THE EMPTY QUARTER: Camping ALONE in the RUB'AL KHALI desert

Planet Ride Stories
Planet Ride Stories
Oct 4, 2026

An adventurous motorcycle ride to Rub'Al Khali, the biggest sand desert on earth – the Empty Quarter. The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body. It is a calm, but at the same time raw and unforgiving place. Rub'Al Khali means translated the Empty Quarter - and it is one of the least inhabited places on earth. An adventurous motorcycle ride in the south of Oman, far off from civilization to the harshest and most beautiful part of the Arabian Desert.

00:00 Introduction to the Rub'Al Khali desert / the Empty Quarter
01:30 Starting the adventure in Ubar - finding a the last petrol station
02:55 Ubar to Al Hashma - riding deeper into the Rub'Al Khali desert / the Empty Quarter (the biggest sand desert on earth!!!)
07:22 The big dunes of the Rub'Al Khali desert / the Empty Quarter
10:27 Finding a campspot for the night (all by ourselves!!!) and meeting a scorpio
13:28 Heading deeper into the Rub'Al Khali desert / the Empty Quarter
16:27 Turning around an losing my luggage!
18:18 Looking for our spare petrol canister
19:51 End of the desert adventure in Ubar

// 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