Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Dode Zee, Jordanië

Topdrukte — Winter high season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Feestdag

  Ramadan

  18 feb – 19 mrtSluitingen

  Everything outside the resort compounds closes during daylight and the valley road is empty until sunset. The resorts themselves run as normal, and their rates are among the lowest of the year in this window. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Wadi flash-flood season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Winter high season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Christmas and New Year peak (20 dec – 5 jan)

Topdrukte — Ramadan, Winter high season

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ramadan (18 feb – 19 mrt), Wadi flash-flood season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Winter high season (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Feestdag

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–23 mrtRamadan & SuikerfeestDrukBoek vroeg

  Jordanian and Gulf families take the Eid break down here and the shore hotels sell out. The public beaches at Amman Beach are full from mid-morning and the road down from the capital backs up on the first day. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Khamsin dust winds

  15 mrt – 31 mei · meestalStofseizoen

  Hot southerlies off the desert push dust up the rift for a few days at a time in spring, dropping the visibility across the water to nothing and coating everything left outside. They usually blow through in two or three days. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ramadan (18 feb – 19 mrt), Wadi flash-flood season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Winter high season (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Dead Sea Ultra Marathon

• Opening

  Wadi Mujib water trails open

  1 apr – 31 oktWandelseizoenBoek vroeg

  The Siq and the other wet trails in the Mujib reserve run from 1 April to 31 October and are shut the rest of the year. The reserve trims either end of the season when it rains, and closes at a few hours' notice mid-season. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Dead Sea Ultra Marathon

  10 aprSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  Fifty kilometres downhill from the highlands to the lowest point on land, run in April before the heat rules it out. The shore hotels fill with runners the night before and the descent road is closed to traffic for the morning. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Eid al-Adha

  25 apr – 15 jun · meestalRamadan & SuikerfeestDrukSluitingen

  Four days of public holiday when Amman comes down to the shore for the day and the resort day passes sell out. The date moves about eleven days earlier each year. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Eid al-Fitr (20–23 mrt), Khamsin dust winds (15 mrt – 31 mei (meestal))

Druk — Eid al-Adha, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Khamsin dust winds (15 mrt – 31 mei (meestal)), Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), Eid al-Adha (25 apr – 15 jun (meestal))

Druk — Eid al-Adha, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  The unusable middle of the day

  1 jun – 15 sepExtreme hitte

  Four hundred metres below sea level with nowhere for the heat to go. The resorts move everything to shaded pools, the salt shore is off limits from late morning, and the float that people come for happens at dawn or not at all.

Nog steeds bezig: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), Eid al-Adha (25 apr – 15 jun (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), The unusable middle of the day (1 jun – 15 sep)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), The unusable middle of the day (1 jun – 15 sep)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Raptors over the Rift

  1 sep – 25 okt · meestalDierenseizoen

  The Jordan Valley is the funnel for the eastern flyway, and on an autumn morning the thermals carry streams of honey buzzards and storks down the length of it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), The unusable middle of the day (1 jun – 15 sep)

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), Raptors over the Rift (1 sep – 25 okt (meestal))

Druk — Winter high season

• Risico

  Wadi flash-flood season

  1 nov – 31 mrtSluitingen

  Rain falling on the highlands drains into the canyons that come down to the shore, and the valley road and every side wadi close at short notice. This is the reason the water trails are shut for the whole winter. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Winter high season

  1 nov – 31 mrtWinterzonseizoenDrukBoek vroeg

  Four hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full. It is also the only stretch of the year the shore is comfortable at midday. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Winter high season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 dec – 5 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  The resorts fill with European sun-seekers and Jordanian families at once, and the day-pass rates at the big hotels go to their annual high for the fortnight. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Wadi flash-flood season (1 nov – 31 mrt), Winter high season (1 nov – 31 mrt)