Splendid Arabia is a traveler's study of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

An intensive search for the richness and color of its life, vibrancy of its history, charm of its landscape, treasures of its archaeology and the breadth of its geography.

The website is neither in anyway related to the government of Saudi Arabia, nor a commercial website. (more)

Saudi Arabia has exquisitely varied landscapes, of mountain peaks, enormous oasis, escarpments, gorgeous caves, seas, deserts, canyons, plateaus and beautiful coastlines.

In addition to these, Saudi Arabia is historically and archaeologically rich. Archeological evidence indicates that man lived in different regions of Saudi Arabia since PREHISTORIC times.

An area of around 2,250,000 square kilometers, Saudi Arabia is a loosely populated country with 2,640 kilometers of coastline with rich marine fauna, mountains up to the  height of 10,522 feet and vast deserts with an estimated area of about 650,000 sq km. (more)

It is far from being true to say that Saudi Arabia is a country almost devoid of vegetation and a barren land.

Along with vast areas of desert, the Kingdom has diverse climate and nature that varies from arid lands to permanent streams, lush valleys and snowy highlands. All these bring about diversified flora and fauna in the region. (more)