The UAE, with its desert charm, attracts tourists and enthusiasts of wild adventures and sustainable hunting. The country has shown special care for the desert’s treasures, especially since it occupies an area of approximately three-quarters of the area of the UAE.
The UAE was keen to draw attention to it, exploit its natural charm, establish and care for reserves, organize sports and heritage events and activities, and build luxury resorts that imposed its presence on the global tourism map.
Among the most important of these destinations on the desert tourism map is the Al Dhafra region in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which attracts local visitors and tourists from outside the Emirates throughout the year.
The rate of demand for the Al Dhafra region increases throughout the winter, coinciding with the fourth edition of the “The Most Beautiful Winter in the World” campaign, which constitutes the largest campaign of its kind to highlight the diverse domestic tourism options in various parts of the Emirates.
It also introduces local visitors and incoming tourists to the UAE’s mild winters and the attractions it offers to its visitors.
This year’s “The Most Beautiful Winter in the World” campaign is of special importance based on its slogan “Unforgettable Stories” and the implications it carries about the richness of tourism in the UAE, which provides unique experiences that are entrenched in the memories of visitors and tourists for a long time.
The Al Dhafra region has formed a unique attraction in terms of tourism, attracting lovers of pristine nature and the expansive desert, thanks to the natural reserves, cultural heritage festivals it contains, and upscale resorts that appeal to lovers of relaxation in the embrace of the desert.
One of the most prominent destinations in the region is Al Marzoum Hunting Reserve, which is considered the first in the world in the field of sustainable hunting that combines the preservation of environmental balance and endangered species on the one hand, and the joy of desert tourism, traditional falconry and saluki hunting, desert physiognomy, and all aspects of heritage on the other hand.
Al Marzoum Reserve opened its doors in 2015 as it is the first and largest reserve in the UAE to practice hunting using traditional methods using falcons and salukis.
The reserve offers a unique cultural and tourism experience for traditional hunting, and enhances awareness of falconry and the preservation of the environment and heritage.
The area of Al-Marzoum Reserve reaches 923 square kilometers, and the reserve receives falconers, traditional hunting enthusiasts, and visitors on a daily basis (7 days a week), and within two hunting periods per day (morning and evening), as it provides its visitors with the experience of enjoying nature and the picturesque environment that characterizes the reserve, to In addition to practicing the traditional fishing hobby.
Since its inauguration, the reserve has attracted more than 10,000 visitors, including falconers and Arab and foreign tourists, especially lovers of falconry, traditional hunting, and desert tourism.
In order to preserve the environmental diversity in the region, the reserve requires all its visitors to adhere to the hunting law in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi within the framework of sustainable hunting, and to adhere to some necessary conditions that have been approved to ensure the success of the hunting experience for all and not to cause any harm to the reserve and the natural treasures it contains, and not to cause any disturbance or harm to wildlife, trees or plants.
The Al Dhafra region, next to Al Marzoum Reserve, hosts many attractive natural reserves, each of which is characterized by its own nature and the wild creatures it hosts, competing in the size of the green spaces that cast shadows on the reserve’s visitors.
