8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Umm ar-Rasas
A Roman garrison turned Byzantine church town on the Madaba plateau, where the mosaic floor of St Stephen's, laid in 785 CE, maps fifteen cities from Jerusalem to Alexandria. A 15m stylite tower stands alone to the north.
18 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Wadi Ibn Hammad
A warm-spring canyon northwest of Karak where travertine walls drip with ferns and moss and the shallow stream is walked rather than followed on a path. Tropical in feel, and almost entirely visited by Jordanians.
18 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Wadi Mujib
Jordan's 'Grand Canyon': a deep gorge with thrilling canyoneering routes through slot canyons to the Dead Sea.
20 km · about 25 min drive
historic highway
King's Highway
One of the world's oldest continuously used routes, winding 280 km from Madaba to Petra past Karak's crusader castle, Dana's cliffs and the mighty Wadi Mujib canyon.
26 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Dead Sea
Earth's lowest point on land at 430 meters below sea level, with water so salty that swimmers float effortlessly on the surface.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Ein Gedi Nature Reserve
A lush oasis of waterfalls, pools, and wildlife on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert.
37 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
Masada
An ancient Roman fortress atop an isolated rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, site of the last Jewish stand against Rome in 73 CE.
41 km · about 45 min drive
beach
Dead Sea, Ein Bokek
The main beach and resort area on the Israeli shore of the Dead Sea, known for therapeutic mud baths and salt-crystal-covered shores.
45 km · about 50 min drive