Trekking
Wild Jordan tricking/ 08 DAYS / 07 NIGHTS
Day 1 : ARRIVE AMMAN AIRPORT
Meet at the gate by our friendly Airport staff
who shall provide full assistance through immigration & customs. Transfer to
hotel in Amman for dinner & overnight.
Day 2: CITY TOUR OF AMMAN => JERASH => AJLUN NATURE RESERVE => AMMAN
Breakfast. Short City tour through Amman, the ancient and modern capital of Jordan, originally built on seven hills.Continue North of Amman to Jerash. visit Jerash, the most beautiful and preserved Roman city in existence. Continue to Ajlun Nature Reserve which is located in the Ajlun highlands, around the extension of a long valley known as Wadi Ain Zubia. It consists of Mediterranean-like hill country, dominated by open woodlands of Oak and Pistachio trees. Time for a nice trekking through the reserve. There are 02 trails for hiking, it is left for the client convenience to choose, either between the Easy Trail or the Moderate Trail:
- Easy Trail: Scenic Viewpoint Trail: 02 KM trail, taking 1-2 hours, leading from the campsite to the summit of a nearby hill overlooking the reserve. The area surrounding the trail is rich in wild flowers in the springtime. It’s an excellent sport for a picnic. Not far from the campsite you will find an old stone winepress. The return trip goes past the breeding enclosures for the roe deer and back to the Visitors Center.
- Moderate Trail: Rockrose Trail: 08 KM trail, taking 4-5 hours, passing across heavily wooded valleys and ridges, inside and outside the nature reserve. This highly scenic trail passes through the villages and olive orchards and offers beautiful panoramic view to the West Bank and Syria.There are steep scrambles en-route that demand a reasonable level of fitness After a refreshing walk, back to Amman for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: AMMAN => MADABA => NEBO=> WADI MUJIB DANA
Breakfast. Drive to Madaba. Visit the home of the most famous Byzantine Mosaics and most of all the 6th century map of the holy places in the biblical world. Continue to Mount Nebo, with its spectacular view of the Holy Land. Drive to Wadi Mujib reserve which is located within the deep Wadi Mujib gorge, which enters the Dead Sea at 400 meters below sea level. The reserve extends to Kerak and Madaba Mountains to the north and south reaching 900 meters above sea
level in some places. This 1,300 meter variation in elevation, combined with the Valley’s year round water flow from seven tributaries, means that Wadi Mujib enjoys a magnificent biodiversity that is still being explored and documented today. Hiking in Wadi Mujib is the real experience of adventure in Jordan, with the choice of hiking in the mountains (Easy Trail) or hiking in the mountain waterfalls (Moderate Trail):
- Moderate Trail: The Eagle Nest Trail (Malaqi / Circuit Trail): The trail starts from the Mujib Bridge area by the Dead Sea, then inside the reserve through the Wadi System until reaching the Mujib Gorge. After that, hiking in the Mujib River up to the Malaqi Area where visitors will enjoy swimming in the natural swimming pools then back to Mujib Bridge. It takes 5-6 hours. Continue to Dana for dinner and overnight either in the Guest House or the Rummana Camp down the nature reserve itself.
Day 4 :DANA => PETRA
Breakfast. Full day visit of Dana with the following choice of
hiking trials.
- Easy Trails: Traditional Tribal Arts Tour: One hour visiting some spectacular viewpoints above Dana Village, exploring the terraced gardens, meeting some local farmers, visiting a traditional bakery, Dana’s Jam Factory and silver workshop.
- Easy Trails: Campsite Trail: Two hours circular walk around the campsite area, a favorable place birding, nesting or migrating.
- Moderate Trails (up to 47 years old ): Fienan Copper Mine Tour: Short trail, taking 1-2 hours, visiting ancient copper mines, Irone Age sites, a Roman Tower and the impressive tell of Khirbet Fienan, with its Byzantine churches and Christian and Islamic graves.
- Moderate Trails (up to 47 years old ): Water drops area Tour: 02 KM trail, taking 2.5 hours, starting from Al-Barra area to the beautiful springs and ancient ruins in Nawatef area going back to Al-Barra area. P.M. drive to Petra for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: PETRA
Breakfast. Full day sightseeing of the unique “rose-red” city of Petra, half as old as time, built by the Arab Nabateans who hewed their monumental tombs, palaces, temples and treasury from the desert rock’s sandstone in its’ natural hues of rose and gold. Dinner and overnight in Petra
Day 6: PETRA => WADI RUM
Breakfast. Free Morning in Petra. Drive to Wadi Rum the valley of the moon - for a visit with Bedouin Jeeps for 04 hours. Arrive at the sunset point where you will never see such sunset else where. Back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 7 :WADI RUM => AQABA / WADI ARABA => DEAD SEA => AMMAN
Experience the sunrise in Wadi Rum. Breakfast in the camp. Drive TO Aqaba Royal Diving Center, time for swimming and snorkeling in the Red Sea. Continue
via Wadi Araba and the Dead Sea Coast. Stop at the Dead Sea Rest-House
for a Break and for Bathing in the Dead Sea. Continue to Amman. Dinner
and overnight. (Possibility for extension in Aqaba or Dead Sea)
Day 8 : AMMAN AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE
Breakfast. Transfer to Amman Airport including our assistance during departure formalities
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