Aqaba

Introduction

Aqaba Empty Beach

Aqaba is a city in the south of Jordan, located along the Gulf of Aqaba, the northern portion of the Red Sea. It's Jordan's premier resort area and the main draw of this location are definitely its beaches and the fantastic diving and snorkeling opportunities. It's also a good base for exploring the desert at Wadi Rum or Petra, although these actually deserve more than just a day.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

Enjoying sunny weather and beaches
Diving and snorkelling
Windsurfing
Aqaba Fortress
Daytrips to Petra or Wadi Rum.

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

Aqaba has a dry semi-arid climate with generally warm/hot weather and sunny conditions. It's very hot from May to early October with temperatures during high-summer mostly between 35 and 40 °C and nights well above 20 °C. Winters are perfect, with temperatures mostly between 18 and 22 °C, sometimes warmer. Nights are generally ok, though bring a sweather for chilly conditions sometimes. Summers are dry as a bone, though winter periods see the occasional rainshower or so.

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Getting There

By Plane

King Hussein International Airport (AQJ) is located in the north of Aqaba. Royal Jordanian Airlines flies to/from Amman and Paris. Jordan Aviation has flights to/from Alexandria, Amman, Assyut, Bahrain, Damascus, Dubai, Doha and Kuwait City. Other destinations are Brussels (Jetairfly), Amsterdam (Arkefly), Cairo (Alexandria Airlines), London (Monarch Airlines) and Tel Aviv (Royal Wings Airlines).

By Car

Aqaba is easily reached by a few good paved roads from other parts of Jordan as well as from Israel.

By Bus

Companies like Alphadt, JETT and Rum Tourist Transport have buses to places north of Aqaba, including Amman.

By Boat

There are ferries between Aqaba and Nuweiba on the Sinai peninsula in Egypt. There is a daily fast ferry (90USD for First Class and 70 USD for Economy Seat) leaving at 11am from Jordan and 3pm from Egypt. It takes 1 to 2 hours travelling depending on sea conditions, but much longer in reality as a result of the time needed for everyone to clear customs and immigrations - up to 7 hours of mostly waiting. The slow ferry leaves daily as well but costs almost the same and is much less comfortable and much slower indeed. These ferries are operated by AB Maritime, do check their website for more details.

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Bedouin Moon Village	South Beach	Hostel	80
Darna Village Beach Hostel	77110 Aqaba PO Box 1703	Hostel	77
Garden Village Aqaba (former Bedouin Garden Villag	Aqaba South Beach Opposite Japanese Coral Reef	Hostel	80
International Arab Divers Village	Aqaba South Beach	Hotel	93
Wadi Rum Beduin Camp	Disi	Campsite	95
Wadi Rum Camping	Wadi Rum	Campsite	83
Red Sea Dive Center	South Beach Aqaba	Hotel	75
Aqaba Adventure Divers Resort	South Beach p.o.box 67	Hotel	100
Barracuda Hotel	Aqaba South Beach	Hotel	59
Caravan Camping	Aqaba, Wadi Rum	Campsite	-
Umm Al-Nfoos Camp	Middle of Wadi Rum 1 K.M from Visitors Center	Campsite	-