Arkawit

Arkawit is a summer and winter resort area known commonly as the clouds' tower. Arkawit is located on a high plateau some 205 Km south west of Port Sudan, 39 km from the Red Sea coast, and is accessible by land from all directions. Arkawit is a resort area offering peaceful relaxation on a mountainous region of unspoiled grandeur with an altitude of 1200m. above sea level. The highest summit in Arkawit the summit of AI Sit MT. (2000 metres above sea level) Rain falls on Arkawit both in winter and summer. Therefore, Arkawit is a homeland for different species of vegetation growing wildly including the endemic Huhuba tree, and visitors will have a chance to see Nubian Ibex known to the locals people as the mountain goat. Its weather is mild most of the year with tendency to coolness during the winter. In the summer the heat does not exceed 35 degrees.

The Bija tribes who are still maintaining theirown languages, customs and crafts encircle Arkawit. The area is famous for the work of iron and silver smiths and people craft beautiful necklaces, arm bands, silver chains and earrings. It is regarded as one of the most beautiful resort areas in the country.

Jebel Marra

Jebel Marra lies in western Sudan, one of the most distinct places in Darfur region. It stretches for several hundred miles from the small town of Kas in the South up to the outskirts of AI Fasher in the North, covering an area of almost 12800 square

kilometres. covering an area of almost 12800 square kilometres. Mt. Marra is 10,000 ft above sea level, the second highest in the country. It consists of a range of mountains 240- km long and 80 km. wide, with waterfalls, volcanic lakes in an outstanding scenic beauty. The climate of the mountain is mild and of Mediterranean nature, where it rains almost the whole year round and that allows for the growth of abundant vegetation of citrus, apples and clusters of dense forest trees. Jebel Marra's heavy rainfall and numerous gorges supply vast arable lands with a continuous flow of water turning it into ideal soil for the cultivation of sorghum, millet, vegetables and a wide variety of orchard trees.

The Nuba Mountains

Located in the rich rainy Savannah Belt of Southern Kordofan and shouldering the rich tropics and lakes of Bahr El Jebel, the Nuba mountains are amongst the wonders that are fascinating and capturing for the visitors and travelers. Vast ranges of great hills, whose up-lands, some furred with woods are traversed by clean crystal rivulets gorges, broad level plains, narrow steep valleys and lush green meadows. The multi Nuba tribes are indigenous people of modern Sudan, whose folk heritage and ritual traditions by far exceed any other ethnic group. One of the most interesting aspects of Nuba people, who count to more than fifty ethnic tribal groups, are their social and spiritual rituals that engulf every feature of their role in the enrichment and diversity of modern Sudanese society. The Nuba mountains are among the Sudan's most naturally preserved regions. This is clear from the wide variety of rare vegetation watered by heavy showers of summer rainfall, mountain gorges, and rivulets. The animal life in the Nuba mountains is amazingly rich as expounded by the ubiquitously green land and water flow.

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