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For bird watchers, Discovery will get you up close to some of the 390 species of birds which reside in Jordan, or make it an annual migratory stop.

Take a good look at a Houbara Bustard, or a Tristram's Grackle. Our expert guides will reveal the diverse species stopping at the Azraq Oasis Nature Reserve. You will be watching cranes, pelicans, egrets and black headed gulls.

The Sinai Rosefinch is the National bird of Jordan, so we will also make it a point to drop in at one of the local habitats of this beautiful rare bird.

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For the keen bird watcher there is a pleasing variety of species present in Jordan. The habitats change from the open desert and its inhospitable wadis to the pine and oak forests of the hills and down into the sub-tropical Jordan Valley. In each place there are birds that are adapted to their environment. As well as the resident species, the Spring and Autumn brings large numbers of birds that migrate along one of the major routes between Europe and Africa.
Aqaba represents the last watering hole on the southern migration of most species of birds into Africa, (the first on the northern migration). It contains, within a small geographic area, the single best concentration of migratory birds on the transcontinental route between Europe and Africa. No matter what type of bird watching activity you like, you must make a stop in Aqaba. The sheer variety you see will overwhelm you no matter where you have birded before.

Photography by:
Samer Mouasher
Ian Andrews