The Rift Valley–Red Sea Flyway

The Rift Valley–Red Sea flyway is the second most important migration route in the world for soaring birds, after the Western Palearctic corridor. An estimated 1.5 million migratory birds move along it every year, funneling through Jordan between Africa and Europe along the great Rift Valley.

Around 39 species of high-flying soaring birds depend on this corridor — from the black kite and steppe eagle to the white stork and Levant sparrowhawk. Watch sites in Wadi Rum, around Azraq, along the Jordan Valley, and at Aqaba deliver reliable passage. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan time routes to the flyway, and full package tours to Jordan schedule spring and autumn birding.