Petra to Wadi Rum (group) 5 June 2023

• Accommodation: Ammarin campsite
• Time: 4-hour drive from Amman to Petra 
• Assembly point: https://goo.gl/maps/TeRd6AQwmT4YkLeM8

General Info: Meet the car at the meeting point and drive to Ammarin Bedouin campsite, situated in Petra, Beida. Enjoy dinner, tea, and a tranquil night at the campsite.

• Accommodation: Wild camping

General Info: After breakfast, we will start our trip walking through the siqs of Petra’s ancient sites to reach a staircase leading up to the High Place of Sacrifice. From here, continue on a short footpath down a well-developed trail, following the sign for Wadi Farasa, passing the Lion Fountain and Garden Tomb. Head south through Sabra, to pass a small amphitheater. Continue along the trail, to reach a ridge with spectacular viewpoints and then descend to reach a Wadi intersection and continue south. You will encounter an off-road path leading to a paved road and finally reach the Gaa’ Mreibed where our wild campsite is to spend the night.

• Accommodation: Wild camping

General Info: Start by trekking southwest on the downhill paved road, to reach a colorful dark sandstone canyon and continue west along the canyon for 5 km. Exit the canyon, ascending the donkey path until you reach the larger Wadi Al-Saif. From here continue in an upstream direction, to reach large boulders, and beautiful red and white sandstone cliffs. You will also encounter a large boulder with impressive Nabatean carvings of animals, including camels, gazelles, and sheep. We will transfer to Wadi Gseib where our wild campsite is to spend the night.

• Accommodation: Wild camping

General info: Soon after leaving the camp, the trail rises up to reach the head of Wadi Al-Seif and then descends steeply to join Wadi Mshazza. Once again in the midst of wild mountains, the trail now heads South over a low pass into the next valley, leaving that to cross another pass to reach the head of Wadi Gseib. This descends generally South before bending W to the next camp on a shoulder around 4 km from the road in Wadi Araba.

• Accommodation: Wild camping

General Info: Leave Wadi Gseib campsite, re-entering the canyon for about a kilometer, where the route then makes its way back south into the mountains, following a donkey path. The path ascends into a beautiful colored canyon, reaching a viewpoint on top. Then, follow another descend into a sandstone canyon, exit the canyon and continue south to encounter sand dunes. Stay south to reach the intersection of Wadi Rakia and Wadi ‘Hemier, follow Wadi ‘Hemier. By the end, we reach our camping area to spend the rest of the night getting ready for our last day of the trip

General Info: Set off by entering Wadi ‘Hemier, one of the longest and yet most scenic wadis on the Jordan Trail. Trek almost 20 km along the canyon,  encountering a change in geology moving from beautiful granite rock, to colorful sandstone, large boulders, water springs, wild vegetation, to extremely high cliffs,  to then reach white chalky sandstone. Then continue north uphill along a donkey path, winding out of the valley, to arrive at Al-Abbasiyah village. Turn onto a dirt road headed southwest to finally approach the last campsite of this region, at  Humeima, Wadi Rum. After the long hike ends, you will have lunch and then transfer to Amman