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Programma Footsteps of Lawrence Jordanië

Ride and Visit to Dead Sea

This is the regular itinerary. Groups of three or more riders may request an alternative itinerary which visits Aqaba and the Red Sea (instead of the Dead Sea).

Please note that the actual riding itinerary and route is subject to local conditions, the weather and the composition of the group. You should expect to see all of the famous sites mentioned at some point during the week, but not necessarily in this order.

The outline itinerary is as follows:

Day 1 - Saturday

Arrive in Amman, at Queen Alia International Airport, where you are met and driven to your hotel, normally the Mosaic City Hotel in Madaba (30 minutes). Overnight at your hotel. (Occasionally a 3 star hotel in Amman is used instead of the hotel in Madaba).

Day 2 - Sunday

Early morning at c. 7.30, your bus will collect you to travel to Petra (around 2h30 drive). Arrive around 10 am with time for a full day to visit the site. You have a 2 to 3 hour guided visit with an official guide and afterwards can wander on your own or return to your hotel.

You will see the famous Treasury and then choose which sites to visit from the many on offer - the city centre, the Royal tomb, the theatre, the High Place of Sacrifice, the Monastery or the Roman Soldier Tombs. There are many small restaurants inside the site to get lunch (to your own account).

Overnight at a 3* hotel located right at the entrance to Petra. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 3 - Monday

After breakfast, your bus will drive you to Wadi Rum (around 1h30 drive). Arrive in the village of Wadi Rum at the stables at around 9.30am. Time to drink the first bedouin tea, meet the horses and the team.

The first ride is through Um Ishrin valley with a visit on the way to Lawrence’s well. After lunch you ride through an open valley with a view over the red sand area. Dinner and camp in Abu Hassaran.

Day 4 - Tuesday

After breakfast, you cross Rash Rasha valley with its red sands and go to Qatar mountain. There you see a spring and have lunch. After lunch, ride to Um Raza, where you set up camp for the night.

Day 5 - Wednesday

After breakfast, you ride onto Arab Antar, a natural cave famous for its legends. Lunch near Arab Antar, then continue to Sweibat valley which is c. 5 km from the Saudi border. Dinner and camp in Sweibat.

Day 6 - Thursday

After breakfast, you cross through Cerdan valley and see a Neolithic well that is still used by the Bedouins. Have lunch in Um Umgur and then cross narrow canyons to arrive in Abu Rashaba where camp is set up for the night.

Day 7 - Friday

After breakfast, ride from Abu Rashaba to Jebel Burdah and see the natural rock bridge on its summit. After lunch continue to the red sand dunes and Jebel Um Feshiyeh with its Nabatean inscriptions. Dinner and camp in the red sand dunes area.

Day 8 - Saturday

After breakfast, you cross Barragh canyon, which is the longest canyon in Wadi Rum. Gaze at its monumental cliffs which are famous for rock climbing. Then you cross the Disseh plain and return the horses to their stable. Lunch at the stables.

After lunch you are driven back to Madaba/Amman to check-in to your hotel and have dinner. Overnight in 3 star hotel in Madaba (or sometimes Amman).

Day 9 - Sunday

In the morning you visit Amman old city before being transferred to the Dead Sea where you spend the afternoon at your leisure (lunch to your own account). Mount Nebo is situated on the road between Madaba and the Dead Sea so you visit the site on either your outward or return journey. Dinner and night in a hotel in Madaba.

Day 10 - Monday

Transfer to the airport in time for your flight.

If you are short of time, it is possible to depart the ride on Day Nine – transferring back to Madaba with the group on Day 8 and flying home on Day 9.

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