The fertile south, is famed for its agriculture and climate. Silver frankincense, 'Laqat', reputedly the best in the world, was the major export of this region in ancient times.

Salalah

The southern capital, a garden city, surrounded by groves of coconut palms and paw-paws, has rightly gained a reputation as a summer resort which attracts visitors from all over the world.









Taqa
Is on old town with an interesting fort and typical old Dhofari houses. On the beach some old boats held together by coconut fibre (coia) instead of nails can be seen. Quarries near here provide the white limestone blocks used in Salalah buildings.

Sumhurum
The home of the legendary queen of Sheba and now an archeological site, situated beside the beach called Khor Rori. The ruins date from C.100BC, built under orders of King II azz of handramaut (the Sachalites, their capital at Shabwa, their subject-people the Sachalites of Dhofar).

Mirbat
Means 'The Palace for Tying up Animals'. It comprises of many beautiful old Merchant's houses with carved doors, windows, picture relief courtyards, (shamsiyas) window-boxes (mashabayas), protruding service-towers, etc. It is both an old harbor and a new harbor.

Ain Arzat

Is one of the five functioning spring on the Jurbaib Plain used for the watering Al Mamoura Place and The Royal Farm. It now boasts a beautiful pleasure-garden, which is open to public on Fridays.









Job's Tomb
The Mosque and tomb-shrine of  'Nabi-Ayoub' mark the place where the remains of the Moslem prophet possibly identified as Job of the Old Testament can be found. It is a place of pilgrimage for Moslems and Christians. From here one can admire the splendid view of Qara Mountains and Jubraia Plain (Salalah).

Bin Ali Mosque
The mosque can be found next to the Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali Al Alawi, a 14th century Moslem divine from South Yemen. It is a fine example of the medieval 'onion doomed' mosques common in Dhofar and Handramaut. The area is very peaceful and beautiful especially in the late afternoon.

Moughsail Beach
The beach stretches for four kilometers with high cliffs at either end. It is a popular bathing resort and has many picnic huts. Khor Moughsail has an abundance of bird life eg. Flamingoes, pelicans, storks, etc in season.

Raysut
From sleepy trading post for the dhows that ply the seas between south Asia and eastern Africa, recently the port Mina Raysut has grown in to a modern thriving commercial maritime center.