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Inland from Taba and Nuweiba is the latest addition to Egypt's national park series. The huge 2800 square kilometer Taba Protected Area is a complex network of wadis and canyons that navigate through the park's granite and sedimentary mountains. Here, years of water and wind erosion have carved out gripping geological monuments.

Some of Sinai's most stunning natural spots, like the Coloured Canyon, Ein Umm Ahmed and Ein Khudra, are located within the protectorate. History buffs are intrigued as much by the park's ancient rock art of religious symbols and vanished animals, as by it's presumably stone age Nawamis tombs.

The most noticeable plant species along the wadis is the thorny acacia tree, but diversity still abounds. Experts have identified as many as 72 different plant varieties in one wadi alone. Within the park thrive gazelle, Nubian ibex and hyrax, as well as large birds like bustards and the Egyptian vulture.