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Roads are excellent and signposted in English. An international driving permit may be needed; check with your hire company.

The Jebel Akhdar police checkpoint turns back non-4x4 cars. Hire a 4x4 or book a driver.

Never enter a wadi when rain is forecast upstream; flash floods arrive fast, even under blue sky.

Do not drive into dunes without experience. Let your camp collect you from the edge of the sands.

Cover shoulders and knees in towns and villages; swimwear only in the wadi pools, with a cover-up.