Property in Hawana Salalah

Neighbourhoods

Hawana Salalah grew out from the marina and the Fanar and Rotana hotels. Marina Bay apartments overlook the berths; Fanar Views and Hawana Lagoon sit on the water with the hotel across the lagoon; Forest Island is a wooded island ringed by canals; Laguna Gardens and the Signature Villas take the frontline on the beach and lagoons. The newest district is Amazi, one million square metres on the open ocean side, divided into Amazi Beach (3–5 bedroom beachfront houses), Amazi Rise on the hill, Amazi Islands and Amazi Cove, where homes face a green wadi and have canal access with the option of a private jetty. Riviera Residences, a low-rise block of one-bedroom garden and terrace apartments with a pool and rooftop garden, is the current apartment offer.

Resort life

Residents use the same facilities as hotel guests: the beaches, the marina with its dive and fishing boats, the water taxi between hotels, the restaurants on the marina front and the Hawana Aqua Park. Salalah Rotana Resort and Fanar Hotel & Residences are five-star, Juweira Boutique Hotel on the marina is adults-only, and Souly Lodge is a row of 21 eco-lodges on the beach. Every homeowner receives a Benefit Card that opens all neighbourhood facilities and gives discounts at the hotels, many restaurants and the aqua park. Salalah’s airport is 20 km away, with direct flights from the Gulf and Europe.

Ownership and residency

Hawana Salalah is an Integrated Tourism Complex. A buyer of any nationality takes freehold title, and the home comes with Omani residency once it is complete. Two people can buy together and both qualify for residency, and the property can be passed to heirs under the owner’s own national law. Residency gives access to local bank accounts, health insurance and an Omani driving licence.

Who buys here and what it costs

Buyers are a mix of Omani and GCC families who come for the khareef, Europeans looking for a winter base on the Indian Ocean, and investors who want a hotel-town rental with a management company on site. Our offers: Riviera Residences one-bedroom apartments of 50–54 m² from $169,913 (OMR 65,351) on a 10/90 payment plan; Amazi villas of 58–243 m² with one to four bedrooms from $202,587 (OMR 77,918) on a 10/82/8 plan, with beach club, wellness centre and clubhouse inside the district.

Rental and management

Muriya’s property management office provides round-the-clock maintenance and emergency cover, and Wateera Property Management lets homes to visitors for anything from a weekend to a year. The hotels, the aqua park and the monsoon season give Hawana a visitor flow that most Omani communities do not have.