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This season will also witness the planting of 100 frankincense trees in the Wadi Dokah Reserve, and on December 2, there will be a celebration of the inclusion of the Frankincense Land sites on the ...

and cave chambers. Visitors can also enjoy a large picnic area. Continue to Khor Rori Creek, the location of the ruined city Sumhuram and the ancient Arabian frankincense trade capital. Sumhuram ...