Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, Wildlife reserve near Azraq, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan

Shaumari Wildlife Reserve is a 22-square-kilometre fenced reserve near Azraq, about 100 km east of Amman. About 60% of its terrain consists of wadis, with the rest flat ground covered by basalt stone known as hammada, at 510–680 m above sea level. It keeps Arabian oryx, Persian onagers, gazelles and ostriches, and has a visitor centre and wildlife museum.

Shaumari was established in 1975 by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, making it Jordan's first protected area dedicated to desert wildlife. It was created at a time when several native species had been severely reduced by hunting and habitat loss across the region.

Shaumari is closely associated with the Arabian Oryx, an antelope that had vanished from the wild and was brought back through a breeding effort here. Visitors can watch these animals in open enclosures set within a real desert setting, which gives the place a meaning that goes beyond a typical zoo or park.

The reserve lies about 100 km east of Amman, near the town of Azraq, and is reached by car. A visitor centre and a wildlife museum stand on site, and a safari-style tour crosses the fenced 22-square-kilometre enclosure. The terrain is wadis and basalt-covered hammada rising 510 to 680 m above sea level.

The first Arabian Oryxes brought to the reserve in 1978 came from Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, where a global emergency breeding effort had kept the species alive after it disappeared from the wild. Shaumari was among the first places in the world where these animals were released back into a desert setting.