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Visit Jordan

  • Ancient Ruins

    Petra is the most famous of Jordan's historic ruins, but it is by no means the only one. Ummayad palaces, Graeco-Roman cities, ancient churches and crusader castles are found throughout the country and are likely to form the backbone of your time in Jordan.

    Ancient Ruins

  • Classical History

    Jerash is the Classical jewel in Jordan's crown but the Greeks and Romans left their traces across the country, sometimes leaving behind entire cities, like Umm Qais, and sometimes modifying existing settlements, as with the colonnaded street in Petra.

    Classical History

  • Desert

    It was T.E. Lawrence who brought Wadi Rum to public attention, and his description of the desert region as "vast, echoing and godlike" sums it up perfectly. The red sand and towering sandstone mountains make this a deservedly popular destination.

    Desert

  • Nature Reserves

    Jordan is right at the forefront of conservation in the Middle East, and her reserves don't just preserve rare wildlife, like the ibex, but also remarkable scenery and traditional ways of life. The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature runs five main reserves in Jordan, such as the Dana Nature Reserve.

    Nature Reserves

  • UNESCO World Heritage Sites

    Petra is one of the most famous UNESCO world heritage sites and one of the places everyone wants to visit once in their life. The other heritage site you may visit in Jordan is Qasr Al-Amra, protected by UNESCO because of its rich and vivid frescoes dating to the Umayyad period (the eight century AD).

    UNESCO World Heritage Sites

  • Wadis

    Carving down from the desert plateau to the depths of the Dead Sea and Rift Valley, Jordan's wadis are a haven for the more adventurous, whether you choose to hike down Wadi Feynan to spend time at the Ecolodge there, or to tackle the deep pools and boulder chokes of the wet descent of Wadi Mujib.

    Wadis

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Visit Dana Nature Reserve, Jordan

Dana Nature Reserve covers a system of wadis running down to Wadi Araba just north of Petra, and is home to wildlife, jawdropping landscapes, and thousands of years of history.

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Dana Nature Reserve

Jordan

Dana Nature Reserve covers a system of wadis running down to Wadi Araba just north of Petra, and is home to wildlife, jawdropping landscapes, and thousands of years of history.

Best explored on foot, there are a series of trails - some guided, some self-guided - which take in a variety of sights from canyon scenery to local villages and ancient copper mines.

Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature

The Reserve is managed by the excellent Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN).

They protect and manage the nature reserve to encourage the proliferation of bird and animal species and with the added aim of providing both ecologically and financially sustainable jobs for people in the local communities.

The nature reserve is a system of wadis and mountains which extends from the top of the rift valley down to the desert lowlands of Wadi Araba.

Dana village

Dana village has been inhabited since around 4000 BC; there is evidence to suggest that Palaeolithic, Egyptian, Nabatean and Roman civilisations have all settled in the area, utilising the fertile soil, water springs and strategic location.

Now a small agricultural community still lives here, concentrating on growing fruit and olives and on the small scale production of organic preserves.

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