“Wadi Mujib is the lowest nature reserve on Earth, and its Siq Trail makes you wade, swim and climb up a flowing canyon to a waterfall, soaked to the chest the whole way.”
About Wadi Mujib
The Mujib gorge has carved its way to the Dead Sea over millennia and was long known to local communities before being protected as a reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature. Its position at the lowest land on the planet, draining into the Dead Sea, makes it a unique aquatic environment in an otherwise arid country.
Overview Wadi Mujib is the lowest-altitude nature reserve on Earth, a river gorge that cuts down to the Dead Sea and is often called the Grand Canyon of Jordan. Its signature route, the Siq Trail, sends you wading and scrambling upstream through a narrow sandstone canyon, swimming short pools and climbing beside waterfalls, before turning back the way you came.
Overview Wadi Mujib is the lowest-altitude nature reserve on Earth, a river gorge that cuts down to the Dead Sea and is often called the Grand Canyon of Jordan.
A Wet Adventure Unlike the country's dry ruins, Mujib is about water. The canyon runs with a permanent stream fed by springs, and the wet trails are open only in the warmer months when flash-flood risk is low. Life jackets are provided; you will be soaked to the chest.
The Experience
You start near the Dead Sea shore and head upstream into a slot of red-brown rock, the water rising from ankle to chest as you go. You haul up beside small waterfalls on fixed ropes, swim through pools, and finally reach a larger falls before floating and scrambling back down. It is genuinely physical and unlike anything else in Jordan.
Why It Matters
Wadi Mujib is the lowest nature reserve in the world and Jordan's premier canyoning and water-hiking destination, a rare permanent watercourse draining directly into the Dead Sea.
Wadi Mujib is the lowest nature reserve in the world and Jordan's premier canyoning and water-hiking destination, a rare permanent watercourse draining directly into the Dead Sea.
Why Visit
For active travellers it is the most exhilarating outdoor experience in the country, a wet canyon adventure minutes from the Dead Sea resorts. Go in the warm season when the wet trails are open, expect to swim, and leave anything that cannot get soaked behind.
✦ Insider Tips
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The wet trails open only in the warm season and close for flash-flood risk; check before you go.
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You will be soaked to the chest and will swim, so wear quick-dry clothes and secure footwear.
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Leave phones and valuables behind or fully waterproof them; lockers are available at the start.
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It sits beside the Dead Sea resorts, so pair the canyon with a float in the same day.
