Dana Travel Blogs

We arose Sunday morning feeling recharged and ready for a challenging hike we had arranged.  Today’s conquest was Shaq Ar-Resh in Wadi Dana.  This time my attempt to secure a reservation with a RSCN guide went noticed, because at check-in in the night before we were asked if we minded s…

  We had wanted to make more stops along the way, but unfortunately the taxi had thoughts of its own. It stopped a bit too early, if you know what you mean. When we were driving up the hill in Karak the engine started to jolt and seemingly lost all its power. I recognised this kind of behavi…

Petra, Wadi Rum and more

My blog for the vacation I had in the Middle East. For this year I planned to do something totally different (not being a western country). I ended up "picking" Syria, Lebanon and Jordan for this. In this blog I'll tell my experiences, but also try to give some tips for future travelers.

Late the evening of the 25th we arrived at Dana Village, which looks out over the vast area known as the Dana Nature Reserve.  The little village consists of a couple hotels, a couple houses, and a small market, but it had everything we needed.  We arrived at our hotel just in time for di…

The highlights of Jordan

Amazing 9 day trip around Jordan with my younger brother.