Land of the Queen of Sheba... where coffee
was discovered and its famous port of Moka.
even though most of yemen and arabia is a desert there are part that are green al mahra provence with its hoff forest along with oman s salalah area (both are one big forest along both countries arabian sea border) are the only mist forest in the world. these area gets get hidden from the sun for 3 to 4 months every summer called khareef.
Buraa Forest in Al Hodieda provence along the red sea is the only tropical forest remaining in the arabian peninsula with alote of wild life the most famous are the babuns and the arabian tigers (slightly smaller then the african type) they are very rare astemated at less then 200 in yemen and another 100 in oman saudi emirates and jordan. last tiger caught for breeding project was in 96 and 98 and was sent to sharjah uae tiger breeding center. [More] [Less]