Sunrise in the Musandam desert in Oman is

Living in harmony at Zighy Bay

As a resort built on sustainability, caring for the environment and looking after our local schools, hospitals and infrastructure is what we do. Since 2016, Six Senses Zighy Bay has involved hosts, villagers, the local municipality and also guests in tree planting. In total, 80 percent of the waste created on the property (organic or glass) is recycled or upcycled on site.

We produce our own bottled water via reverse osmosis and the salt water, which is filtered out during the process, is used in our salt water pool, the largest in the Middle East! Where possible, the resort sources as locally as possible so you’ll often see the resort's chefs down at Dibba fish market at dawn, providing a living to locals and unparalleled freshness to what's on your plate.

250,000

plastic bottles that were substituted for reusable glass ones.
14,529,463 gallons

(55,000,000 liters) waste-water treated and recycled back to the desert every year for irrigation.
242 / 14 school / village

local girls with direct access to education in our neighboring village of Dibba.

Environmental Responsibility

Our environmental projects include creating a marine protected area on the Musandam Peninsula and mainland Oman while increasing education and capacity building.

Ghostbusters of the Gulf

Diving hosts at Six Senses Zighy Bay are trained to remove ghost nets left by fishermen and rescue sea creatures that have been caught in them. The initiative was first introduced by the Oliver Ridley Project in the Indian Ocean. Not satisfied with cleaning up the ocean bed, the resort team also organizes beach cleanups on a monthly basis. These are made more fun by arranging sand art days, with guests invited to attend during Earth Day. Clean-up activities are continuously organized on special events day such as World Environment Day and International Coastal Cleanup Day too.

Social Responsibility

Our projects offer financial aid for women’s associations, medical aid for villagers and sponsorship for the local sports club of Dibba.

Zighy Village

In the beginning of this year, the resort supported the local hospital in Dibba by building a new radiology unit. In addition to that, we provide basic medical necessities for villagers; we help fund costly equipment such as hearing aids and we also offer financial support for particular medical cases. The resort also contributed to the funding of a Marine running track.
Women's access to education

We are associated with the Zighy Village and local schools in the neighboring township of Dibba, where we support the community both in cash and kind. Examples include teaching assistance, infrastructure funding and strategic aid to support the education of students at the local Girl’s School, Sakina Bent Al Hussein, and at the local Boy’s School, Amru Bin Al-Aas. By sponsoring programs and activities that improve women's equality, we support their mission to upgrade their skills and therefore their future prospects.

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Living in harmony at Zighy Bay

Environmental Responsibility

Ghostbusters of the Gulf

Social Responsibility

Zighy Village

Women's access to education

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