Wellness trip in nature Jordan

• Hammam experience, your body feels soft and so clean afterwards.
• Floating in the mineral-rich Dead Sea and smearing yourself with the pure black mud is such a soothing experience. The minerals with lots of magnesium to relax your muscles, give your body energy, good for bone formation, important for the heart, blood pressure, wound healing. And of course good for stress and depression, for the nervous system, migraine and memory. The many other minerals replenish deficiencies in the body, the skin absorbs what it needs. You feel reborn.
• The natural waterfalls and hot springs in Ma'in were already recognized by the Romans. There is even a hot steam room behind the waterfall in the rocks where you breathe in the mix of minerals from the mountains and let it soak into your skin. The powerful waterfall in front of the steam room gives you a wonderful massage on your shoulders and back.
• The mountain of Moses is a spiritual place of pilgrimage. Here you have a beautiful view of the mountains of Moab, the Dead Sea and the land of milk and honey that was shown to Moses after 40 years of wandering in the deserts.
• In the museum in Amman on the Citadel that you visit you will see a number of Dead Sea scrolls on display. A wish of many to see these and to gain more knowledge from them. The ancient texts become reality, a return to the source of life.
• Dana, a ruined village that is still partly inhabited, located on top of a mountain with the most beautiful views will charm you. You sleep in a hotel that is located in the ruins. Another world in a green environment to stimulate your senses. Located in the nature reserve with a large variety of plants and animals that no longer occur in other places.
• In Petra is the source of Moses in the village of Wadi Musa (Moses Valley) that is next to the site Petra. The water from the mountains is still used by some of the population who come here to fill water bottles. You can drink the water straight from the source. Next to the source is the rock that Moses is said to have hit with his stick to make the water flow.
• In Wadi Rum you feel the powerful energy of the desert strongly, the clean dry air that you breathe cleanses your lungs and your body.
• You enjoy an Arabian therapy, the Kasaath Hawa, in the form of a half hour massage with glasses and fire to create a vacuum on the skin, which brings about a detox of your body. Drink a lot after this therapy and keep moving.
• Your camel, the means of transport in the desert of a century ago, is already waiting for a tour to the sunset after the therapy. In the caravan of camels you feel like a pilgrim traveler or a trader with precious goods from the east and south who travels through the deserts.
• Visit to "Wildflower of the Desert", a small oasis in the desert with a collection of animals, a fruit forest with many vegetables, herbs and medicinal herbs. A foot bath with fresh and dried herbs and flowers from the garden awaits you here to give your body a natural boost of healthy plant substances. Your feet carry your body, they should now come first to be pampered.

Highlights not to be missed

• Amman, the capital of Jordan, you will stay in the historical part of Amman and visit the Citadel, with the museum, the Roman theatre and part of the souk with traditional shops such as herbs, bakeries, souvenirs, the fruit and vegetable market and traditional clothing.
• Mount Nebo, the mountain of Moses with the mosaics, the place of pilgrimage, the new basilica and a view over the mountains of Moab, the Dead Sea and the land of milk and honey on the other side.
• Madaba, the mosaic city of Jordan with a visit to the historical map, a mosaic of the wide area of ​​the Dead Sea that is located in the St. George Church.
• The Dead Sea, one of the lowest points in the world where the Dead Sea with the healing minerals in the salt water and the black mud, originated deep from the earth. Of course there is a spa in one of the hotels where people with all kinds of ailments can stay for weeks to heal. The air above the Dead Sea is like a mineral-rich haze that hangs over the sea. Very healthy for all kinds of respiratory diseases. Because this place is so low, the harmful rays of the sun are naturally filtered out of the air. The sun is an important part of the therapies that people enjoy at the Dead Sea in addition to the minerals in the salt and mud. It is usually a place that is warm, even in winter.
• Dana, the idyllic ruin village situated on a mountain. There are still a number of Bedouins living in this place. It offers beautiful viewpoints in the valley that leads to the Wadi Feynan and the Wadi Araba. You are in another world for a while and sleep in one of the ruins in your hotel. You can imagine that several films have been shot here, because of the authentic habitation, rugged nature, lots of greenery and the dark mountains.
• Petra, one of the seven new wonders of the world, the pink city, carved into the rocks and with separate buildings. An ingenious water system that could provide the city with around 50,000 inhabitants at its peak, hidden in the mountains, with water. The area is extensive, you will take the most beautiful route with, among other things, the Siq (gorge), with the "Treasury" at the end, the most photographed building in Jordan. You can feel the atmosphere of the caravans that visited Petra, there are still stalls with Bedouins where people can buy souvenirs and other trinkets. You see temples, tombs, the Roman theatre, you walk through the colonnade and can imagine how trade was conducted here, you see the remains of the large fountain, nymphaeum in Petra. And above all you marvel at the various intense colours of the rocks, from bright brick red to deep yellow, white lines and dark spots in the rocks. You keep wondering how they were able to build and carve this more than 2000 years ago with such precision down to the millimetre.
• Little Petra, is special because there is a fresco that you will not find in the famous Petra. In addition, you will visit an enormous water reservoir in the mountain.
• Wadi Rum, one of the most beautiful deserts on earth, a nature reserve that is protected. With many rocks, the highest mountain, Umm Addami on the border with Saudi Arabia, lots of sand, sand dunes, also against rock formations. The red, yellow, orange, white and dark sand in all the nuances that you also find in the rocks. Lots of green in the places where the sand holds the water, even a single palm tree or olive tree, next to several acacia trees. There are extensive valleys with the layers of a coulisse landscape. Many animals such as a variety of birds, the raven is a protected animal in Wadi Rum. On the ground you will mainly encounter insects and different types of lizards, the wild dog and the fox roam the desert while more large game such as the gazelle and the wolf have moved outside the nature reserve. There are natural rock bridges, many rock carvings and inscriptions, water reservoirs that the Bedouins still use after rain has fallen.
• Aqaba, the southernmost place with a long history, of which you can hardly find anything anymore. The old name of Aqaba is Ayla. It was an oasis with fresh water on the sea. Around the Mamluk castle you can still find many palm trees with some museums how old Aqaba was a small fishing village on the sea a century ago. That is in addition to all the modern expansions that have made Aqaba a popular destination for holidaymakers that is still expanding. There is a subtropical climate.
• The underwater life in the Red Sea, south of Aqaba (South Beach) is where you will find the richness of color with the brown-purple mountains of Aqaba that almost rise out of the sea as a contrast. Tropical fish, soft and hard corals in all kinds of colors can be discovered while snorkeling, a few meters into the sea from the beach. Aqaba is an economic free zone, so you do not pay VAT. In the souk you will find modern shops next to the traditional spice shops, fresh market and clothing shops with small supermarkets everywhere and many restaurants. Aqaba is a four-country point, to the south lies Saudi Arabia, to the west Israel and overseas in the west you see Egypt.