Christmas and New Year's Ride
Across the Wadi Rum with the Bedouins - Jordan

A Christmas holiday or New Year Eve in the desert that will never be forgotten. A very nice cooler ride in the Wadi Rum area that covers the most scenic parts. A main fixed camp, with a big Bedouin tent, which becomes home, is used for 3 or 4 nights and the remaining 1 or 2 nights are spent in temporary campsites. Nice, sunny and short days during this part of the year.  Cooler at night.  At the same time a full day Petra visit and a full day in Aqaba.
Ever changing formations make this ride a unique experience as the Wadi Rum is one of the most impressive deserts of the world. You will live like the Bedouins: There’s no map; people rely on trade routes that have existed for thousands of years now.  This is an adventure for those of you who want to escape from the over-stimulation of everyday life, for those who long for the silence of an untouched desert.

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Rates: all incl. from Amman/ to Aqaba, lodging and meals, 4 nights in hotels, 5 nights in tents, transfers, 6 riding days 
10 days/ 9 nights   $ 2,595
  - Single room/tent $ 185
-- based on € 1,830 / € 130
2008 Dates: 12/19-12/28   12/26-01/04
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Meeting:  Amman
Airport:    Amman 
Level:        Good Intermediate
Tack:        English 
Horses:     Purebred Arab and Arab cross
Pace: Moderate to fast, trots and fast canters
Min/Max Riders:  4-10
 

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrive in Amman, at Queen Alia International Airport, where you will be met and driven to your hotel. Meet your guide for dinner. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2
Breakfast at the hotel and then drive for about two & a half hours to 3 hours south to Wadi Musa the modern town close to the ancient city of Petra. The day to visit Petra. Dinner & night in hotel.
Day 3
Breakfast at the hotel then drive down for an hour & a half to Wadi Rum Stables to meet the horses. Set off riding north ward towards the Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Stop for lunch.  This morning is a slow & short ride to get use to the horses. In the afternoon we ride towards the famous Thamudic inscriptions and then head towards our first camp at the entrance of Barrah canyon. Dinner & night in  camp.
Day 4
Breakfast in camp, and then ride towards the agricultural village of Disi. On this morning we ride over the famous flats (Al Ga’a). These mud flats are perfect for a long exhilarating canter. We then ride through a small Bedouin village called Manasheer and back towards our camp at Barrah for lunch. In the afternoon we ride through Barrah Canyon another spectacular canyon in Wadi Rum surrounded by high cliffs where we often see climbers climbing. We ride until the end of the canyon until we reach our fixed camp of Mzelgah. Dinner & night in camp.
 Days 5, 6, 7, & 8
After breakfast,  we ride each day in a different direction and never passing the same path or way more than one time. We ride until our lunch spot and in the afternoon we ride back to our fixed camp of Mzelgah. On these days we will pass and see  Burdah mountain, Khour Al Ajram which is one of Wadi Rum’s main valleys,  the Rock Bridges of Wadi Rum, Jabal Al Mangour, Khazali Mountain, Lawrence's well and if the weather permits we ride south towards the Saudi border,  Wadi Saabit. Nice slow & long ride this morning. Stop at camp site for lunch & dinner. The camp site is opposite to Jabal Um Adami, Jordan’s highest peak at (5948 feet). We will also get a chance to see some Bedouin tents with families, goats and camels. On the afternoon of day 8 we ride towards our stables in the village of Wadi Rum. Finish of ride and transfer to Aqaba. Dinner & night in hotel.
Day 9
Breakfast and the day free to relax in Aqaba where you can do some last minute shopping or arrange snorkeling or diving in the Red Sea.  Transfer to your hotel in Amman in the late afternoon. Dinner & night in hotel.
Day 10
Breakfast and then transfer to the airport in Amman for your flight home.