Asir National Park

Established in 1980, Asir National Park protects nearly 450,000 hectares of the southwestern Asir highlands, where peaks exceed 3,000 metres and the landscape receives summer monsoon rains unusual for the Arabian Peninsula. The park encompasses juniper and wild olive woodland, dramatic escarpments, and the Abha plateau at over 2,200 metres — one of the coolest inhabited places in Arabia during summer. Arabian wolves, baboons, and the endangered Arabian leopard are recorded within its boundaries.