Experience the journey that is Jordan
Posted in Day 6 - Wadi Rum & Aqaba, Ecotourism on Oct 24th, 2008
The first day started off with a three hour camel ride in Lawrence’s old stomping grounds, Wadi Rum. Yes, camel riding is the iconic Middle Eastern experience (not to mention Lawrence’s preferred method of transportation) but believe you me, we could have lived without the angry, farting camels and all the leg and back pain associated with being perched atop them for three hours.
Posted in Dean's blog on Sep 29th, 2008
“… the award-winning sustainable tourism and eco-tourism projects, which are helping us to both protect and promote the things that are most precious to us …
… From Yarmouk in the north to the southern mountains of Aqaba, these parks will create wildlife corridors and sanctuaries for endangered plants. They’ll be looked after by local communities, [...]
Posted in Ecotourism on Sep 21st, 2008
Work to re-invent the Jordans’s Shaumari wildlife reserve as a premiere eco-tourism destination for camping and safari, as well as a breeding center endangered species such as the Arabian Oryx, is set to start after Eid Al Fitr (the Muslim celebration marking the end of Ramadan).
Posted in Ecotourism, Experience the Journey on Sep 17th, 2008
Wadi Rum speaks a beauty that is universally understood – as demonstrated in this at SobreTurismo, a Spanish language travel blog whose title in English simply reads “Jordan: The desert of Wadi Rum.”
Berenice Lomont, the author of the article, expresses the universality of Wadi Rum’s “vast and echoing and god-like” magic in a sentiment coined [...]
Posted in Ecotourism on Aug 25th, 2008
Described as ‘Vast and echoing and god-like’ by T.E. Lawrence in his famed 7 Pillars of Wisdom, rarely does a visitor leave unawed and uninspired by this moonscape. In fact the only regret of this writer is that he did not have enough time to spend the night in this “magically haunted” moonscape – vowing [...]
Posted in Google News on Aug 20th, 2008
This from the Chinese Xinhua News Agency … and it’s not about the Olympics:
AMMAN, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Jordan’s government seeks to add four more natural sites to the UN’s World Heritage List, local daily The Jordan Times reported on Thursday.
The four sites are the Dana, Al Azraq, Al Mujib and Wadi Rum nature [...]
Posted in Ecotourism on Aug 1st, 2008
Signing-up for the inaugural Back Roads Bicycle tour of Jordan with the adventure company Explore, Times Online journalist Vincent Crump describes his 280-mile journey through Jordan. A two-wheeled epic adventure from Amman to Aqaba through the Great Rift Valley that included:
Posted in Ecotourism, Experience the Journey on Jun 6th, 2008
I’ve only mentioned ecotourism in Jordan once on this blog, and yet it seems to have brought in a great deal of interest in the form of links and emails. That in mind, here are some more recent articles from eco-tourists, ecopreneurists and a Peace Corps worker, all experiencing the journey that is Jordan without trashing the country side or the indigenous population.
Posted in Ecotourism, Experience the Journey on May 17th, 2008
Imagine abseiling the cliffs of Wadi Manshalah, racing through the red sand dunes of Wadi Rum, or perhaps even going against the flow swimming upstream at Wadi Mujib. These are just some of the natural treasures off the beaten track in Jordan one can take-in while engaging in ecotourism in Jordan.
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