00:09my wife and i did the five-hour west salala tour with carl to mustik on february 8 2020
00:15pickup time was 9 a.m and he arrived at our hotel right on time it was a surprise to
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00:21that carl was czech my wife is czech too so they conversed in czech occasionally during our trip
00:27carl also speaks perfect english and arabic he has a master's degree from charles university in
00:33prague in arabic language and history of the middle east carl was excellent in his knowledge of all the
00:39areas we visited and we appreciated his additional commentary while driving about the history of the
00:45region his driving was excellent in the car we traveled in was clean comfortable and in excellent
00:51condition carl didn't rush us at all letting us explore the places at our leisure considering
00:56we had to be back at our hotel at 2 p.m so we could shower clean up and check
01:01out by 2 30 p.m we stopped
01:04off at the alhafa fort market where my wife bought a cashmere scarf and we also bought some frankincense
01:09products we arrived back at our hotel at 2 p.m overall excellent tour and we appreciated carl for
01:16his knowledge driving commentary and not rushing us we recommend takamo travel for your salala tours
01:25during a winter escape from europe in our first visit to amon we were very glad having booked
01:30this tour with takamo travel giving us the opportunity to experience western defar in a
01:35perfect setting we found our tour guide carl ceo of takamo travel well educated knowledgeable and
01:42entertaining giving us very interesting insights into the country carl is an experienced and safe
01:48driver the visited places are really stunning and we encountered almost no other tourists apparently
01:55most of salala visitors kept sitting on the beach at this time of year we very much recommend booking
02:00this fantastic experience with takamo we thought we got excellent value for much less money compared to
02:07tours offered by our hotel tour operator we also booked the empty quarter desert adventure with
02:13takamo travel which was equally enjoyable amazing tour to west of salala where you will be amazed of how
02:20gorgeous the nature is in this lovely side of the city and where you can take a lot of perfect
02:24photos
02:25and good memories special thanks to mr carl the general manager of takamo travel who is very
02:31professional and proactive in solving some complications related to our booking with trip advisor
02:37also as our tour guide mr carl was very friendly and extremely knowledgeable and informative and we
02:43learned a lot from him he's a very good arabic speaker by the way in english of course thank you
02:49takamo travel for this pleasant experience we had read other reviews of takamo travel company and we
02:56were impressed too we did two private tours west and east salaha and we can highly recommend both
03:02the communication and planning our itineraries was speedy and helpful the price was very competitive
03:09and good value we had ali as our guide on both trips he was great thoughtful and responsive to our
03:15interests thank you without a doubt brilliant i did two tours with them during my stay in salala and i
03:23highly recommend both not only everything was perfect but i felt in every instance that the tour guide did his
03:30best to make this trip memorable i really enjoyed the great views from the mountains hiking to a
03:35secluded beach and so many other things will definitely come back i fully enjoyed the tour i don't feel
03:43rushed carl is very knowledgeable about the local culture and the local tourist sites i especially like
03:50the beach area west of salala i highly recommended this tour a great trip to explore the local area led
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03:59the czech speaking manager mr carl tomostik with perfect knowledge we really enjoyed it and highly
04:06recommend it we spent a wonderful day with carl our guide there was plenty of time to photograph the
04:13magnificent scenery and magnificent scenery and everything was perfect
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