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When you are visiting Petra in the
dust and the heat, few people dream that a few short
kilometers away there is a water canyon with great
abseiling and swimming! Head out towards Little Petra,
and after 3 or 4 kilometers there is a fork to the left.
Even a 4x4 cannot get too far along this track and you
will need to start with a couple of hours' walk. You
will pass various Nabatean carvings and remains along
the way; it is believed that this was a well traveled
track in Nabatean times.
A series of 5 waterfalls, all
suitable for abseiling, brings you down to the bottom of
the wadi - in some places here you might need to swim.
The trail passes beneath the Monastery (Ed Deir) at
Petra, but again, few people realize what lies below.
At the end of the canyon, about an
hour and a half's walking brings you back to the
original track and the car if you have left it here. |
