Wadi Finan

A small nature lodge at Wadi Finan, in the Jordan Rift Valley region of Wadi Araba. The site is important being the lower entrance of the Dana Nature Reserve, and surrounded by archaeologically rich landscape.

Wadi Finan has remains of some of the worlds first archaeological sites of metallurgy showing remains of major industry of Manganese smelting that wants thrived in this valley.

The lodge, 30 rooms, is designed according to studies of desert architecture in arid landscapes. It uses ecologically shaped architectural elements from traditional buildings in villages of Jordan, south Morocco and Yeman. This design uses hybrid solutions based on the fusion of traditional materials and structural systems with contemporary building requirement and environmental design techniques.