Akash DahadProduct engineer · India

Wadi Mujib and the Dead Sea

Stop 3 of 64 Oct
The Dead Sea's eastern shore, with pale salt flats and rocky desert in the foreground
The Dead Sea from the road south
Akash in a life jacket, waist-deep in the river between the canyon walls of Wadi Mujib
Wading up the Siq Trail
A waterfall pouring through a narrow gap in the sandstone at Wadi Mujib
A waterfall in the gorge

On the way from Jerash to Petra I took the road along the Dead Sea. Its shore is the lowest land on Earth, more than 400 metres below sea level, and the water is so salty that no fish or plants can live in it.

Halfway down the shore, Wadi Mujib cuts through the mountains to the sea. Its Siq Trail follows the river upstream into a gorge a few metres wide: you wade, scramble over boulders and pull yourself up ropes, in a life jacket, until the canyon ends at a waterfall.

Don't miss

  • The Siq Trail up Wadi Mujib
  • The waterfall at the end of the gorge
  • The Dead Sea from the shore road