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Introduction
Contents
Sample Route
Availability
Published
Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
17 Jul 2008
Edition
Second
ISBN
9781852845209
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ISBN (10)
1852845201
Size
21.0 x 14.8 x 1.5cm
Weight
610g
Pages
336
Originally Published
17 Jul 2008

Jordan – Walks, Treks, Caves, Climbs and Canyons

by Tony Howard, Di Taylor

This guidebook to Jordan 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. More...

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Seasons

Too hot June–August. Spring (late March to end May)/autumn (late September to mid-November) is Read More... good for walks. There can be flash floods in canyons winter/spring up to April, so summer to early autumn is best for canyoning. Northern hills have snow in winter.

Centres

Pella, Ajloun, Amman, Madaba, Karak, Dana, Wadi Musa, Wadi Rum village, Aqaba

Difficulty

Routes to suit all abilities. Any requiring special skills or equipment are identified as such. Read More... Some routes in remote areas. Route-finding ability often required... good maps are difficult to obtain.

Must See

Flower-carpeted 'alpine meadows' of the north; spectacular Dead Sea canyons; multi-day Dana–Petra Read More... treks; ancient city of Petra; caving and climbing in Jordan's exotic limestone regions; Wadi Rum's world famous Bedouin hunting routes and Jordan's highest mountain; a night in a real Bedouin camp.
 
 

There is an English 1:50,000 map series to Jordan (code K737) dating from the 1960s and 1970s, and a new series in Arabic to the same scale. Both are almost impossible to obtain, but you can try contacting: The Royal Geographical Centre, PO Box 20214, 11118 Amman, Jordan tel: 009626 5345188, fax 009626 5347694, e-mail: rjgc@rjgc.gov.jo, website: www.rjgc.gov.jo. The relevant K737 series map numbers are given at the beginning of each section.


Geological maps at the same scale can be bought for 4JD from: The Natural Resources Authority, 8th Circle, PO Box 7, 11118 Amman, Jordan tel: 009626 5857612, fax: 009626 5811866, e-mail: marwanmd@nra.gov.jo, website: www.nra.gov.jo/side.htm
 

 
 
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