Dana Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Today we got up at 5:00 a.m. to start our trip to Mudaybi, where we were invited by a friend of Penny's to look at a sight that was being excavated by archeologists. It took about two hours to drive from Amman to Muta where we met two of the archeologists, Miriam and John. They took us to the sight they were excavating on a bumpy bus ride. On th...

The little known Dana Mountain reserve is due to become a full fledged national park and we can only hope that things won't change here. We added this to our itinerary purely at the suggestion of a few folks we met in India. We were really glad we did as the overall experience left a very positive lasting impression on us and is the closest we c...

The bus pulled over on the side of the highway and with a snatched farewell to the others we followed two men into the pitch dark and a waiting car where we were greeted by the man I had spoken to on the phone. His English was good and it turned out his friends were soldiers on weekend leave who lived in the nearby village. Not long after droppi...

From Wadi Rum, I took the bus out to the Dana Nature Reserve for some hiking. However, I was a little disappointed with the hiking... however, any destination that follows Petra and Wadi Rum has a tough act to follow. It was worth the trip, though, as the Dana Tower Hotel where I stayed has to be the most unique place I've ever stayed. You enter...

(Dani) We take the cab in the morning and head out to Dana Reserve. In the book, it says that it is a great Reserve and that it is worth doing and seeing. So here we are striding along, me expecting a Yosemite sight and all happy to leave the city and head to the mountain to see lush and lush of stuff. On the way over, our cab driver was super h...

Oops . . . we almost missed the mini-bus from Wadi Rum to Petra as it arrived 10 minutes early and took off just as we were saying goodbye to Wynard and Marloes. One of the men at the restaurant called the bus driver for us, however, and they turned around and came back! This is such rocky land - the sand and rock stretch in all directions as fa...