Jordan - Walks, Treks, Caves, Climbs and Canyons

Jordan is a land of unexpected beauty and great variety. This guide describes a variety of walks, treks, caves, climbs and canyons in this wonderful landscape, based around Pella, Ajloun, the Dead Sea Hills, Dana, Petra and Wadi Rum. Covers Jordan's newly created nature reserves.

The following are listed by date of first publication. Note that some of the older books may be difficult to obtain unless they have been republished.

Background information
The Land and the Book     W. M. Thompson (T. Nelson & Sons 1859)
With the Bedouins     Gray Hill (T. Fisher Unwin 1890)
In the Steps of Moses the Conqueror     Louis Golding (Rich & Cowan 1938)
The Land of Midian     Richard F. Burton (Kegan Paul & Co 1879; Oleander Press 1984)
Archaeology of Jordan     Dr Fawzi Zayadine (Department of Antiquities, Amman 1985)
Travels in Arabia Deserta     Charles M. Doughty (1888; Dover Publications Inc 1979)
Palestine Past and Present     L. Valentine (Frederick Warne & Co c1919)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom     T. E. Lawrence (Jonathan Cape 1922, 1935; Penguin 1962; also Wordsworth Classics and Castlehill Press)
A Soldier with The Arabs     Glubb Pasha (Hodder & Stoughton c1930)
In the Steps of The Master     H. V. Morton (Rich & Cowan 1934)
In the Steps of Moses the Conqueror     L. Golding (Rich & Cowan 1938)
Through Lands of the Bible     H. V. Morton (Methuen & Co 1938)
A History of Jordan and its Tribes     F. G. Peake (Coral Gables, University of Miami Press 1958)
Portrait of a Desert     G. Mountfort (Harper Collins 1965)
In the Footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia     Charles Blackmore (Harrap Ltd 1986)
Dancing at the Dead Sea      Alanna Mitchell (University of Chicago Press 2005)

Guidebooks
Petra     Ian Browning (Chatto & Windus Ltd 1982)
Petra – a guide to the capital of the Nabataeans     Rami G. Khouri (Longman 1986)
The Antiquities of the Jordan Rift Valley      Rami G. Khouri (Al Kutba 1988)
The Birds of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan      Ian J. Andrews (I. J. Andrews 1995)
Jordan Revealed      Anthony King (Boxer Publishers 1997)
Landscapes of The Holy Land     Susan Arenz (Sunflower Books 1997)
Jordan, Syria and Lebanon Travel Atlas     (Lonely Planet 1997)
Walks and Scrambles in Wadi Rum      Di Taylor and Tony Howard (JDA, revised edition 1998)
Wild Flowers of Jordan    Dawud M.H. Al-Eisawi (National Library, Jordan 1998)
Petra     Jane Taylor (Aurum Press, revised edition 1999)
Petra: Rose Red City     Christian Auge and Jean-Marie Dentzer (New Horizons 2000)
Mammals of Jordan     Zuhair S Amr (Zuhair S. Amr 2000)
Petra – A Traveller’s Guide     Rosalyn Maqsood (Garnet Publishing Ltd 1994, 3rd edition 2002)
Jordan, Syria and Lebanon Handbook     Ivan Mannheim (Footprint 2000)
Jordan Blue Guide     Rollin & Streetly (A. & C. Black 1996, revised edition 2001)
Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans     Jane Taylor (I. B. Tauris, 2005)
Jordan     Bradley Mayhew (Lonely Planet, revised edition 2006)
Jordan     Mathew Teller (Rough Guide, revised edition 2006)
Insight Guide to Jordan     (APA 1997, revised edition 2007)
A Field Guidebook to the Plants and Animals of Petra     (Petra National Trust 2007)
Treks and Climbs in Wadi Rum     Tony Howard (Cicerone 1987, 4th edition 2007)
Trekking and Canyoning in the Jordanian Dead Sea Rift     Itai Haviv (Desert Breeze Press 2000, update due 2009)
Climbing and Mountaineering in Jordan     Sabbah Atieq, Wilfried Colonna and Bernard Domenech (not yet published)

Trekking, climbing and caving guidebooks to other Middle East and North African countries
Rock Climbing in Oman     Alec McDonald (Apex Publishing 1993)
The Ala Dag, Climbs & Treks in Turkey’s Crimson Mountains     O. B Tüzel (Cicerone 1993)
The Mountains of Turkey     Karl Smith (Cicerone 1994)
An Introduction to the Caves of Oman     Samir Hanna and Mohammed el-Balushi (Motivate Publishing 1996)
Adventure Trekking in Oman      Jerry Hadwin and Anne Dale (Gerry Hadwin, UK Cordee 2001)
The Nativity Trail & Walks in Palestine     Tony Howard and Di Taylor (Cicerone 2001)
Climbing in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas     Claude Davies (Cicerone 2004)
St Paul’s Trail, Turkey     Kate Clow with Terry Richardson (Upcountry [Turkey] Ltd 2004)
The Lycian Way, Turkey     Kate Clow with Terry Richardson (Upcountry [Turkey] Ltd 2005)
Trekking in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco     Karl Smith (Cicerone 2005)
Greece and the Middle East Rock Climbing Atlas     Wynand Groenwegen and Marloes van den Berg (Rocks Unlimited Publications 2006)
South Western Europe and Morocco Rock Climbing Atlas    Wynand Groenwegen and Marloes van den Berg (Rocks Unlimited Publications 2007)

Advice on safety and technique
Complete Caving Manual     A. Sparrow (Crowood Press 2001)
The Hillwalker’s Guide to Mountaineering     Terry Adby and Stuart Johnston (Cicerone 2003, 2007)
Rock Climbing Essential Skills and Techniques     Libby Peter (Mountain Leader Training UK 2004)
Canyoning in Southern Europe     J. Bull (Cicerone 2008)