Database: Solitary and Stoic

Long before humans made their mark, the AlUla region had extraordinary natural characteristics. Massive sandstone plateaus emerged in the region around thirty million years ago due to powerful tectonic shifts. Slowly, wind and rain broke down these plateaus, resulting in the sandstone outcrops of various sizes and shapes we see today. Nature has sculpted this impressive rock formation of about fifty meters high whose shape had earned it the name of "Elephant Rock".