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Mountain scenery of the Dana Biosphere Reserve

Petra & the south

Dana Biosphere Reserve

Jordan's largest nature reserve: a stone village on the edge of a canyon that drops 1,500 metres to the desert.

Dana stretches from the highlands of the King's Highway down to the sands of Wadi Araba, crossing four different ecosystems in a single valley. Over 800 plant species, ibex, sand cats and griffon vultures live here.

The Ottoman-era village of Dana has been restored as a guesthouse community, and trails lead through the White Dome sandstone formations, juniper woodland and down Wadi Dana to the solar-powered Feynan Ecolodge.

Don't miss

  • Dana village viewpoint
  • Rummana campsite and trail
  • Wadi Dana trail to Feynan
  • Birdwatching and ibex
Mountain scenery of the Dana Biosphere Reserve Rugged valleys of Dana Nature Reserve in southern Jordan Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan's largest nature reserve Stone houses of the historic Dana village View of the Dana Biosphere Reserve from the Rummana Mountain Trail

Tours that visit Dana Biosphere Reserve

Getting around

Private transfers, drivers and guides that cover this area.

Nearby

Desert landscape of Wadi Feynan Feynan A candle-lit ecolodge at the foot of Dana, among Bedouin camps and 5,000-year-old copper mines. 1 tour Shobak Castle, the Crusader fortress of Montreal Shobak Castle Crusader "Montreal", a lonely castle on a hill between Dana and Petra with a secret stairway to a spring. 2 tours Columned chamber carved into rock at Siq al-Barid Little Petra (Siq al-Barid) A Nabataean suburb of Petra with a painted ceiling 2,000 years old – quiet, free and just 15 minutes from Wadi Musa. 4 tours Al-Khazneh, the Treasury of Petra, carved in rose-red rock Petra The rose-red Nabataean city carved into the cliffs – a UNESCO site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. 17 tours