Dana Biosphere Reserve: From Village to Desert in Photos

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Between Tafila and Shobak, the Dana Biosphere Reserve falls from the stone village of Dana to the sands of Wadi Araba. This album follows the village, the Wadi Dana trail and Rummana, then the Guest House and Feynan Ecolodge.

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30 photos of Dana Biosphere Reserve

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Stone doorway of an old house in Dana Village glowing in evening light, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
01A stone doorway in Dana village
Old stone houses of Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
02Old stone houses of Dana
Ruined houses in Dana village, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
03Ruined houses in Dana village
A terrace in Dana village at dusk, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
04A terrace in Dana village at dusk
Stone walls in Dana village, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
05Stone walls in Dana village
Wadi Dana from the village, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
06Wadi Dana from the village
The cliffs of Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
07The cliffs of Wadi Dana
Boulders on the slopes of Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
08Boulders on the slopes of Wadi Dana
Sandstone cliffs in Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
09Sandstone cliffs in Wadi Dana
Rocks along the Wadi Dana trail, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
10Rocks along the Wadi Dana trail
Looking down Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
11Looking down Wadi Dana
The green slopes of Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
12The green slopes of Wadi Dana
A tree beside the Wadi Dana trail, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
13A tree beside the Wadi Dana trail
Sandstone boulders on the trail, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
14Sandstone boulders on the trail
The trail down Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
15The trail down Wadi Dana
Sandstone outcrops in lower Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
16Sandstone outcrops in lower Wadi Dana
Eroded sandstone overhang along the Wadi Dana Trail in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
17A sandstone overhang on the Wadi Dana trail
Honeycomb weathering in the sandstone, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
18Honeycomb weathering in the sandstone
Sunset over Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
19Sunset over Wadi Dana
Green valley below the cliffs of Wadi Dana seen from the Rummana Mountain Trail, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
20Wadi Dana from the Rummana Mountain trail
Rolling hills dotted with shrubs on the Rummana Mountain Trail, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
21Hills on the Rummana Mountain trail
A hiker above the cliffs of Wadi Dana, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
22A hiker above the cliffs of Wadi Dana
Sun breaking through clouds over the hills near Rummana Campsite, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
23Clouds over the hills near Rummana
The Dana Guest House, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
24The Dana Guest House
Inside the Guest House, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
25Inside the Guest House
The Guest House above the canyon, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
26The Guest House above the canyon
A terrace of the Guest House, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
27A terrace of the Guest House
Feynan Ecolodge standing in the desert valley at the end of the Wadi Dana Trail, Jordan
28Feynan Ecolodge in the desert valley
A courtyard of Feynan Ecolodge, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
29A courtyard of Feynan Ecolodge
A room at Feynan Ecolodge, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
30A room at Feynan Ecolodge

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Dana Biosphere Reserve, Petra & the South

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Petra & the South

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30.6742° N, 35.6084° E

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