UBAR: The search for the LOST CITY, the ATLANTIS OF THE SANDS

Planet Ride Stories
Planet Ride Stories
Oct 3, 2026

Join a tour to the famous "Lost City", to the "Atlantis of the Sands" called Ubar in Oman. The Arabian equivalent of Atlantis, an old, famous city disappeared not into the ocean - but into the desert sands. In legends this city is called Ubar, the “Atlantis of the Sands.” But Ubar, seems to really exist. Join a ride to the famous archeological site - and to the kick off to our first real adventure of this motorcycle journey, in the harsh Rub Al Khali desert of Oman.

00:00 Introduction Ubar /the lost city
01:00 Salalah - the most famous city in Oman's south
02:39 Picking up our rental motorcycles!
03:02 Take off from Salalah direction desert
06:00 Explorig the Land of Frankincense UNESCO World Heritage
08:14 Shopping during prayer time?
09:35 Ride to Ubar (Shisr)
12:59 Ubar, the famous "Lost City", the "Atlantis of the Sands"
14:54 Trying to find food supplies for the desert excursion

// OMAN OVERLAND: Visit Oman, the gem of the Arabian Peninsula, and join a motorcycle roadtrip to the best and most remote places of the country - 2500 kilometers of adventure through Oman.

// Time of the journey: FEBRUARY - MARCH 2022