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Yes, allow 3 days: main Petra; Little Petra hike into Petra; hike to Aaron's Tomb (Jebel Haroun). The main site is large, and has strenuous climbs up to the Hi
by mikhailfranco 2y ago
Yes, allow 3 days: main Petra; Little Petra hike into Petra; hike to Aaron's Tomb (Jebel Haroun).
The main site is large, and has strenuous climbs up to the High Altar, Treasury overlook, Acropolis and out to the Monastery. I recommend starting early when the site opens shortly after dawn, before the crowds of mid-morning, and the heat of the afternoon.
Here's the Monastery in the dawn with some poetic musings:
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From Aaron's Tomb, you can see the Monastery embedded in the side of the huge escarpment (sequence of zoom levels):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhailfranco/8579748035/in/album-72157633063622474/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhailfranco/8579748035/in/al...