Dana to Petra by Bike

• Return from Petra, the tour finishes upon arrival to Petra
• All personal cycling equipment (see Bikes & Support tab for more)
• Tips for service providers (guides, drivers, camping staff, etc.)
• Alcoholic drinks and Personal Expenses
• Travel insurance

The tour Starts at a central location in Amman, location TBA prior to the tour, and Ends near Petra Visitor Center. Locations are to be advised in our final pre-arrival e-mail.

As per our schedule, we should be arriving Petra Visitor Center by 12 pm at latest, and thus you’d have multiple options to extend your stay:

• Visit Petra on the same day and return back to Amman in the evening OR carry on south to Wadi Rum or Aqaba.
• Spend afternoon relaxing, overnight in Petra (please check the add-on section) and visit Petra the following morning. Then, return back to Amman in the evening OR carry on south to Wadi Rum or Aqaba.

Transportation options:

• You can book a private car to Amman or Wadi Rum (please check the add-on section).
• Take a Jett bus whether to Amman or Aqaba, which leaves Petra daily at 5 pm (double check the schedule).

Middle Eastern food is world famous! You’ll try a variety of dishes as we’ll cater traditional Jordanian food during the tour. Here below is the list of included meals:

Day 1: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Breakfast.

*Vegetarian and vegan options are available.

Wilderness camping: Single dome tents with mattresses, blankets and pillows provided. During the camping, a ‘wash room’ tent and toilet tent will be set up.

These are basic facilities, but allow privacy to wash and use the bathroom.

It’s an active tour and physical health and appropriate fitness level is required. This tour is rated as moderate. You should be comfy with riding appx 75 km and climbing almost 1,400m over the course of 2 days.

It’s a Group tour and our pace is appx 9 km/h including regroups, snacks, water and lunch breaks en route. Average riding speed is appx 14 km/h.

If you are not confident about some trails’ difficulty in the itinerary, do not hesitate to get in contact with us before booking.

Bikes:

Bike provision is already included into a tour cost, so you don’t have to worry about bringing your own. Our bikes are Scott Aspect 740 (27,5” Hardtails with Alivio/Deore Groupset, 2×9 and Hydraulic disk brakes), which are well suited for this tour’s mix of both on-road and non-technical off-road riding. We guarantee full mechanical support throughout the whole tour, i.e spare parts, bike change.

E-Bikes (supplement applies):

Our bikes are Trek Powerfly 5 2022 model, The First E-bikes in Jordan. It’s a hardtail one with RockShox fork and Deore XT/Deore groupset, equipped with Bosch Performance CX 250W 85Nm mid-drive motor and Bosch PowerTube 625 Wh battery. Available in S, M and L sizes. E-bikes are offered on First-Come-First-Served basis as the quantity is limited.

Pedals & Saddles:

All our bikes are equipped with flat pedals, unisex saddles and one water bottle cage. Feel absolutely free to bring your own saddle or SPD pedals. Our team will assist you to install these.

Helmet:

Our primary concern at Experience Jordan is the safety of our riders. Therefore, wearing a helmet is a must on all our biking tours. We don’t provide helmets by default due to a hygiene reasons and strongly encourage you to bring your own. But we still can provide you with one free of charge if needed, please request it once the booking is confirmed.

Riders should be comfortable riding on a variety of surfaces including trails, paved, unpaved/gravel and rocky roads that may encounter low vehicle traffic. Our off-roads trails are mainly 4×4 jeep tracks, hard packed sand and short sections of a soft sand as we approach the desert.