The Managed Resource Protected Area at Ras Abu Galum covers an area of 400 km² and protects various coastal and mountain ecosystems unique to the Gulf of Aqaba. The area differs dramatically from the other Protectorates on the Gulf.

Abu Galum is among the most picturesque protectorates in the country. With its high mountains, narrow sinuous valleys (wadis), freshwater springs, coastal sand dunes, gravel alluvial fans, raised fossil coral reefs and low lying saline sabkha, it's not surprising that this small area of the Sinai peninsula houses 165 plant species. Of these, 44 species are seen only in this protectorate and tend to increase in density towards central and northern Sinai.