we will be camping, or at least that is the current plan.
• Camping equipment: What to buy and where; Accommodation in Oman is not that easy to find in some areas, it’s expensive and from the looks of it not that awesome (with few exceptions you will probably not want to pay for). We have most of the camping equipment at home already, but we will also buy some of it on our first day in Muscat’s famous Carrefour. I say famous because if you browse the internet you will see that a lot of people buy their equipment there. Hopefully, we will get a car big enough to sleep in, which would make our journey much less time-consuming. We are quite experienced in car-camping. On our first trip together, we slept in the car on the beach of Rhodes, Greece for two weeks and it was awesooome. PS: If you plan on camping in the mountains keep in mind that temperatures will drop significantly compared to Muscat. You need proper gear.
• When to go? The weather is the most pleasant from October through to April when temperatures are warm but cooler than the extremely hot summer months. If you want to see turtles and turtle hatching, the best time is between May and September (when temperatures skyrocket). Keep in mind that Salalah in the south has a monsoon season from June to September, which is also the main touristic season there. We are going in February because we prefer not to be in Ljubljana at that time of the year.
• Vaccines: Basic vaccinations are needed/suggested for Oman – Hepatitis A+B and tetanus.
• Traveling with a baby: Our friends travelled to Oman with a baby, camped and everything else, so it definitely can be done.