BSES - Gap Year Expedition in Oman

Spend your gap year abroad in Oman, home to one of the largest deserts in the world as well host to a beautiful but fragile tropical cloud forest. Over four weeks, BSES will lead camps through the harshest of conditions, trekking through relentless deserts and sleeping in dune systems under the unpolluted skies. Participants will then spend four weeks in the Dhofar Cloud Forests, which remain watered and sustained by the yearly monsoons that take the form of thick, misty clouds. Within this mystical environment, lucky adventurers can find Arabian leopards and possibly even turtles laying eggs on the beaches of the Arabian peninsula.

Much of the research conducted in the 2013 expedition will build upon the work of the 2012 travelers, so exact projects are not yet clear, but participants generally craft individual inquiries and use the vast region to carry out critical research. If this exciting opportunity to explore a region untouched by tourist attractions appeals to you, join BSES for your gap year in Oman!