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Jordan Trail is a long hiking trail in Jordan established in 2015 by the Jordan Trail Association.
The idea of a hiking trail stretching across Jordan was first introduced in the 1990s when Wadi Rum came to be seen as a hot spot for rock climbing. Tony Howard and Di taylor had completed their guidebooks to Wadi Rum and Jordan and realised the possibility of a country length trail. The idea only received momentum and funding when the Jordan Trail Association was established in 2015. Volunteers and donors from the private sector contributed to the development of Jordan's first national hiking trail. Queen Rania joined a group of travel bloggers in 2017 for a short hike.
The trail stretches from Umm Qais in northern Jordan to the coastal city of Aqaba in its south. The trail passes through 52 villages and towns, but the trail has been dissected to 35 sections. The entire length of the trail takes around 40 days to complete.
The trail received extensive media coverage after its inception, and has been named as among 2018's best tourist destinations in the world to visit by National Geographic,Duckett, Maryellen, Kennedy.
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> "Places You Need to Visit in 2018", National Geographic. Accessed March 20, 2018. "The Jordan Trail highlights the country’s most scenic sites.... It’s believed that Jesus, Moses, and Mohammed all walked this path." the British Sunday Times, the Guardian, Condenast, Vogue US and Lonely Planet.
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