Hawf is a district of the Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen.

[1] The Hawf Area was nominated to be a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site in August 2002.

Currently, it is listed as a tentative World Heritage Site.

[2] It's around 2 hours away from Omani bordering town of Sarfait and it is 180 km away from Salalah, that is one of the biggest cities of Oman.

According to UNESCO, The area as a whole including Dhofar region in Oman and Hawf region in Yemen has been described as a center of plant diversity, and as a 'fog oasis' in the Arabian Peninsula which is predominantly arid.