Rummana Campsite starts tourism season in Jordan

Rummana campsite in the Dana Biosphere Reserve Sunday opened to local and foreign tourist groups.
The campsite’s annual tourism season begins 15th of March and continues until the 31st of October. It is able to accommodate some 135 visitors per day.
The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) provided the campsite with 20 large tents, fully equipped with facilities needed for tourists, according to Dana Reserve Director Amer Rfou.
Traditional Jordanian meals, drinking water, as well as public utilities, are available for visitors at the site, Rifou added.
The campsite received some 30,000 visitors in 2014", he noted.
The Rummana Campsite occupies a rare and exceptionally beautiful location within the designated core zone of the Dana Biosphere Reserve.
Established in 1989, Dana Biosphere Reserve is Jordan’s largest nature reserve, covering some 320 square km of rugged and beautiful landscape along the face of the Great Rift Valley.
Dana Biosphere Reserve is the only reserve in Jordan that includes the country’s four different bio-geographical zones; Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian, Saharo Arabian and Sudanian penetration. As such, it is the most diverse nature reserve in the country, in terms of habitats and species, hosting several vegetation types, including the Phoenician Juniper, evergreen oak, sand dunes, acacia, and rocky sudanian.
Dana supports a wide variety of wildlife, including many rare species of plants and animals. It is home to several globally threatened species of birds and mammals, such as Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus, Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni, Blanford's Fox Vulpes cana and Nubian Ibex Capra nubiana.