Enchantment & Mystery
Since the dawn of time, man tried a lot of ways to discover the secrets of nature, canyons, wildlife and adventures. We offer exceptional adventures and “Strenuous Canyoning”, where you feel the sense of nature and adventure. Being one with nature and “the whole experience will stick in both your ...
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Amman, Jordan; Madaba, Jordan
Jordan
- Trip Length:
- 13 days
- Price Range:
- From $0 to $3000 per person See what this includes and what this excludes
- Best Time to Go:
- Any time.
- Recommended for:
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(15-17), (18-24), (25-30), (31-35), (36-40), (41-50), (51-55)
Adventure-seeker
Family Trip, Group Retreat, Trip Around the World
Detailed Trip Description
Since the dawn of time, man tried a lot of ways to discover the secrets of nature, canyons, wildlife and adventures. We offer exceptional adventures and “Strenuous Canyoning”, where you feel the sense of nature and adventure. Being one with nature and “the whole experience will stick in both your mind & soul”
Trip Itinerary
Day 1 - Madaba, Jordan
Welcome to Madaba, Jordan.
Hotels
Meets and assist at Airport, Visa formalities, transfer to Black Iris Hotel in Madaba, dinner and overnight.
Day 2 - Madaba, Jordan
Madaba – Wadi Mukheiris – Madaba
Private Car Services
Early in the morning, we drive by 4WD we will travel down to Dead Sea, and will be dropped on the way in front of Movenpick Hotel at the beach of Dead Sea.
Canoeing
Canoeing will start in Wadi Mukheiris: 9 Km, 9 hours, back and forth, canyon with an impressive 20m waterfall and several pools. Surprising stalactites hide behind veils of droplets and ferns in the canyon’s upper reaches. The trail offers fine look-throughs towards the Dead Sea. Lunch will be provided by our tour guide. In the evening we will be back to the same point where 4WD dropped us.
Hotels
Drive back to Black Iris Hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 3 - Madaba, Jordan
Madaba – Mount Nebo – Wadi Zarqa Ma’in – Dead Sea
Sightseeing
In the morning after breakfast we will drive to visit mount Nebo, where the prophet Moses was last seen, after forty years of traveling from Egypt. We shall visit the church, and the overlook of Jericho, Jerusalem and Dead Sea. We will drive via Lipp down to Wadi Zarqa Ma’in and canoe in a different canyon in completely different nature. Wadi Zarqa Ma’in is supposed to be the “Valley of God” Nahaliel mentioned in the Bible as a camping place. Zarqa Ma’in – a magnificent gorge; but there are only tombs to be seen in it. Then, a steep and difficult path leads us to the hot springs of Callirhoe.
Adventure
In this valley we will have easy walk, and the last 4 Km, 8 hours will be trekking to Ma’in Spa..
Camping
At the Mercury Hotel, the 4WD will be waiting for us to drive us to the Dead Sea campsite. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4 - Jordan
Dead Sea – Wadi El Hidan – Camping.
Adventure
Early morning drive to the beginning of Wadi El Hidan, the most strenuous canyon. We will have to start very early in the morning and start from the east side of the trail to end in west side in Dead Sea. Ropes will be provided by the tour guide, as well as lunch. The route starts in a magnificent basalt canyon, on the upper reaches of Wadi El Hidan. Elongate pools are abundant and you often swim more than you walk. As you descend along the canyon, the black basalt gives way to red with palm trees, hot and cold springs, where a majestic waterfall awaits you. The route is one way, 15 km, 13 hours, two 50 m ropes.
Camping
In the evening our 4WD will be waiting for us at the end of the canyon from the west side, and have prepared our campsite, dinner and overnight.
Day 5 - Jordan
Dead Sea – Wadi Ibn Hammad – Kerak
Adventure
In the morning we will drive by our 4WD up to Wadi Ibn Hammad, you start walking, and almost immediately, you'll walk in the water and into the narrow siq, with plants and palm trees on the wall, some waterfalls here and there. Most of the time you'll walk in the water with water under the knees, at some places the water will come to your waist. This will of course also depend on the time of the year you're coming. Also, your local guide will know that you cannot do this walk during or shortly after rain due to the risk of flash floods. After 3 hours, you get out of the siq. In May, you'll see beautiful flowering oleanders. You can stop here for lunch. Then you'll go for another 2, 5 to 3 hours.
Hotels
Evening we will drive you to Moujip Hotel in Kerak, check in, dinner and overnight.
Day 6 - Jordan
Kerak – Wadi Kerak – Mazra’a
Adventure
Early in the morning after breakfast, we will drive south to Wadi Kerak which offers you spectacular waterfalls, a colorful sandstone gorge and impressive hanging gardens. The upper waterfall consists of three steps dropping 40m down walls of beige sandstone. The lower waterfall gushes above two great red boulders. Several side streams flow into Wadi Karak, one of these entering as a tall dripping waterfall crowned with palm trees and stalactites, the route is one way, 500m descent, 9km, 9 hours (1 hour to the first waterfall, 4 hours from the last waterfall to the end of the trail, two 50m ropes).
Camping
Evening we will arrive Mazara’a in Aghwar area, we will camp in south of Mazra’a Junction.
Day 7 - Jordan
Mazra’a – Wadi ‘Assal – Hot Springs in Hammam Afra
Adventure
Early in the morning before sunrise, we will drive via Numaira to Wadi ‘Assal (Assal in Arabic means honey). It offers a narrow sandstone gorge with luxuriant vegetation and six falls, demanding abseiling skills, the route is one way, 1100m descent, 15km, 10 hours (1 hour to the first waterfall, 3.5 hours from the last waterfall to the end of the trail, two 30m ropes and ordinary abseiling gear, lunch will be provided by the tour guide).
Camping
The 4WD will be waiting for us in Kathrabba village to drive us to the hot springs, Hammam Afra, where we will camp overnight.
Day 8 - Jordan
Wadi Hasa.
Canoeing
Early in the morning, we start canoeing in Wadi Hasa, which has sports magnificent hanging gardens, narrow gorges and hot springs. Its upper reaches are carved into white limestone, creating a playground of giant boulders. A dramatic change of scenery is displayed along its lower course, where the Wadi cuts a spectacular canyon in red sandstone. The drainage basin of Wadi Hasa extended over 3,200sq. km, far bigger than most of the Wadis in Moab or Edom and second only to Wadi Mujip. Its discharge is about 20 million cubic m and its hottest spring is about 54C. Arare tropical tree (Dalbergia sisoo) not known elsewhere in Jordan grows in its bed. There are three trails we will take Wadi Hasa, lower canyon, the route is one way. 550m descent (950m descent including the walk along the dirt track), 18km, minimum 10 hours without visiting the side streams.
Hotels
Evening the 4WD will drive us to Dana village; check in at Dana hotel, luxury small hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 9 - Jordan
Wadi Dana – Fainan
Hiking
Breakfast is around 8:00 A.M. We will start hiking via Wadi Dana, which is a system of Wadies and mountains that extends from the upper edge of the Rift Valley down to the desert lowlands of Wadi Araba. Dana is truly a world of natural treasures, where you are going to meet some Bedouins and have tea at their tents. If you keep walking to Wadi Fainan, the beginning of Araba desert you find an amazing Edge, and Copper Mines in Wadi Fainan, the tour is one way, 18km, 6 hours, easy hiking, we will ultimately arrive at Wadi Fainan.
Camping
Overnight camp with a Bedouin family, and join in their traditional dinner.
Day 10 - Jordan
Fainan – Wadi Ghuwier – Hammam Dethneh- Mansoura.
Adventure
Wadi Ghuweir descends from the Shawbak Plateau through a spectacular red sandstone siq whose lower reaches are garnished by hanging gardens. Its water flow changes with the season, but even in the summer it is a splendid route. At the outlet of the Wadi are the ruins of Feinan, an ancient centre of copper mining and smelting. The route is one-way. Altitude difference, distance and walking time: 500m descent, 11km, 8 hours. Expect wet shoes. In rain-rich years it may be necessary to cross two small ponds by swimming. After 1.5 hours, we will arrive at Hamman Dethneh, the great oasis with palm trees. We will swim there and continue via Wadi Nakheel to Mansoura. There is a garden of Old Olive trees, where we will camp overnight.
Day 11 - Jordan
Mansoura – Petra
Adventure
From Mansoura we walk on the top of the Mountains of Heisha and Abdalia. You will see a great view of all the canyons and the natural reserve that we have done since the first day at the same time. We will walk for 8 hours to Little Petra.
Hotels
Our 4WD will be waiting for us to transfer us to Wadi Mousa. Check in at Petra Diamond Hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 12 - Jordan
Full day tour of Petra.
Sightseeing
Breakfast in hotel, 8:00 am departure for full day tour of Petra (the Rose-Red city) including the Siq, the Treasury, city centre, the Royal tomb, the theatre, the High Place of Sacrifice, Wadi Farasah and the Roman Soldier Tombs. Lunch in Petra, then evening hike back via the Siq to Wadi Musa for freshen-up.
Food and Dining
Transfer to Beidha (little Petra) for gala B-B-Q dinner under the stars.
Hotels
Back to Wadi Musa for overnight at Petra diamond hotel.
Day 13 - Amman, Jordan
Petra – Amman.
Airport Transfers
Transfer to Amman, shopping in Amman then to the airport for your departure.
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