Desert Survival

Arabian Desert, Jordan

$2695.00

 

 

The Experience

Looking for the next thrill? Join a desert survival expedition in Jordan for a true wild adventure! Learn how to survive in one of the most unforgiven climates of this world, ride camels, horses, abseil, board to the dunes and live like a desert nomad for 2 weeks!

You will learn how to drive a 4x4 in the desert and how to get it unstuck, learn to ride and race with camels, ride horses, learn how to get water, find shelter, get food and how to navigate yourself out of these desert mazes. This is for those who like extreme adventures and who think they can handle our isolation phase!! The desert is a harsh environment and learning how to survive in it is not easy!!

This Is Why

  • An Amazing 2 week Desert survival & expedition course!
  • Live deep in the Arabian Desert of Amazing Jordan!
  • Sleep in the Desert under the naked sky with millions of stars to gaze at
  • Meet and travel with the amazing Bedu Nomadic people
  • Survive the isolation phases

 
 
Trip Details
  • Key Start Dates
    5 - 18 May 2019. For more information please contact us.
  • Fees
    2 weeks: 2,695.00 US$
  • Accommodation
    Available
  • Type
    In the cities shared rooms during your first few days in the desert you will stay small private tents. When moving further in to the desert: Whatever you can make from it!
  • Internet Access
    No, only when arriving in Aqaba. If you need to be reachable rent a Satelite Telephone.
  • Who Are They Looking For?
    Adventurer’s individuals who have an interest in the outdoors and who do not mind to get bruised and dirty.

Fast Facts: Jordan

Where? Jordan, Arabian Desert

Country Size: 89,342 km2
35,637 sq mi

Population density? 68.4/km2
182.4/sq mi

Country Famous for? Arabian Desert, Bedu People, Petra, Arabian Horses, Camels, Wadi Rum

When to visit: Between October - December

        • What's Included
          • Trip
            Desert Survival
          • Type
            Group Travel
          • Accommodation
            In the cities shared rooms during your first few days in the desert you will stay small private tents. When moving further in to the desert: Whatever you can make from it!
          • Meals
            During your stay in the cities Meals are not included, while being in the desert food will be included for the first and the lasts days. For the days in between it is up to you and what you have in your survival pack! However food can be provided if absolutely necessary.
          • Pick up & drop off
            One of our representatives will meet you at your hotel to brief you and the other travelers for your adventure travel trip. From the hotel you will start your adventure and you will venture deep in to the Desert. At the end of your trip you will be brought back to the hotel.
          • Transfers
            From Aqaba you will be transferred to the desert where you will start your initial training. Transfer will be by bus, 4X4, horses and camels.
          • Ongoing service
            If there are any problems with your trip we are there to help you
          • Tours
            Through FRONTEERING you have the possibility to book additional tours in Jordan
          • 24/7 Emergency contact
            If there are any problems during you stay in Jordan you can reach us 24/7 to assist you.

          What's not included: Flights, Insurance, Meals when in a city, airport pick up

          Package Price:
          2 weeks: $2,695 US$

    • Trip Experience

      This Survival course will take you to the Arabian Deserts made famous by the movie Lawrence of Arabia. Sat in the south of Jordan, North of the Red Sea and to the East of the Jordan valley this is the only place in the world where the sand dune deserts collide with their sandstone cousin mountains. Jordan itself is a country steeped in history and natural beauties. A list of what you can find in Jordan is a like a tick list of history and places you’d like to go one day. The most complete Roman city in the World, the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea, the place Moses pointed out the promised lands, where Jesus and John the Baptist were baptized, where the crusader built huge forts and where Salah Ad-Din (Saladin) defeated them. Jordan was the link between the trading blocs of northern Egypt and Damascus and where the Nabateans controlled this trade route and built amazing cities, none more famous than Petra. An amazing city carved into the rock and protected by extreme terrain and secret routes in/out which was lost to the world thousands of years ago and though the Bedu people knew where it was, the west did not find it again till 1812. Since then it has become a world famous site, one of the new Seven Wonders of the World and of course where Indiana Jones went in search of the Holy Grail! Jordan is home to the Bedu people who live their lives wandering the vast deserts, “the ships of the desert”, the camels that carry them places, (though many these days are seen being carried by people in the back seat of their cars (for real!)), and of course the majestic Arab horse, an animal more famous than any in Equine circles.
      And we have not even mentioned the desert and the likes of Wadi Rum yet, a truly amazing country!
        • Adventure Details
          Initial training and acclimatisation will take place near the old city of Petra, where we’ll ride Arab horses (no riding experience necessary at all) and see Old Petra from a way no tourist can these days. From Petra we move deep into the desert of Wadi Rum, start to learn how to drive 4x4 vehicles and trek, abseil and live in this beautiful, but harsh environment. Our ex UK Special Forces Survival Instructor and local Bedu tribesman will take you through all you will need to know to survive.Eventually the training is behind you and for several days in a small group you will be placed in a simulated survival and escape situation, though Bushmasters staff will be monitoring you throughout, purely for safety reasons. With just basic survival kit and little water you will have to navigate your way out of the desert to safety. We call this Long Drag (after the final walk on SAS Selection test week), where there is not only the practical problems of daily existence to cope with, but also the psychological difficulties of not having those modern luxuries, of being in a strange environment, of little water, of lack of sleep, of an arduous environment and hard walk.......can you cope?
  • Fast Facts
    • Project location
      Arabian Desert, Jordan
    • Area Famous For
      Bedu Nomadic Tribes, Arabian desert, Petra, Camels, Arabian horses, amazing sunsets, snakes, heat!
    • When to visit
      October - December
    • Wildlife viewing
      Being a desert country Jordan is no as rich in wildlife as some of our other destinations but it does house: 37 species of snakes, wolves, jackals, lynx, striped hyena's, Vultures, Gazelle's, Arabian Oryx and Nubian Ibex.
  • Accommodation

    In the cities shared rooms during your first few days in the desert you will stay small private tents. When moving further in to the desert: Whatever you can make from it!

    Things to bring from home

    • Hiking Shoes
    • Sunglasses
    • Hat/cap to protect yourself from the sun
    • Suncream
    • Complete Kitlist will be provided after applying or on request

    Meals

    During your stay in the cities Meals are not included, while being in the desert food will be included for the first and the lasts days. For the days in between it is up to you and your time what will be for dinner! However food can be provided if absolutely necessary.

"The survival course is one of those personal challenges you simply have to do - an opportunity to extend yourself both mentally and physically. It's deeply satisfying to look back and think 'I did that - I survived!'"
Calley from the UK

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