Jordan
Adventure Through the Sands
Adventure Through the Sands
Program: 09 Days/ 08 Nights
Theme: Adventure, Eco & Nature Reserves
About the Program
This program is made to meet the expectations of nature lovers. We have chosen the most beautiful and rich hiking areas in the wildlife landscape. In order to make the journey as complete as possible, the natural reserves chosen for these excursions are varied and distributed from north to south. This is to allow you to discover the ecological biosphere reserve Dana, Ajloun, and Almujib. Keeping in mind we added the most majestic historical UNESCO sites Petra, and Wadi rum along the way of your journey to marvel at.
From Dana to Petra
One of the most awe-inspiring sections of a trek across Jordan, this route was recently named by National Geographic as one of the fifteen best hikes in the world. The trail drops from the heights of the mountain plateaus to the Araba Valley and climbs back again, crossing several climate zones, diverse ecosystems hidden in canyons, and dramatic labyrinths of hills and valleys displaying the full spectrum of the region’s geology. The scenery spans from majestic and epic mountaintops to peaceful, bucolic countryside, and new landscapes present themselves every few kilometers: the one thing this region does not offer is monotony. If the natural attractions aren’t enough, the route ends with the Nabatean masterpiece, Petra. The city in the rocks holds days worth of exploration by itself, and the short route the Jordan Trail takes through it is meant only to display a few of its highlights and to provide a base for further wanderings, not to fully capture its depth. Few other long-distance trails can boast stages as consistently spectacular as this or end in a place as worthy of a visit as Petra.
5 days Lenth: 85.5 km
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Main sites in the region:
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Wadi Dana Biosphere Reserve and countless other natural wonders
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Feynan ruins and ancient copper mines
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Feynan ecolodge
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Hidden stream and waterfall in Wadi Feid
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Little Petra, an outpost of Petra in the same city-in-the-cliffs style
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Petra, Nabatean capital and wonder of the world
Tips to travel smoothly
- Hiking boots
- Backpack, sleeping bag, and emergency kit
- Warm clothing, because it gets cold during the night
- Hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen
- Power banks
- Plenty of drinking water to avoid getting dehydrated in the heat
Program Overview
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Queen Alia Airport (Welcome to Jordan) - Dana
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Wadi Dana-Wadi Feynan- Wadi Al-Ghoer -Wadi Malaga (Hiking & Trekking 01)
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Wadi Malaga -Ararr Trees-High Mountains–AM ALAmed Cave-Sun Set High Place-Ras AL-Feid (Hiking & Trekking 02)
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Rass Al Feith – Sufaha – Qbour Al Wehedat (Hiking & Trekking 03)
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Qbour Alwhwdat-ALFaresh-Qaroon-Back Road Little Petra-Little Petra (Hiking 04)
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Little Petra - Petra Classical Back Trail Full Visit -Wadi Rum (Hiking 05)
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Wadi Rum -Am Sabtah-Burj Am ALsemen-Wadi Am Ghethan –Wadi Rum (Hiking 06)
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Wadi Rum - Dead Sea
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Dead Sea – Queen Alia Airport
A trip according to your desires:
This travel proposal is 100% customizable according to your wishes. You can change your trip (duration, accommodation, activities, and services) during your discussions with the local agency.
Itinerary Day by Day
Day 01: Queen Alia Airport - Dana
Upon arrival at Queen Alia international airport, you will be met and assisted by our representative who will be waiting for you with a sign under your names to complete all airport procedures, then guide you to your driver/ guide to pick you up from the Airport to your hotel in Dana.
| You will be transferred from Queen Alia Airport to Dana | |
| Distance | Time Estimated Access |
| 205 KM | 2 Hours & 30 Minutes |
No excursions on this day
Hotel Name: Dana Hotel/ Camp - upon your request
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: BB (Bed & Breakfast only) or HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: BB (Bed & Breakfast only) or HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
Day 02: Wadi Dana-Wadi Fenan- Wadi ALGhoer -Wadi Malaga (Hiking & Trekking 01)
Dana- Petra Trail (Day 2, Day 03, Day 04, Day 05, Day 06)
No Transportation
At nearly 4,000 feet (1,200 m) above sea level. The trail drops steeply at first and then levels into a more gradual descent as you work your way through the Dana Biosphere Reserve and on to Feynan. Continue to the entrance to Wadi Ghweir where you'll ascend through the mountains. Though this is a steep and challenging section of the route, you'll be rewarded with stunning vista, In the afternoon you’ll reach the camp in Wadi Malaga. Relax tired muscles as you drift asleep under a desert sky lit with twinkling stars.
From the village a good track goes down into the long valley of Wadi Dana amidst splendid sandstone scenery. Follow it pleasantly down the valley eventually arriving at the award winning Feynan Eco Lodge which is in an area of Roman copper mines. If you are not spending the night there, continue down as the valley opens out, reaching Bedouin camps where camping facilities are available. Roman ruins and copper smelting sites not far away. Good sunset spot.
- Distance: 23.5 km
- Time: 6 - 8 hours
- Physical Challenge: Moderate
- Trail Challenge: Moderate
- Dinner and Overnight in bivouac (Wadi Malaga).
- The luggage follows you by 4x4 Jeep to Wadi Malaga.
Hotel Name: Bivouac
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 03: Wadi Malaga - High Mountains – AM ALAmed Cave-Sun Set High Place-Ras AL-Feid (Hiking & Trekking 02)
Dana- Petra Trail (Day 2, Day 03, Day 04, Day 05, Day 06)
No Transportation
Breakfast, departure early morning from Wadi Malaga towards to Ras AL-Feid; Climb up on this beautifuly-uilt trail on switchbacks through the jagged rocky mountain outcroppings, and take a break to see the expansive view of Wadi Araba’s wash to the west below. Continue along the same path up a wide slot following the old bedouin route reinforced with bridges using Juniper branches and well graded switchbacks.
The slot widens to the top where you reach the saddle called Ras Naqb Shdeid, offering breathtaking views in both directions. (The is the last phone signal before Jabal Safaha the following day.)
Take a moment to realize you are walking the old main route between Bir al-Saba and Shobak.Continue downhill finding the same old path to the right side of the saddle, cutting the steep grade down at the top and flattening up as it winds to the left to follow a small gully and meet perenially spring-fed Wadi Feid below. Turn right along Wadi Feid to access a pool above a large dry waterfall, great for cooling down and washing up.
The stream/spring in Wadi Feid is the last reliable water source before Little Petra (+24km).
Retrace your steps back and follow Wadi Feid upstream through thick vegetation, watching carefully where a good footpath is available on the left side of the wadi. Pass the remains of an old Nabatean water channel, and be prepared in case you need to wade through a shallow section of the water near the canals. Pass the spring to your right, and continue up the wadi around the bend.
The geology shifts to a dark purple sandstone just before a split in the wadi, at a point where an impressive Juniper tree sits above the junction with roots wrapping around the rock to the wadi floor. The stage ends here, with campsite options off and on route listed below.
- Distance: 13.7 km
- Time: 5 - 7 hours
- Physical Challenge: Difficult
- Trail Challenge: Difficult
- Dinner and Overnight in Bivouac (Rass Al Feith)
- The luggage follows you by 4x4 Jeep to Rass Al Feith.
Hotel Name: Bivouac
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 04: Rass Al Feith – Sufah – Qbour Al Wehedat (Hiking & Trekking 03)
Dana- Petra Trail (Day 2, Day 03, Day 04, Day 05, Day 06)
No Transportation
Breakfast, depart in the morning for 3 hours of walk from Rass Al Feith to reach the Sufah area (Nabatean springs), a beautiful view on Wadi Araba and you approach little by little the where is the “Nabatean agriculture with their vine farms and the first settlement of the Nabataeans in the region. Afternoon; continue walking for 3 hours in the direction of Qbour Al Wehedat.
The towering peaks of black mountains overlooking the trail and steep precipitous drops of the canyons below make this day unforgettable. You will gradually climb up the hills to reach magnificent heights with sweeping views over the desert. Nearing the end of the hike, you'll see signs of increased human habitation, like Bedouin camps, sheep pens, and small agricultural plots, as you work your way to the Ghbour Whedat area.
- Distance: 20 km
- Time: 6 – 7 hours
- Physical Challenge: Moderate
- Trail Challenge: Moderate
- Dinner and Overnight in Bivouac (Qbour Al Wehedat).
- The luggage follows you by 4x4 Jeep to Qbour Al Wehedat
Hotel Name: Bivouac
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 05: Qbour Alwhwdat-Tareg ALFaresh-Qaroon-Back Road Little Petra-Little Petra (Hiking 04)
Dana- Petra Trail (Day 2, Day 03, Day 04, Day 05, Day 06)
No transportations on this day
Breakfast, departure in the morning for 3 hours walking in direction of Tareq ALFaresh (Qaroon).
Little Petra (the former Nabatean caravanserai with Siq Albared and Nabatean facades and cisterns and tricliniums rooms). afternoon; walking for 4 hours to recover from Walk along the path of the shepherds to the Neolithic site of Beidah
You'll pass by Nabatean ruins, some of which may include wine and olive presses, aqueducts and other ancient water infrastructure. Finally, you'll reach Little Petra. Believed by archaeologists to be a suburb of Petra where traders traveling along the Silk Road would overnight.
- Distance: 17 km
- Time: 6-7 hours
- Physical Challenge: Moderate
- Trail Challenge: Moderate
- Dinner and Overnight at Tent camp (Little Petra Bedioun Camp).
- The luggage follows you by 4x4 Jeep to Little Petra Bedouin Camp
Hotel Name: Bivouac
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: FB (Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner)
Day 06: Little Petra to Petra Back Trail -Wadi Rum (Hiking 05)
Dana- Petra Trail (Day 2, Day 03, Day 04, Day 05, Day 06)
| You will be transferred from Petra to Wadi Rum | ||
| Distance | Time Estimated Access | Site visit |
| 140 KM | 2 Hours and 30 Minute | Hiking |
The giant red mountains and vast mausoleums of a departed race have nothing in common with modern civilization, and ask nothing of it except to be appreciated at their true value - as one of the greatest wonders ever wrought by Nature and Man. Although much has been written about Petra, nothing really prepares you for this amazing place.
It has to be seen to be believed. Petra the world wonder, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is without a doubt Jordan's most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction. It is a vast unique city, carved into the sheer rock face by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2000 years ago.
Their presence turned it into an important junction for the silk, spice and other trade routes that linked China, India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome. you will visit the unique "Rose-Red" city of Petra, built by the Arab Nabatean’s who hewed their monumental tombs, palaces, temples and treasury from the desert rock’s sandstone in its’ natural hues of rose and gold.
It has to be seen to be believed. Petra the world wonder, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is without a doubt Jordan's most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction. It is a vast unique city, carved into the sheer rock face by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2000 years ago.
Their presence turned it into an important junction for the silk, spice and other trade routes that linked China, India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome. you will visit the unique "Rose-Red" city of Petra, built by the Arab Nabatean’s who hewed their monumental tombs, palaces, temples and treasury from the desert rock’s sandstone in its’ natural hues of rose and gold.
We highly recommend entering Petra via the back route, which takes you on unbeaten paths past the Monastery (ad-Deir). Along the way, enjoy taking in spectacular landscapes and the awe-inspiring monastery, arriving at the site with time for exploration.
You will visit all main sites in Petra such as (The Monastery, The “Great” Temple, High Place of Sacrifice, Palace Tomb, The Colonnaded Street, The Urn Tomb (The Court), The Silk Tomb, The Great Temple, The Temple of Qasr Al-Bint, The Theatre, The Street of Facades, The Treasury (Al Khazna), The Siq)
You will visit all main sites in Petra such as (The Monastery, The “Great” Temple, High Place of Sacrifice, Palace Tomb, The Colonnaded Street, The Urn Tomb (The Court), The Silk Tomb, The Great Temple, The Temple of Qasr Al-Bint, The Theatre, The Street of Facades, The Treasury (Al Khazna), The Siq)
- Distance: 10.3 km. Time: 6-7 hours.
- Physical Challenge: Moderate.
- Dinner and Overnight at Tent camp (Wadi Rum Bedioun Camp).
Hotel Name: Wadi Rum Camp
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
Day 07: Wadi Rum Full day-Am Sabtah-Burj Am ALsemen-Wadi Am Ghethan – (Hiking 06)
The Largest and most magnificent of Jordan’s landscape – Wadi Rum, you will discover the desert by foot.
No transportation
Wadi Rum is the largest and most magnificent of Jordan’s desert landscapes, it's also known as the "Valley of the moon". You can explore the desert with a 4x4 SUV, as well as excellent opportunities for unusual treks to discover the desert on foot.Our team will take you down virtually to unexplored canyons where ancient Thamudic inscriptions and drawings can be seen carved into the rocks, and Nabataean steps can be found leading to higher places. Also to be discovered are Lawrence’s Well, a Nabataean temple, desert oasis, and amazing rock bridges. Everywhere you look, breathtaking panoramic views and a sense of deep tranquillity.This is a stupendous, timeless place. Virtually untouched by humanity and its destructive forces. The weather and winds carved the imposing, towering skyscrapers, so elegantly described by T.E. Lawrence as “vast, echoing and God-like..."
Our team will take you down virtually to unexplored canyons where ancient Thamudic inscriptions and drawings can be seen carved into the rocks, and Nabataean steps can be found leading to higher places. Also to be discovered are Lawrence’s Well, a Nabataean temple, desert oasis, and amazing rock bridges. Everywhere you look, breathtaking panoramic views and a sense of deep tranquillity.
Our Bedouin staff in Wadi Rum will take you immediately for a hike tour in the desert, after that stop for a picnic lunch break near Burda, then continue for another 3 hours 4x4 Jep tour SUV in the afternoon.
- Distance: 8 km
- Time: 4 - 5 hours
- Physical Challenge: Moderate
- Trail Challenge: Moderate
Hotel Name: Wadi Rum Camp
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
Day 08: Wadi Rum - The Dead Sea
Meet your driver/ guide at the camp in the morning, transfer to the lowest spot on the earth - The Dead Sea
| You will be transferred from Wadi Rum to The Dead Sea | ||
| Distance | Time Estimated Access | Site visit |
| 340 KM | 4 Hours and 15 Minute | Free Day |
The Dead Sea has an extensive historical and spiritual legacy. Its surface and shores are 430.5 meters below sea level the Earth’s lowest elevation on land. It is the lowest point on earth located 60 km from Amman. It is believed to be the site of five biblical cities: Sodom, Gomorrah Admah, Zeboiim and Zoar (Bela). Dead Sea waters have been known by many for centuries to be the only place in the world where this particular combination of spa benefits exists. Peculiar sun radiation and climatic conditions, enriched oxygen atmosphere, mineral-rich sea salt, thermo-mineral springs, and mineral-rich mud all offer effective medical treatment and therapeutic benefits that attract visitors from all over the world. You will spend an amazing time with sunbathing, swimming and dining, as well as enjoy a strange but delightful experience: “float on the surface of the waters”, the high buoyancy is due to the salt content being nine times higher than that of ordinary seawater.
Hotel Name: Dead Sea Hotel (3*), (4*), or (5*) upon your request
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: BB (Bed & Breakfast only) or HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
Higher Categories: Suite, Family, or Apartments
Others: Connected Rooms - subject to availability
Room Type: Single/ Double/ Twin/ Triple – upon availability
Meal Plan: BB (Bed & Breakfast only) or HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
Higher Categories: Suite, Family, or Apartments
Others: Connected Rooms - subject to availability
Day 09: The Dead Sea – Q. Alia Airport
Meet your driver/ guide at the hotel and transfer to Queen Alia Airport for final departure.
| You will be transferred from Dead Sea to Queen Alia Airport | ||
| Distance | Time Estimated Access | Site visit |
| 55 KM | 50 Minutes | --- |
No Excursions
No accommodations
End Of Program
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