Japanese Garden, Aqaba: the easiest dive site in the Red Sea, with the highest density of fish
Open Water-friendly, accessible from shore at Tala Bay, 5–18 m depth, and the Aqaba reef wall starts a few metres from the entry point. The…
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The Aqaba Marine Park: a walk along the Red Sea reef south of the city
Established 1997 along the southern Aqaba coast, the Marine Reserve protects 25 km of fringing reef and 30+ dive sites. Most visitors only …
Camel trekking overnight in Wadi Rum: what to expect and how the Bedouin route the trip
An overnight camel trek in Wadi Rum is the slow alternative to the 4×4 day. Five hours of walking pace, sunset on a high dune, dinner at a …
Stargazing in Wadi Rum: a Bortle-1 itinerary for the Milky Way and the Bedouin storytelling night
The Wadi Rum desert floor is one of the darkest skies in the Northern Hemisphere — Bortle Class 1, no light pollution, the galactic core vi…
The arch towers of Wadi Rum: Burdah, Um Fruth, and the natural bridges most 4x4 tours visit
The Wadi Rum 4x4 circuit hits a handful of natural rock arches — the Burdah Bridge (the highest natural arch in Jordan), Um Fruth, and the …
Best time to visit Jordan: a month-by-month guide for travellers planning a trip
Spring and autumn are the obvious answers, but the deeper question is which sites you want — Petra is good year-round, Wadi Rum is brutal i…
Getting around Jordan by JETT bus: routes, fares, and the booking-day reality
Jordan's main intercity bus operator runs the routes that matter — Amman to Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Jerash. Air-conditioned, reliable, and …
As-Salt: the Ottoman-era city UNESCO inscribed for being decent to its neighbours
Inscribed in 2021 as Al-Salt, The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality — yellow limestone houses with arched windows and frescoed ceili…
The Irbid archaeology museums: two collections at Yarmouk University, plus Tell Irbid itself
Two of the best regional archaeology museums in Jordan are on a single university campus 70 km north of Amman — the Museum of Jordanian Her…
Pella (Tabaqat Fahl): the Decapolis city that was already 4,000 years old when the Romans arrived
On the eastern foothills of the Jordan Valley, a tell with continuous occupation from 6,000 BCE to the Mamluk period — Bronze Age temple, R…
