Trekking and Canyoning in the Jordanian Dead Sea Rift

Ita Haviv (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2001
Desert Breeze Press (Verlag)
978-965-90315-0-4 (ISBN)

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The Jordanian Dead Sea Rift includes some of the world's most ragged and colorful desert landscapes. Its dramatic canyons are only now beginning to be reveated, offering the trekker untamed desert wilderness. Year-round streams, waterfalls and lush vegetation are all here to be found, dotting the desert with numerous oases. Rising above the canyons are mazes of sandstone domes and isolated cliffs with spectacular vistas. Bedouin nomads roam through the region, herding their goats and often still living in goat-hair tents, not far from world-famous archeological sites such as the Nabataean city of Petra. It is amazing that a region as spectacular as the Jordanian Dead Sea Rift remained unknown to hikers for so many years. The guidebook is based on many months of through, day-to-day landscape survey of the Jordanian Rift, as well as on 6 years of leading trekking expeditions in Jordan. It is written from the perspective of an experienced hiker and guide who is also an environmentalist and geologist. The book describes 68 routes ranging from one to six days. Among the routes are easy walks for dayhikers as well as challenging treks. 12 canyoning routes demand abseiling skills.
The book is 264 pages long including 41 detailed maps, 3 true-color satellite images and 24 color pages. Background information include geography, history, flora, fauna, people and culture, nature conservation and language as well as practical information about when to trek, how to get there, what to take etc.

Itai Haviv is a geotogist and environmentalist with extensive desert guiding experience in Sinal, the Judean and Negev deserts, and Jordan.

Introduction; About the region; Geography; Geology; Hydrology; History; Exploration; Flora; Fauna; Nature conservation; People and culture; Language; Practical information; When to go; Getting to Jordan; Equipment; Abseiling and special equipment; Time; Money; Books; Maps; Holidays; Getting around; Women travellers; Accommodation and camping; Food and drinks; Trekking information; Water; Trek maps; Guides and organized treks; General code of behavior; Safety & First aid; Dehydration; Heat stroke; Flash floods; Snakebite; Scorpions; General; Rescue; The northern tip of the Dead Sea and Madaba area; From Wadi Mukheiris to Wadi Zarqa Ma'in; 1. Wadi Mukheiris; 2. Wadi Manshala; 3. Wadi Himara; 4. Across northern Moab From Wadi Mukheiris to Wadi Manshala; 5. Wadi Zarqa Ma'in, lower gorge; 6. Wadi Zarqa Ma'in, Upper canyon; The Mujib Nature Reserve and Dhiban area From Wadi Zarqa Ma'in to Wadi Shuqeiq; 7. Wadi Abu Khusheiba; 8. Wadi 'Attun; 9. Wadi Daba'; 10. Wadi Mujib's lower gorge; 11. Wadi Mujib's lower gorge, a short route; 12. Wadi el Hidan; Karak area and Mazra'a Bay; From Wadi Shuqeiq to Wadi Hasa; 13. Wadi Ibn Hammad; 14. Wadi Karak; 15. Wadi Weida'a; 16. Wadi 'Assal; 17. From Wadi Numeira to Wadi Marsad; 18. Wadi Hudeira; 19-21. Wadi Hasa; 19. Wadi Hasa's upper canyon to Wadi 'Afra; 20. Wadi Hasa, lower canyon; 21. Wadi Hasa, the full lengh; Tafila area and Dana Nature Reserve; From Wadi Hasa to Wadi Ghuweir; 22. Wadi Jifneh; 23. Jabel Muleih and Wadi Jifneh; 24. Wadi 'Aima and Wadi Feifa; 25. Wadi Umruq; 26. Wadi Khanzira; 27. Wadi Khanzira, a short route; 28. Wadi 'Aima to Wadl Khanzira; 29. Sela' - The Rock of Edom; 30-35. Dana Nature Reserve; 30. The Cave Trail; 31. The Campsite Trail; 32. Jabel Rummana Trail; 33. Dana Village to Rummana Campsite; 34. Dana Village to Feinan Campsite; 35. Wadi Hamra to Hammam Dathneh; 36. Wadi Ghuweir; 37. From Wadi Hamra to Wadi Ghuweir; 38. Feinan's copper works; Shawbak and Petra areas; From Wadi Ghuweir to Wadi Musa; 39. Umm el 'Ammad Cave; 40. Wadi Feid; 41. The Black Mountains; 42. Canyons and ancient caravan routes; 43. Ba'ja Edomite stronghold; 44. Little Petra and its surroundings; 45. From Little Petra to Petra; 46. Wadi Musa; 47. Jabel Umm el Biyara; 48. Wadi Mudhlim; 49. Jabel Harun; The mountains of Rajef and Humeima; From Wadi Musa to Wadi Rahma; 50. Jabel el Quseir Edomite stronghold; 51. From Petra to Taybeh; 52. The Rajef Inselbergs; 53. Around Rajef - Jabel Barza, Wadi Hurma, Wadi Abu et 'Uruq; 54. Around Rajef - Jabel Juleif, Wadi Tajra, Wadi Abu el 'Uruq; 55. The White Narrows and the Dark Gorge; 56. Ein-es Sadeh; 57. Across southern Edom from Dilagha to Humeima; 58. The sand dunes of Wadi Rakiya; 59-60. Humeima; 59. Jabel Humeima; 60. Humeima from the Horn of the Gazelle; 61. From Petra to Humeima; 62. Wadi Khubat; 63. Wadi Rahma; 64. Wadi Khubat to Wadi Rahma; 65. Jabel Sor; The Mountains of 'Aqaba; From Wadi Rahma to the Gulf of 'Aqaba; 66. Jabel Baqer; Wadi Rum; 67. Across Jabel Umm 'Ishrin; 68. To the summit of Jabel Rum; Glossary; Index; Map Legend

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2001
Zusatzinfo	24pp colour photographs and illustrations
Verlagsort	Jerusalem
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Naher Osten ► Jordanien
ISBN-10	965-90315-0-5 / 9659031505
ISBN-13	978-965-90315-0-4 / 9789659031504
Zustand	Neuware