Kerak
Kerak itself is not really special. The castle is not really impressive, don't expect anything like the Crac des Chevaliers. Entrance is 1 JD.
Wadi ibn Hammad
The main reason to come to Kerak should be to do the walk of Wadi ibn Hammad. This is a walk which is not very well known, but for our
Joker group, it was the best walk we had, really super. It was rated 9,38/10, the highest rate.
It is not easy to organize it. You should first get yourself a local guide costing between 50 and 100 JD for the trip, and you also need your own transport with driver.
Description of the walk:
- The start of the trip is 34 km north of Kerak in a very small village, no bus there. The road winds down tow
ards the river.
- Then you start walking, and almost immediately, you'll walk in the water and into the narrow siq, with plants and palm trees on the wall, some waterfalls here and there. Most of the time you'll walk in the water with water under the knees, at some places the water will come till your waist. This will of course also depend on the time of the year you're coming. Also, your local guide will know that you cannot do this walk during or shortly after rain due to the risk of flash floods.
- After 3 hours, you get out of the siq. In may, you'll see beautiful flowering oleanders. You can stop here for lunch. Then you'll go for another 2,5 to 3 hours.
- There, your driver should pick you up.
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