Jordan Sites – Whale travel and tourism

WADI MUJIB

This is the only canyon generally known to newcomers to Jordan. It is a strenuous trek, with black cliffs 200 meters high, waterfalls and rock pools.This is definitely one of the most exciting adventures in Jordan

BETHANY

On the Opposite side of Jericho, at the junction of Wadi Al Kharrar and the Jordan River, some very old churches were recently discovered commemorating the place of the baptism of Christ. The archaeologists also revealed

AQABA

This single port of Jordan is located at the bottom of the Gulf of Aqaba, and occupies a narrow crack in the prolongation of the Araba depression. In addition to its harbour functions, Aqaba became also one of the principal tourist centres of attraction. It is at the same time a tempting seaside resort, and […]

DANA NATURAL RESERVE

Among ten reserves in Jordan, Dana represents a single case.. Located at the heart of the mountains with an extent to the Araba valley, it allows at the same time to discover the diversity and the multiplicity of the species. A visit with a local guide, will give you the opportunity of having a direct […]

WADI RUM

At 330 km to the South of Amman, Wadi Rum is a valley of the Saharan type which you will reach by traversing through astonishing sandy plain, where the road comes very close to some of these innumerable and strange rock formations that you will have seen since the balcony Ras Al Naqab. At sunset, […]

BEIDHA

Ten kilometers to the North of Petra stands a Neolithic village (approx. 7000 years AV. JC) of an exceptional importance, comparable with Chatalhuyuq in Turkey. Its excavations will be able to captivate any traveller by their vestiges in a very good state of conservation recalling the evolution of the human habitat starting from the circular […]

PETRA

Petra, an extraordinary site located at 235 km of Amman. Mentioned in the bible under the name of Reqem (the “Multi-coloured one”), Petra offers to you the occasion to admire the beauty of nature, to go back in condition, and to live the history through its monuments. A visit of one or several days can […]

SHAUBAK

At 30km from Petra, you can fork on the left to see, sitting at the top of a hill, the castle of Shaubak, dominating a small valley which drops towards the valley of Wadi Araba. This strategic position of first order was strengthened by Baldwin 1st in 1115 A.D., to control the road between Syria […]

KERAK

This city at 1000 m of altitude and 120 km from Amman is the old capital of the country of Moab, it appears in the bible under the name of Qir-Heres. Moreover, it is crowned by the ruins of a fortress built by the Crusaders. A worthy work of art that competes with the famous […]

UMM AR RASAS

Umm Er Rasas is a city located on the King’s road, between Madaba and Karak. We date this city from the Nabatean, Roman, and especially Byzantine periods. Inside the surrounding walls of the city you find a fantastic puzzle in disorder of reversed towers, and churches into pieces. Despite this first impression we had found […]

MUKAWIR

Is a village located on a plate from the Dead Sea as well as foundations of a strong castle where can be seen at the same time. The castle may undoubtedly be the Jewish fortress of Machaerus: the place where, according to the bible the tragic episode of the death of John the Baptist took […]

MUKHAYAT

Mukhayat is the supposed place of the old village of Nebo, the last stage of the Jews before the Promised Land. Flourishing at the Byzantine period, today in ruins, the churches of St. Lot and St. Procopius deliver particularly rich mosaics to us.

MOUNT NEBO

At 46 km only to the West of Amman, at 838 m of altitude, is the place where God had ordered Moses to go to the top of the Arabot mountains, to mount Nebo, in the country of Moab, opposite to Jericho, to see the Promised Land and to die on the mountain where he will […]

MA’IN

At 4 km of the Dead Sea shores, “Zerqa’ Ma’ in constitute in the sandy throats a whole of natural basins, supplied with thermal hot springs (55◦ to 60◦ C), coming from basaltic rocks. One of them forms a hot cascade. If you wish to satisfy your eyes and to fill your time, do not […]

MADABA

Containing the greatest Christian community, Madaba always preserves a very important Byzantine archaeological park. More than 150 churches, in the city and its surroundings, trace the history of the Byzantine occupation and its evolution. Moreover, the Map of Palestine in Madaba represents a priceless interest for the study of the topography of Palestine and the […]

HALLABAT

Located between Amman and Azraq, the castle of Hallabat is an Umayyad fancy villa from the 8th century built with reemployed limestone and basaltic blocks from pre-existent monuments

AZRAQ

Located in an oasis at 500 m of altitude, and 130 km at the East of Amman. It extends on the edge of a basaltic lava flow, a calcareous zone, and a small alluvial basin charged with salts. A true natural reserve which occupies 100 km2. The castle was mostly built from blocks of basalt […]

AMRA

It is a modest construction whose interest lies in paintings which decorate its walls. The varieties of these drawings and the smoothness of work make of this hunting lodge a single site in the world. Thus, it was classified as world inheritance by the UNESCO. The visit of this castle hides surprises which I let […]

HARANEH

It is an imposing castle at 85 km East of Amman; built on a quadrangular plan with a round tower on each angle, and a semicircular tower in the middle of each side. The walls are cut by three rows of arches. Graffiti in Koufic characters scripted in 92 of the hegira attests the oldness […]

UMM EL JIMAL

It is a curious dead city, in a steppe strewn with basaltic lava, at 91 km North of Amman. The tourist will be interested in Umm El Jimal thanks to its relatively good state of conservation, and because it is a good example of these small Byzantine cities built on the fringes of the Arabic […]