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The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature runs guided ecology tours through the Dana Biosphere Reserve — the four climate zones, the conservation history, the species that came back. Best for travellers who want depth on the why behind the reserve.
Once a year-round wetland that supplied water to a 12,000 km² desert region, Azraq is now a fraction of its former self — but a critical migratory bird stopover and the easiest place in Jordan to see waterfowl in a desert.
A 22-square-kilometre fenced reserve near Azraq, founded 1975 by the RSCN, where the Arabian oryx, Persian onager, and Somali ostrich were reintroduced after decades of regional extinction. The oryx now number in the hundreds.
On the rim of the Dana valley sits a stone village that has been continuously occupied for 500 years. Below it: 308 km² of nature reserve descending from 1,600 m to 50 m below sea level — four climate zones in 30 km.