Muscat: The South Batinah Governorate has floated a tender for consulting services to prepare designs and documents for the road and cable car leading to the Wakan area in Wadi Mistal in the Wilayat of Nakhal.
The Wakan has been witnessing a great visitor turnout as it is one of the most wonderful tourist attractions. It combines a mountainous and plain nature and boasts archaeological landmarks that are deeply rooted in history.
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik during the cabinet meeting in January had issued instructions to set a timeframe for the development of the Al Jabal Al Abyad area and the village of Wakan with the prime aim of providing basic infrastructure and appropriate conditions to make use of the areas’ potential and their tourism landmarks.
Firms involved in urban engineering consultancy and master planning, civil engineering consultancy, architecture consultancy, quantity surveying services, and survey services, project management consultancy, electrical engineering consultancy, mechanical engineering consultancy, landscaping design consultancy, and Geographical and continental surveys are eligible to take part in the bid.
Documents can be purchased until April 19 with the last date for submission of the bid on May 9.
Located 2,000 meters above sea level and in the Western Hajar Mountains Wakan is a small mountain village with beautiful terraced gardens overlooking the surrounding mountains above and Wadi Mistal below.
To improve tourism services in the village of Wakan, the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism has worked on the infrastructure in the village.
The ministry built a 1.1-km rock steps walkway that leads to the highest peak in the village. At the end of the 700-step walkway, you look down on a valley extending from the borders of the village to the end of the foothills of the mountains surrounding the Wilayat of Nakhal known as Wadi Mistal.
There are a couple of hiking tracks that start at the village.
Wakan is about 150 km from Muscat and can be reached from Nakhal by taking the turn to Wadi Mistal on the Nakhal-Awabi road.
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