In our quest to complete the bird families of the world, and since we were looking for a relaxing trip over Christmas we chose Oman. This country has a nice combination of the mountainous north, desert birding with Hypocolius (our family target) and even a pelagic opportunity. We really enjoyed the birding: a mix of African and Asian species plus some specialties that can only be found on the Arabian peninsula. Overall it is a country that is very easy to travel around and it offers great food. Since we flew via Abu Dhabi we chose to add 2 days of birding in the Emirates as well.
Penguinbirding 