Our Oman educational travel team experts have extensive personal travel experience and formal travel agent qualifications.
Oman educational travel and tours: Where learning meets adventure.
For more than two decades, our team has participated, led and organized educational tours worldwide. This in depth and on the spot insight into the country opens the door for you for an excellent educational programs in Oman.
Oman is a living classroom—perfect for students, researchers, and curious travelers seeking immersive learning experiences. From ancient forts to biodiverse ecosystems, here’s why the Sultanate is a top destination for educational travel and tours:
What Oman Can Offer?
The Sultanate of Oman, the oldest independent Arab state, boasts a history spanning more than 7,000 years. It preserves a remarkable balance between tradition and modernity, supported by a well-developed infrastructure that makes it both unique and accessible for visitors.
Oman offers travelers the opportunity to explore its people, nature, culture, history, and human development in an environment that is welcoming and enriching. While firmly forward-looking, the Sultanate takes great pride in its distinctive architecture, customs, and traditions, carefully preserved and celebrated over the centuries.
Topography & Nature
- Diverse landscapes: oases, wetlands, lagoons, pristine beaches, a 3,100 km coastline across three seas, the world’s largest continuous sand desert (the Empty Quarter), and Sabkha quicksands lying below sea level.
- The dramatic Hajar Mountain Range, with peaks rising up to 3,000 m.
- Tropical Dhofar – Oman’s hidden green paradise.
- A geologist’s paradise, where you can touch the Moho and explore rocks dating back 800 million years.
Flora & Fauna
- 1212 species of plants, the most famous being Oman’s frankincense trees.
- Mammals include the Arabian leopard, Arabian oryx, gazelles, the tahr, the ibex, desert foxes & wild cats.
- Dhofar the southern province has 67 species of wild mammal, 49 terrestrial and 18 marine, including the world’s smallest species, the White-toothed Pygmy Shrew weighing less than 3 grams and the worlds’ largest species, the Blue Whale weighing up to 150 tons.
- The waters are home to 22 species of whales, five species of Sea turtles & dolphins. More than 450 species of birds have been recorded.
Rich History
- Home to over 500 forts, castles, and watchtowers.
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ancient towns, traditional markets, and Bronze Age settlements dating back to over 4000 BC.
- More than 4,000 falaj irrigation channels, five of which are recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
- Living traditions showcased in customs and bustling souqs.
Diverse Culture
- A nation of religious harmony and tolerance.
- Rich ethnic and tribal diversity.
- Celebrated traditional arts and craftsmanship.
- A wealth of variety in cuisine and native languages.
Orientation Session
Houston University – Oman Study Abroad Trip
Opening Remarks: Maria Curtis, Ph.D. Professor in Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Studies, College of Human Sciences and Humanities.
Featured Specialist: Mr. Badar Al Yazeedi, Panorama Travel CEO.
Destination Oman: Heritage, Culture & Adventure
An online briefing program. A virtual visit to the Sultanate of Oman.
Context Provider: Dr. John Duke Anthony, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and CEO
Opening Remarks: H.E. Moosa Hamdan Al Tai, Sultanate of Oman Ambassador to the United States.
Featured Specialist: Mr. Badar Al Yazeedi, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Cultural Affairs Fellow; Panorama Travel CEO.
Exploring Oman: The Jewel of Arabia
An online program. A virtual visit to one of the most historically and culturally rich of all Arab and Islamic societies.
Welcome, and Context Provider: Dr. John Duke Anthony, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and CEO; Author, inter alia, of Historical and Cultural Dictionary of The Sultanate of Oman and The Emirates of Eastern Arabia and Arab States of The Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum.
Featured Specialist: Mr. Badar Al Yazeedi, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Cultural Affairs Fellow; Panorama Travels CEO; Oman Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee Member; Oman Tourism Awards Jury Member.
Oman Tourism Online Forum
An episode on exploring crisis management (Covid-19 Impacts & Solutions) in Oman Tourism Industry
Opening Remarks & Context Provider: Badar Al Thuhli – Oman Tourism College.
Featured Specialists:
- Dr. Khalid Abdulwahab Al Balushi – Oman Air.
- Dr. Jalal Hamzah – Sultan Qaboos University.
- Dr. Magda Al Salti – Sultan Qaboos University.
- Dr. Hafidh Al Reyami – University of Technology and Applied Sciences.
Why Panorama Travel Is A Pioneer In Oman Educational Travel?
For over two decades, we have built our tours around education, ensuring that every journey is an enriching learning experience.
Panorama Travel specializes in organizing educational tours for schools, universities, international organizations, and travel agencies worldwide. Whether you represent a travel company seeking a meaningful program for your clients, or an academic institution arranging a study trip for your students, we work closely with you to design a tailor-made program that meets your specific goals and expectations.
We can use our in-depth, on-the-spot insight into the country to help open the door for study programs in Oman. We invite you to experience our excellence in study abroad programs in Oman. Here is NCUSAR delegation meets H.E., former Sultan’s advisor for cultural affairs.
Panorama Travel will ensure the opportunity to meet people from different levels. Here, the Crowne Center for Middle East Studies research center study program meets H.E., former Sultan’s advisor for economic planning.
The UHCL University exploring newly discover bronze age archeological site with SQU site experts.
The American University at Sharjah exploring the Arabian Sea marine life.
Blyth Academy school trip exploring Oman’s Grand Canyon.
Presentation (Journey to the Heart of Oman) by an expert in Oman’s Flora & Fauna for Barrie School, Maryland State.
University of Perugia, Italy, studying Oman’s UNESCO ancient irrigation systems (Aflaj).
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke exploring the natural mangrove national reserve, .
DePauw University exploring the desert traditions.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock exploring Wadi agriculture terraces, fruits orchards and the traditional irrigation system.
What Our Educational Partners Say
We invite you to experience our excellence in Oman’s Educational Travel & discover the land of majesty and mystery.
