19 Day Hiking Tour

of Jordan

Amman – Dana - Wadi Araba - Wadi Feinan – Dana Nature Reserve – Al Mujib Nature Reserve – Karak Castle – Bay of Bethany - Dead Sea – Petra – Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) – Al Beidha – Wadi Rum - Hesma – Al Humaimah - Wadi Umm Ishrin - Nufaishia - Siq Al Barrah - Al Kharazeh – Diseh - Umm Ettawagi – Aqaba – Al Balad - Jebel Al Qala'a – Madaba - Greek Orthodox Church of St. George – Mount Nebo – Umm Qais (Gadara) – Jerash

Day 1

Queen Alia International Airport - Amman

Upon arrival you will be met at the airport then transfer to Amman for overnight.

Day 2

Amman – Dana - Wadi Araba - Wadi Feinan – Dana Nature Reserve

After an early breakfast transfer you to Dana.

We will start with an early and easy walk from Dana village Dana Nature Reserve in Wadi Dana.

This lovely reserve is a system of Wadis and mountains that extends from the upper edge of the Rift Valley down to the desert lowlands of Wadi Araba.

We'll meet traditional Bedouins and have tea at their tents, followed by a walk to Wadi Feinan, which is the beginning of Araba desert.

Then back to Dana for dinner and overnight.

Day 3

Dana Nature Reserve

We will spend another day of easy walking in Dana Nature Reserve having dinner and then stay overnight.

Day 4

Dana Nature Reserve – Al Mujib Nature Reserve – Karak Castle

In the morning drive to Wadi Al Mujib Nature Reserve, located within the deep Wadi Mujib gorge that enters the Dead Sea at 410 meters below the sea level, we will hike on the Siq trail where you can find both adventure and comfort with the nature after which continue to Karak for dinner and overnight.

Day 5

Karak - Bay of Bethany – Karak

In the morning we visit the 12th century Crusader castle, it was the crusaders who made Karak famous.

The fortress was built in 1142 by Payne Le Boutellier, the lord of Montreal.

He made Karak the new capital of the province because it was situated on the King's Highway, then to visit the Bay of Bethany Baptism Site. 

Then drive direct to the Dead Sea which is located at the lowest spot on earth 400 meters below sea level, where you can find warm weather filtered sunrays and the famous mineral rich black mud, then drive to Karak for dinner and overnight

Day 6

Karak - Dead Sea – Petra

In the morning we will drive you around to the Dead Sea, for a free day at the Dead Sea for float and leisure, at the evening drive you to Petra for dinner and overnight.

Day 7

Petra

After breakfast we begin our full day exploration of the red-rose city of Petra.

It is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago.

Admired then for its refined culture, massive architecture and ingenious complex of dams and water channels, Petra is a UNESCO world heritage site and this year it was voted one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

Petra , the rose-red city ‘half as old as time,’ is one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

The city was carved into the Sharah Mountains by the Nabataeans in the 4th century B.C.

Petra fell into obscurity about a thousand years ago; its location and very existence, kept a closely guarded secret by the local Bedouin, until 1812 when the Swiss explorer John Louis Burckhardt tricked his way into the site.

We enter the site by navigating the narrow kilometer long Siq, or canyon and our guided exploration of the site will take in many of the over 800 individual monuments, including buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, and colonnaded streets, that were mostly carved from the kaleidoscopic sandstone by the inhabitants centuries ago.

The site contains refined culture, massive architecture and an ingenious complex of dams and water channels. Our guided tour of this unique and unforgettable site commences with by walking, or riding on horseback, to the entrance of a narrow canyon (Siq).

The Siq is a dramatic 1.2 kilometer narrow and winding fissure between towering cliffs, the colors of which change through the day according to the shadow play of the sun. Leaving the Siq through a tiny cleft, we will be confronted by the magnificence of Petra's most elaborate ruin, Al Khazneh (The Treasury) hewn into the sandstone cliff.

Local legend has it that the Treasury once stored the gifts of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon.

We proceed to the Royal section of Petra which includes houses and shops, a colonnaded street and a Theatre as well as spectacular tombs all set into the rose-red rock face.  Petra is like a wonderful dream from which you never wish to wake!

We will also walk up the 800 steps to view the vast and impressive Monastery (Al Deir), which enjoys fabulous views over the whole area and a mountain atmosphere. The following day, you are free to do whatever you wish.

Maybe to explore Petra in more detail, walking up to experience the views around the High Place of Sacrifice (Al Madbah) on the Attuf Ridge once the venue for sacrificial offerings, which gives wonderful views over the Petra Basin and out towards Wadi Sabra.

For the even more energetic, we could embark on a full-day hike up Jebel Haroun to see the tomb of Aaron, brother of Prophet Moses.

Then we will go to Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) dinner and overnight.

Day 8

Petra

Another full day tour in Siq Al Barid (Little Petra), to explore the ancient city of the Nabataeans, and see the treasury, the Street of Facades, the Roman Theater.

Then to Jebel Haroun mount walking, we walk all the way from Petra up to the mountain to see the shrine of Prophet Haroun (Aaron) after that back the same way to the hotel in Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) for dinner and overnight.

Day 9

 Petra – Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) – Al Beidha – Wadi Rum

After breakfast; we will have a day of horse ridding around Petra, we will visit Little Petra, to explore the Neolithic village near Al Beidha and Siq Al Barid (Little Petra), then at the evening drive to Wadi Rum for dinner and camp in the open under stars.

Day 10

Wadi Rum - Hesma – Al Hummaimah - Wadi Rum

After breakfast full day of camel in the desert of Hesma on the way to Al Hummaima (an ancient caravan station built on the kings’ way to Aqaba) and camping overnight in Wadi Rum.

Day 11

Wadi Rum - Wadi Umm Ishrin - Nufaishia - Siq Al Barrah

All the way south towards the village of Wadi Rum, tracing Lawrence of Arabia’s foot steps ( Wadi Umm Ishrin, Nufaishia inscriptions, Siq Al Barrah ) for camping overnight in openness.

Day 12

Wadi Rum - Al Kharazeh – Diseh

We will spend a full day trekking on camels back in Wadi Rum, we will visit Al Kharazeh then to Diseh, for dinner and overnight at the same camp.

Day 13

Wadi Rum – Umm Ettawagi - Aqaba

This will be a full day starting from the camp towards Umm Ettawagi, and back to the place where we will leave the camels and then we drive for one hour to get to Aqaba for dinner and overnight.

Day 14 & 15

Aqaba

We will spend the next two days diving and snorkeling in Aqaba.

Day 16

Aqaba – Amman

We will spend another free day in Aqaba, then late afternoon transfer to Amman for dinner and overnight.

Day 17

Amman – Al Balad - Jebel Al Qala'a - Madaba - Greek Orthodox Church of St. George – Mount Nebo – Amman

After breakfast we will take an Amman city tour enjoying Jebel Al Qala'a (Amman Citadel ) with its Roman, Byzantine, early Islamic ruins, and the Roman Theatre.

This large theatre, built 2 AD, once seated 5,000 spectators for performances and is the most impressive legacy of Roman Amman, sharing memories with the six-century mosaic map at Saint George's church in Madaba, (the Christian church was built in sixth century A.D.

Which is considered to be the most valuable church in the whole region, due to the fact that it is a unique church containing mosaic walls, in addition to a superb mosaic floor,) which depicts three main areas Jerusalem, Jordan, and Mount Nebo .

Here you will find the memorial of Moses, and the place from which he viewed the Promised Land, then back to Amman for dinner and overnight

Day 18

Amman – Umm Qais (Gadara) – Jerash – Amman

After breakfast we will go directly to Umm Qais (Gadara) through the splendid views deeply to the north of Jordan to discover Umm Qais one of the Decapolis Cities (Ten Cities in Greek), perched on a splendid hilltop overlooking the Jordan Valley and the Sea of Galilee, moreover it's a site of Jesus' miracle of the Gaderene swine.

Then in the afternoon we will travel to Jerash for lunch.  

Jerash is one of the best preserved Roman cities in the world; it offers extensive and breathtaking ruins of colonnaded streets, arches, temples, and baths in a remarkable state of preservation and completeness.

Then we will stay in Amman for dinner and overnight .

Day 19

Amman - Queen Alia International Airport

Then according to your flight details and time allowed, we will drive you to the airport for departure with a farewell.