# Desert & Nature in South Bahrain

Desert reserves, the Tree of Life, Jebel Dukhan and the winter camping season. The wild, open side of Bahrain.

- [Mohamed bin Zayed Nature Reserve (Al Areen Wildlife Park)](https://bahrainsouth.com/desert-and-nature/al-areen-wildlife-park/): Bahrain's main wildlife park, founded in 1976 and renamed in December 2025, with Arabian oryx, gazelles and birds.
- [Tree of Life](https://bahrainsouth.com/desert-and-nature/tree-of-life/): A lone ghaf tree about 400 years old, growing on a sand ridge in the desert with no visible water source.
- [Jebel Dukhan](https://bahrainsouth.com/desert-and-nature/jebel-dukhan/): Bahrain's highest point, a low limestone hill in the oil fields at about 134 metres above sea level.
- [Sakhir camping season](https://bahrainsouth.com/desert-and-nature/sakhir-desert-camping/): Every winter families pitch desert camps in Sakhir under a registration system run by the Southern Governorate.
- [Sakhir desert trips](https://bahrainsouth.com/desert-and-nature/sakhir-desert-safari/): Guided 4x4 trips into the Sakhir desert that combine dune driving, sandboarding and stops at the Tree of Life.