From the ancient sport of falconry to modern sandboarding, this nature reserve teeming with wildlife is just a short drive from the artificial world of Dubai

John Ballem, For the Calgary Herald

Less than on hour’s drive from Dubai, that city on steroids, is a magical oasis, where desert animals thrive and have no fear of man. Fittingly, the first creature we see as the gate closes behind us is the oryx, the antelope that gave the 225-square-kilometre Desert Conservation Reserve its Arab name. That 225 square kilometres is five per cent of the Dubai Emirate’s total land area.

Read more @ the Source: The Gazette – Dubai nature reserve is an oasis.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm.
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