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Enjoy a 10 km downhill cycling with spectacular top view of the white rock domes of Beida
Visit the Daughter’s palace
Check the Royal Diving Center beach facility where you can swim, snorkel, scuba dive or just relax

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Primary:	Road Cycling
Other:	Historical Sites, sights, Camping

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This active adventure will take you on an exciting journey off road - biking and hiking through an ancient land full of history, rich in culture and fascinating in natural wonders and archeological treasures. You will cycle on interesting and scenic off-road tracks parallel to the ancient Kings’ Highway - the route of world’s oldest trade caravans. Here you will take wonderful hikes off the beaten track, stay at rustic local hotels and enjoy amazing meals of delicious traditional local Jordanian / Arabic recipes. From dining at our favorite local restaurant to feasting on a Bedouin Zarb (a special meal of meat and vegetable cooked under the sand in the heart of the desert) you can't help but feel like a local. Then its off to explore the splendors of Petra – one of the world’s most unique heritage sites and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. And you'll be treated with an opportunity to experience the magic of this stunning site by night lit by over 1500 candles. We’ll be living an authentic desert experience and have a glimpse into the nomadic Bedouin life - the Bedouin people are the soul of Jordan. Follow the steps of Lawrence of Arabia roaming the “vast echoing and God-like” desert of Wadi Rum and enjoy the pleasant Bedouin hospitality while camping in Bedouin tents made of goat hair. You'll have the chance to stop by the Red Sea to enjoy a cool dip and snorkel over nice coral reefs, and enjoy the unique desert accommodation at the candlelit Feynan Eco Lodge, rated one of the top 50 eco lodges in the world by National Geographic Adventure Magazine. Your Jordan active adventures ends with a stay at one of the region’s most luxurious resorts and spa located at the lowest spot on earth with the highest oxygen concentration, where you can enjoy the special buoyancy of the saltiest lake on earth as you float in the Dead Sea.

Day One: Amman

At the Queen Alia International Airport, your guides will greet you and transfer you to the Four Seasons hotel at Western Amman. After your long flight, we will leave you to rest for a little while. In the evening, we will gather at the lobby and head to the heart of Amman for a nice welcome dinner at one of Amman’s favorite restaurants. You will get introduced to a delicious variety of Jordanian/ Arabic foods. At dinner, your guides will brief you about the program, answer any questions you may have and make sure you are prepared for your Jordan adventure. We then return to our hotel and retire for the night.

Meals:

Dinner

Destinations visited:

Amman

Accommodation:

Four Seasons -Amman

Lodging	Four Seasons amman hotel
Description	Welcome to Four Seasons Hotel Amman. Between the prestigious Al Sweifiyah residential area and the Shmeisani financial district, Four Seasons offers Amman's finest setting for business or leisure. Its dramatic hilltop location presents breathtaking views of the surrounding cityscape.

Day Two: Al Shobak Crusaders Castle – Off-road biking – Petra by Night

This morning we transfer south to Al Shobak village which is located on the Kings’ Highway (3hr drive). We’ll stop to explore the remains Al Shobak Castle – another castle in the great chain of Crusader fortresses which stretches across Jordan. The stronghold, known as Mount Realis (Montreal), was constructed in 1115 CE by Baldwin I. Nearby the castle we’ll enjoy a nice picnic lunch before we mount our bikes on a charming off-road track that contours around the edge of the Eastern Plateau and owns magnificent views to the Great Rift Valley. Back on an asphalt small road (rare traffic), we’ll enjoy a 10 km downhill cycling with spectacular top view of the white rock domes of Beida. At the bottom we reach Little Petra where we end our cycling route for today. We’ll explore the site of Little Petra before we transfer to Wadi Musa and settle in at our hotel. Dinner will be served at the hotel. You may choose to eat independently if you wish or join your guide as a group. Later at 8 PM we gather to head down to Petra and enjoy Petra by Night tour lit by over 1500 candles.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch & dinner

Destinations visited:

Al Shobak Castle, Little Petra & Petra by night

Accommodation:

Taybet Zaman or Beit Zaman hotel -Petra

Distance cycled:

35 km / 22 mile

Beida

means white in Arabic, the area got this name from the white rock around it. It is around 10 Km to the north of Petra. Little Petra is a site located in Beida. It was one of the main commercial areas of Petra, the entry and exit point for the trade routes to the north and north-west. It was inhabited by the Nabataeans and has lots of tombs, water containers and channels. It has a small path that leads to some of the inside area, Siq al Bared, the scale of this area and the fact that it is a continuation of Petra gave it the name of Little Petra. The

King’s Highway

twists and winds its way through the heart of Jordan, connecting Madaba, Karak, Tafileh, Shobak and Petra.

The King’s Highway is the world’s oldest continuously used communication route, and is mentioned early in the Bible. In Numbers 20, Moses requests the king of Edom to allow his people to "travel along the king’s highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.

Day Three: Petra

Leaving the Monastery, we start our “backwards” Petra tour descending 850+ stairs (which we would otherwise be climbing if we hadn’t taken the backtrail hike avoiding the main tourist traffic) to come down to the basin of Petra and proceed with our guided tour visiting the Daughter’s palace, the theatre (entirely carved out in the mountainside and accommodates more than 8500 people), the court, the Treasury (the most famous monument in Petra which was built to impress) and then walk out through the Siq (narrow deep gorge that is the main entrance to Petra). We then go back to our hotel to rest before we gather again in the evening for a group dinner at one of our favorite local restaurants in Wadi Musa.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch & dinner

Destinations visited:

Petra

Accommodation:

Taybet Zaman or Beit Zaman hotel -Petra

Petra

is one of the world's heritage sites and one of the world's new 7 wonders. An ancient rock city was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Built around 2,300 years ago, the imposing rose-stone palaces are an impressive testament to the power and influence of the Nabateans, who controlled trade around the area in the 3rd century BC. Petra is surrounded by hills in which tombs have been carved into the pink sandstone. The site includes some 800 structures. The Victorian traveler and poet Dean Burgon gave Petra a description which holds to this day ¬"Match me such a marvel save in Eastern clime, a rose-red city half as old as time." Yet words can hardly do justice to the magnificence that is Petra.

Day Four: Wadi Rum

This morning is free for you to rest and recharge your energy. You may choose to have lunch at the hotel or head down to town to grab a bite. A 2 hour drive in the afternoon takes us to Wadi Rum. We head to the mud flats of Disi-a vast flat field with hard ground in the middle of the desert-where we set off on a charming bike ride and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the colorful sandstone massive desert mountains. At the end of this circular route, we stop for a little refreshment before we head to Rum village, meet our Bedouin host, mount the jeeps and enter deep into the Wadi Rum Protected Area to reach our Bedouin campsite which has a great location to watch one magical sunset. We come to settle in at our campsite then meet for a feast on a well-deserved 'Zarb' - a traditional Bedouin dish of meat and vegetables cooked underneath the desert sand. We will gather around the campfire and get to know our Bedouin hosts, exchange banters and learn something about their exceptional culture. Whether you would like to spend the night inside your Bedouin goat-hair tent or take your mattress out to sleep under a canopy of twinkling stars, the choice is yours.

Meals:

Breakfast & dinner

Destinations visited:

Wadi Rum

Accommodation:

Bedouin campsite -Wadi Rum

Distance cycled:

27 km / 17 mile (circular route)

Wadi Rum

is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in south-west Jordan. It has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times and is dotted with massive rock formations. It is virtually untouched by humanity and its destructive forces. Here, it is the weather and winds that have carved the imposing, towering skyscrapers, so elegantly described by T.E. Lawrence as "vast, echoing and god-like". Much of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia was filmed in Wadi Rum.

Day Five: Wadi Rum

Waking up to the silent desert, breakfast will usually be served by 7 a.m. accompanied fruits, tea and nescafe. You may of course pocket a snack for later. After breakfast, we will get in the jeeps for the short drive to Jebel Burda passing through a wide valley with magnificent cliffs and sand dunes. Reaching the trailhead by the foot of Burda we start our mountain trek towards the famous rock bridge of Burda. This route involves some relatively easy scrambling across open rock slabs and through a maze of alleys. Our guide will lead us through the best route to a small plateau and into a hidden gulley which offer an awesome view of the bridge above. Then we climb a short steep wall while being safeguarded by a climbing rope and walk over the rock bridge to enjoy awe-inspiring views across the whole desert region. Descending back we have the option of an alternative route, again crossing wonderful open slabs and scrambling down in a steep groove. Back at the mountain foot after a 3-hour round-trip, we meet our crew who has chosen a shaded spot for us to have lunch and a siesta before we proceed with our Jeep tour of Wadi Rum exploring some of the desert's attraction sites such as Lawrence Spring, Lawrence House remains, Al Khazaali Canyon and stop at one of the big sand dune for an opportunity to take-off our shoes climb up and run down its soft sand. Sounds childish, but lots of fun! Then we will find a good spot to watch another enchanting sunset before heading back to the camp, gather wash up then gather around the campfire, have dinner cooked in the ember of fire and spend another peaceful desert night.

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch & dinner

Destinations visited:

Wadi Rum

Accommodation:

Bedouin campsite -Wadi Rum

Day Six: Aqaba – Feynan

This morning we'll say farewell to Rum and depart in harmony with its slow pace; riding, camels back to Rum Village-some 2 hour trek. A 45 minute drive takes us to Aqaba to spend a couple of hours at the Red Sea. We’ll check into the Royal Diving Center beach facility where we can swim, snorkel, scuba dive or just relax on the beach with a cold drink in hand. Later in the afternoon, we travel north for approximately 2 hours along Wadi Araba (part of the Great Rift Valley) towards Feynan Eco Lodge – rated one of the world’s top 50 eco lodges by National Geographic magazine. Around two kilometers before we reach the lodge, we’ll dismount our vehicle and walk to the top of a gentle outcrop to watch another dramatic sunset then walk to our candle-lit eco lodge, check into our rooms for a little rest before we gather again around a nice healthy dinner of various vegetarian local recipes, and spend the night enjoying the tranquility of the place.

Meals:

Breakfast & dinner

Destinations visited:

Aqaba & Feynan

Accommodation:

Feynan Eco lodge

Feynan,

is located in the Araba Valley, within the boundaries of Dana Biosphere Reserve. It was one of the largest copper works in the ancient Near East. Copper production in feynan reached its peak under the Edomites (during the 9-5th centuries BCE) when mining and smelting techniques attained high professional level and probably influenced the economic and political power of the Edomites. Giant mounds of more than 200,000 tons of slag attest to copper productions on an industrial scale. One can imagine endless caravans of pack animals carrying juniper beams from the uplands to stoke the furnaces. What remain today are runs of Byzantine churches, an aqueduct and a water reservoir and smelting furnace. The site has been exploited since the Early Bronze Age (middle of the third millennium BCE), the Iron Age 9-5th centuries BCE, the Roman Period 2-4th centuries and Byzantine churches and Christian and Islamic graves.

Feynan Eco Lodge:

Set among the arid mountains of Wadi Araba, the Feynan Eco-lodge forms the western gateway of the Dana Biosphere Reserve, and provides a special experience in desert accommodation. The lodge has a unique arabesque desert design and uses environment-friendly technologies, including solar power. At night, most of the lodge will be lit by candles, making it a very romantic destination.

Day Seven: Feynan – Dead Sea

After breakfast, we'll mount our bikes from the lodge heading to the ancient copper mines of Feynan. A short hike will lead us to the mines for an opportunity to see how vast deposits of copper were discovered, mined and processed at Feynan by ancient civilizations thousands of years ago and what an important supply center Feynan was for the Roman Empire. Back on our bikes we explore Feynan’s local villages. Off-road tracks lead through Bedouin communities to the two nearby villages, where we can weave in and out of the narrow roads and gain an authentic sense of the daily activities and life of the villagers. We then ride back to the lodge for lunch. On the road again, we head to the Dead Sea – the world’s lowest spot with the highest concentration of oxygen – to spend two nights and the region’s most luxurious resort, the Kempenski Ishtar. There you can experience the special buoyancy experience – floating in the world’s saltiest lake, and enjoy the resort’s amazing spa and different facilities.

Meals:

Breakfast & lunch

Destinations visited:

Feynan & Dead Sea

Accommodation:

Kempenski Ishtar – Dead Sea

Distance cycled:

27 km / 17 mile (two-way route)

The Dead Sea

is famous geographically as "the lowest point on earth," lying some 400 meters below sea level. It is 75 kilometers long and from 6 to 16 kilometers wide. It is fed by the Jordan River, but it has no outlet. As its name suggests, the Dead Sea is entirely devoid of plant and animal life. This is due to an extremely high content of salt and other minerals—350 grams of salt per kilogram of water, as compared to about 40 grams in the world’s oceans. This concentration is caused by a rapid rate of evaporation. These natural elements give the waters of the Dead Sea certain curative properties, recognized since the days of Herod the Great over 2000 years ago.

Day Eight: Dead Sea

(continue your stay at the Kempenski Ishtar Resort) You can also choose to undertake interesting optional activities around the Dead Sea area ¬your guides can explain your options and help you plan and arrange. For example, you may choose to visit Mount Nebo and the Mosaic town of Madaba, take a bike ride from Madaba to Mukawir village followed by an pleasant local interaction opportunity over a meal with a local family, or you may even choose to undertake an amazing canyoning adventure through the magnificent river canyon of Wadi Mujib, etc…

Meals:

Breakfast

Destinations visited:

Feynan & Dead Sea

Accommodation:

Kempenski Ishtar – Dead Sea

Day Nine: Dead Sea -Departure

Today we’ll be transferring to the airport, say goodbye and wish you a pleasant journey back home or to your next destination.

Meals:

Breakfast

Accomplished:

Absolute Total Satisfaction and a Great Sense of Real Adventure Accomplished!

TRIP INCLUDES

Deluxe accommodations in luxurious properties with the best amenities
Aluminum bicycle, handlebar bag, water bottle, lock, patch kit with spare tube, lightweight helmet and optional toe straps
Breakfasts, lunches, Apres Velo cocktails and gourmet dinners including wine
Bilingual guides who look after your every need
A route review with your guide each morning
Highlighted regional maps
Support vehicle that sweeps the day's route distributing refreshments and offering lifts
Entrance fees to historic sites, museums, parks and all other exclusive events
Transportation from rendezvous to final drop-off
Gratuities for baggage, porters, and hotel service
Baggage transport
Exceptional customer service
Complimentary travel planning
DuVine Adventures t-shirt and luggage tag

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                                        Day One: Amman 
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                                        At the Queen Alia International Airport, your guides will greet you and transfer you to the Four Seasons hotel at Western Amman. After your long flight, we will leave you to rest for a little while. In the evening, we will gather at the lobby and head to the heart of Amman for a nice welcome dinner at one of Amman’s favorite restaurants. You will get introduced to a delicious variety of Jordanian/ Arabic foods. 
At dinner, your guides will brief you about the program, answer any questions you may have and make sure you are prepared for your Jordan adventure. We then return to our hotel and retire for the night. <div><br></div><div> Meals: </div><div>Dinner </div><div><br></div><div> Destinations visited: </div><div>Amman </div><div><br></div><div> Accommodation: </div><div>Four Seasons -Amman</div>
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                                                    <td valign="top"><a style="color: #3D6287;" target="_blank" href="http://www.fourseasons.com/amman/"><b>Four Seasons amman hotel </b></a></td>
                                                    
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                                                    <td valign="top">Welcome to Four Seasons Hotel Amman. Between the prestigious Al Sweifiyah residential area and the Shmeisani financial district, Four Seasons offers Amman's finest setting for business or leisure. Its dramatic hilltop location presents breathtaking views of the surrounding cityscape.</td>
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                                        Day Two: Al Shobak Crusaders Castle – Off-road biking – Petra by Night 
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                                        This morning we transfer south to Al Shobak village which is located on the Kings’ Highway (3hr drive). We’ll stop to explore the remains Al Shobak Castle – another castle in the great chain of Crusader fortresses which stretches across Jordan. The stronghold, known as Mount Realis (Montreal), was constructed in 1115 CE by Baldwin I. Nearby the castle we’ll enjoy a nice picnic lunch before we mount our bikes on a charming off-road track that contours around the edge of the Eastern Plateau and owns magnificent views to the Great Rift Valley. 
Back on an asphalt small road (rare traffic), we’ll enjoy a 10 km downhill cycling with spectacular top view of the white rock domes of Beida. At the bottom we reach Little Petra where we end our cycling route for today. We’ll explore the site of Little Petra before we transfer to Wadi Musa and settle in at our hotel. 
Dinner will be served at the hotel. You may choose to eat independently if you wish or join your guide as a group. Later at 8 PM we gather to head down to Petra and enjoy Petra by Night tour lit by over 1500 candles. <div><br></div><div> Meals: </div><div>Breakfast, lunch & dinner 
</div><div><br></div><div>Destinations visited: </div><div>Al Shobak Castle, Little Petra & Petra by night</div><div><br></div><div>Accommodation: </div><div>Taybet Zaman or Beit Zaman hotel -Petra </div><div><br></div><div> Distance cycled: </div><div>35 km / 22 mile </div><div><br></div><div> Beida</div><div> means white in Arabic, the area got this name from the white rock around it. It is around 10 Km to the north of Petra. Little Petra is a site located in Beida. It was one of the main commercial areas of Petra, the entry and exit point for the trade routes to the north and north-west. It was inhabited by the Nabataeans and has lots of tombs, water containers and channels. It has a small path that leads to some of the inside area, Siq al Bared, the scale of this area and the fact that it is a continuation of Petra gave it the name of Little Petra.

The </div><div><br></div><div>King’s Highway </div><div>twists and winds its way through the heart of Jordan, connecting Madaba, Karak, Tafileh, Shobak and Petra. <div>The King’s Highway is the world’s oldest continuously used communication route, and is mentioned early in the Bible. In Numbers 20, Moses requests the king of Edom to allow his people to "travel along the king’s highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.</div></div>
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                                        Day Three: Petra 
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                                        Leaving the Monastery, we start our “backwards” Petra tour descending 850+ stairs (which we would otherwise be climbing if we hadn’t taken the backtrail hike avoiding the main tourist traffic) to come down to the basin of Petra and proceed with our guided tour visiting the Daughter’s palace, the theatre (entirely carved out in the mountainside and accommodates more than 8500 people), the court, the Treasury (the most famous monument in Petra which was built to impress) and then walk out through the Siq (narrow deep gorge that is the main entrance to Petra). 
We then go back to our hotel to rest before we gather again in the evening for a group dinner at one of our favorite local restaurants in Wadi Musa. 
<div><br></div><div>Meals:</div><div>Breakfast, lunch & dinner </div><div><br></div><div>Destinations visited: </div><div>Petra </div><div><br></div><div>Accommodation: </div><div>Taybet Zaman or Beit Zaman hotel -Petra 
</div><div><br></div><div>Petra </div><div>is one of the world's heritage sites and one of the world's new 7 wonders. An ancient rock city was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Built around 2,300 years ago, the imposing rose-stone palaces are an impressive testament to the power and influence of the Nabateans, who controlled trade around the area in the 3rd century BC. Petra is surrounded by hills in which tombs have been carved into the pink sandstone. The site includes some 800 structures. The Victorian traveler and poet Dean Burgon gave Petra a description which holds to this day ¬"Match me such a marvel save in Eastern clime, a rose-red city half as old as time." Yet words can hardly do justice to the magnificence that is Petra.</div>
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                                        Day Four: Wadi Rum 
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                                        This morning is free for you to rest and recharge your energy. You may choose to have lunch at the hotel or head down to town to grab a bite. 
A 2 hour drive in the afternoon takes us to Wadi Rum. We head to the mud flats of Disi-a vast flat field with hard ground in the middle of the desert-where we set off on a charming bike ride and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the colorful sandstone massive desert mountains. At the end of this circular route, we stop for a little refreshment before we head to Rum village, meet our Bedouin host, mount the jeeps and enter deep into the Wadi Rum Protected Area to reach our Bedouin campsite which has a great location to watch one magical sunset. 
We come to settle in at our campsite then meet for a feast on a well-deserved 'Zarb' - a traditional Bedouin dish of meat and vegetables cooked underneath the desert sand. 
 We will gather around the campfire and get to know our Bedouin hosts, exchange banters and learn something about their exceptional culture. 
Whether you would like to spend the night inside your Bedouin goat-hair tent or take your mattress out to sleep under a canopy of twinkling stars, the choice is yours. 
<div><br></div><div>Meals: </div><div>Breakfast & dinner </div><div><br></div><div> Destinations visited: </div><div>Wadi Rum 
</div><div><br></div><div>Accommodation: </div><div>Bedouin campsite -Wadi Rum </div><div><br></div><div>Distance cycled:</div><div>27 km / 17 mile (circular route) 
</div><div><br></div><div>Wadi Rum </div><div>is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in south-west Jordan. It has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times and is dotted with massive rock formations. It is virtually untouched by humanity and its destructive forces. Here, it is the weather and winds that have carved the imposing, towering skyscrapers, so elegantly described by T.E. Lawrence as "vast, echoing and god-like".  Much of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia was filmed in Wadi Rum. </div>
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                                        Waking up to the silent desert, breakfast will usually be served by 7 a.m. accompanied fruits, tea and nescafe. You may of course pocket a snack for later. After breakfast, we will get in the jeeps for the short drive to Jebel Burda passing through a wide valley with magnificent cliffs and sand dunes. Reaching the trailhead by the foot of Burda we start our mountain trek towards the famous rock bridge of Burda. This route involves some relatively easy scrambling across open rock slabs and through a maze of alleys. Our guide will lead us through the best route to a small plateau and into a hidden gulley which offer an awesome view of the bridge above. Then we climb a short steep wall while being safeguarded by a climbing rope and walk over the rock bridge to enjoy awe-inspiring views across the whole desert region. 
Descending back we have the option of an alternative route, again crossing wonderful open slabs and scrambling down in a steep groove. Back at the mountain foot after a 3-hour round-trip, we meet our crew who has chosen a shaded spot for us to have lunch and a siesta before we proceed with our Jeep tour of Wadi Rum exploring some of the desert's attraction sites such as Lawrence Spring, Lawrence House remains, Al Khazaali Canyon and stop at one of the big sand dune for an opportunity to take-off our shoes climb up and run down its soft sand. Sounds childish, but lots of fun! 
Then we will find a good spot to watch another enchanting sunset before heading back to the camp, gather wash up then gather around the campfire, have dinner cooked in the ember of fire and spend another peaceful desert night. <div><br></div><div> Meals: </div><div>Breakfast, lunch & dinner </div><div><br></div><div> Destinations visited: </div><div>Wadi Rum </div><div><br></div><div> Accommodation: </div><div>Bedouin campsite -Wadi Rum </div>
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                                        Day Six: Aqaba – Feynan 
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                                        This morning we'll say farewell to Rum and depart in harmony with its slow pace; riding, camels back to Rum Village-some 2 hour trek. 
A 45 minute drive takes us to Aqaba to spend a couple of hours at the Red Sea. We’ll check into the Royal Diving Center beach facility where we can swim, snorkel, scuba dive or just relax on the beach with a cold drink in hand. 
Later in the afternoon, we travel north for approximately 2 hours along Wadi Araba (part of the Great Rift Valley) towards Feynan Eco Lodge – rated one of the world’s top 50 eco lodges by National Geographic magazine. 
Around two kilometers before we reach the lodge, we’ll dismount our vehicle and walk to the top of a gentle outcrop to watch another dramatic sunset then walk to our candle-lit eco lodge, check into our rooms for a little rest before we gather again around a nice healthy dinner of various vegetarian local recipes, and spend the night enjoying the tranquility of the place. 
<div><br></div><div>Meals: </div><div>Breakfast & dinner </div><div><br></div><div> Destinations visited: </div><div>Aqaba & Feynan </div><div><br></div><div> Accommodation: </div><div>Feynan Eco lodge 
</div><div><br></div><div>Feynan, </div><div>is located in the Araba Valley, within the boundaries of Dana Biosphere Reserve. It was one of the largest copper works in the ancient Near East. Copper production in feynan reached its peak under the Edomites (during the 9-5th centuries BCE) when mining and smelting techniques attained high professional level and probably influenced the economic and political power of the Edomites. Giant mounds of more than 200,000 tons of slag attest to copper productions on an industrial scale. One can imagine endless caravans of pack animals carrying juniper beams from the uplands to stoke the furnaces. What remain today are runs of Byzantine churches, an aqueduct and a water reservoir and smelting furnace. The site has been exploited since the Early Bronze Age (middle of the third millennium BCE), the Iron Age 9-5th centuries BCE, the Roman Period 2-4th centuries and Byzantine churches and Christian and Islamic graves. 
</div><div><br></div><div>Feynan Eco Lodge: </div><div>Set among the arid mountains of Wadi Araba, the Feynan Eco-lodge forms the western gateway of the Dana Biosphere Reserve, and provides a special experience in desert accommodation. The lodge has a unique arabesque desert design and uses environment-friendly technologies, including solar power. At night, most of the lodge will be lit by candles, making it a very romantic destination.</div>
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                                        Day Seven: Feynan – Dead Sea 
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                                        After breakfast, we'll mount our bikes from the lodge heading to the ancient copper mines of Feynan. A short hike will lead us to the mines for an opportunity to see how vast deposits of copper were discovered, mined and processed at Feynan by ancient civilizations thousands of years ago and what an important supply center Feynan was for the Roman Empire. 
Back on our bikes we explore Feynan’s local villages. Off-road tracks lead through Bedouin communities to the two nearby villages, where we can weave in and out of the narrow roads and gain an authentic sense of the daily activities and life of the villagers. We then ride back to the lodge for lunch. 
 On the road again, we head to the Dead Sea – the world’s lowest spot with the highest concentration of oxygen – to spend two nights and the region’s most luxurious resort, the Kempenski Ishtar. 
There you can experience the special buoyancy experience – floating in the world’s saltiest lake, and enjoy the resort’s amazing spa and different facilities. <div><br></div><div>Meals: </div><div>Breakfast & lunch </div><div><br></div><div> Destinations visited: </div><div>Feynan & Dead Sea </div><div><br></div><div> Accommodation: </div><div>Kempenski Ishtar – Dead Sea </div><div><br></div><div> Distance cycled: </div><div>27 km / 17 mile (two-way route) 
</div><div><br></div><div>The Dead Sea </div><div>is famous geographically as "the lowest point on earth," lying some 400 meters below sea level. It is 75 kilometers long and from 6 to 16 kilometers wide. It is fed by the Jordan River, but it has no outlet. As its name suggests, the Dead Sea is entirely devoid of plant and animal life. This is due to an extremely high content of salt and other minerals—350 grams of salt per kilogram of water, as compared to about 40 grams in the world’s oceans. This concentration is caused by a rapid rate of evaporation. These natural elements give the waters of the Dead Sea certain curative properties, recognized since the days of Herod the Great over 2000 years ago.</div>
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                                        Day Eight: Dead Sea 
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                                        (continue your stay at the Kempenski Ishtar Resort) 
You can also choose to undertake interesting optional activities around the Dead Sea area ¬your guides can explain your options and help you plan and arrange. For example, you may choose to visit Mount Nebo and the Mosaic town of Madaba, take a bike ride from Madaba to Mukawir village followed by an pleasant local interaction opportunity over a meal with a local family, or you may even choose to undertake an amazing canyoning adventure through the magnificent river canyon of Wadi Mujib, etc… <div><br></div><div> Meals: </div><div>Breakfast </div><div><br></div><div> Destinations visited: </div><div>Feynan & Dead Sea </div><div><br></div><div> Accommodation: </div><div>Kempenski Ishtar – Dead Sea</div>
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                                        Today we’ll be transferring to the airport, say goodbye and wish you a pleasant journey back home or to your next destination. 
<div><br></div><div>Meals: </div><div>Breakfast </div><div><br></div><div>Accomplished: </div><div>Absolute Total Satisfaction and a Great Sense of Real Adventure Accomplished! 
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