Explore Jordan's wilde places

Exploring

The only way to experience Mujib Nature Reserve is by foot. It offers some of the most dramatic and adventurous hiking trails in the Kingdom. Click here to view all trails.

Visitor Center

Browse through our information complex, which introduces visitors to the highlights of the Mujib Nature Reserve. It has an interpretation room that explains the reserve’s significance and biodiversity, and a reservation and reception desk.

Shopping

Browse through the Mujib Chalets and find truly original gifts and souvenirs, produced by the local people at the reserves.
In and around Mujib Nature Reserve

Ibex Enclosures
Ibex are currently being bred in the enclosure at the Raddas Rangers Station. A small breeding herd is kept within the enclosure as breeding stock for future release programs. To visit the ibex enclosures, check out the Ibex Trail.

Qasr Riyashi (6 km east of Mujib Nature Reserve) 
A ruined fortification of uncertain date. Villagers say that it is one of four castles in the area, occupied by a powerful Bedouin sheik known as Riyashi. Each of his sons reputedly occupied the castle, until a fight erupted over grazing rights and all of them were killed. To visit Qasr Riyashi, check out the Ibex Trail.

Lot’s Wife Statue (5 km south of Mujib Reserve)
A rock formation against the backdrop of the Dead Sea, believed to be the famous “statue” of Lot’s wife. It is said that while fleeing the villages of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife ignored the warning not to look back, and was thus turned into a pillar of salt. To visit the statue of Lot’s wife, check out the Ibex Trail.

Mukawer (15 km north east of Mujib Nature Reserve)
Overlooking the Dead Sea, it was a royal fortress of Herod the Great and the site where John the Baptist was beheaded. The fortress sits on top of a steep hill, protected on three sides by deep ravines. Hiking can be arranged from Makawer to the Dead Sea.

Panorama View Point (20 km north east of Mujib Nature Reserve)
The Dead Sea Panoramic Complex is a large visitor & conference center in the mountains near Hammamet Ma’in overlooking the Dead Sea. It contains Jordan’s first and only Dead Sea Museum, as well as a restaurant. Views from the Panorama are unparalleled and well worth the visit.

Madaba (45 km north east of Mujib Nature Reserve)
The City of Mosaics is famous for its spectacular “Map of Palestine”, dating back to the Byzantine time.

Mt. Nebo (50 km north of Mujib Nature Reserve)
Moses viewed the Holy Land of Canaan that he would never enter. From Mt. Nebo you overlook the Dead Sea, Jericho, and the distant hills of Jerusalem.

Hammamet Ma’in (25 km north of Mujib Nature Reserve) 
Herodes already cured his rheumatism in this most wonderful place full of hot and cold waterfalls and pools. The mineral rich hot water, up to 60°c, falls from 40m high cliffs into big pools, where you can swim and bathe.