Why this ride
From Buşayrā it runs 117 km to Buşayrā; allow about 2 h 20 of riding. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
King's Highway · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 117 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 20
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Dana
Dana is a village that clings to the edge of a cliff, and from its terrace the land falls away in a great gulf of rock, with the desert plain of Wadi Araba shimmering far below. It stands in the highlands of southern Jordan at about 1,200 metres, a cluster of old stone houses that were abandoned in the twentieth century and are now partly restored, at the heart of the Dana Biosphere Reserve, the largest nature reserve in the country.
Read the complete Dana write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dana is where the day begins. Next is Petra.
2. Petra
Petra is the most famous ruin in Jordan, and it earns the fame. The Nabataeans, an Arab people who grew rich on the incense and spice trade, carved their capital into the rose-coloured sandstone cliffs of a hidden valley more than two thousand years ago. You approach through the Siq, a narrow gorge about a kilometre long, with walls rising on either side until, at the end, the Treasury appears in a slice of light, a monumental facade cut straight out of the rock.
Read the complete Near Petra write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Petra comes up about 58 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Dana.
3. back through Dana
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dana write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 117 km.
Leg by leg
Dana to Petra
Dana → Petra is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Petra to back through Dana
Petra → back through Dana is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.