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  • Updated By FruitLover on May 7, 2006
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  • Camels & Horses - Petra
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    These 2 tips are dedicated to the girls of The-Wandering-Camelwho are well expertised in "ship of the Desert"'s issues.

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    Camels & Horses: Four legs shuttles
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  • Updated By FruitLover on May 7, 2006
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    These 2 tips are dedicated to the girls of The-Wandering-Camelwho are well expertised in "ship of the Desert"'s issues.

    All I can say is that the camels are hard working, patient, and not complaining.
    And they don't drink mineral water, you know.
    At the end of the day they are totally exausted.

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    Camels & Horses: Too Tired To Explore ?
  • By coceng on June 23, 2005
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  • When you are in the middle of Petra ruins, there are several options to move around.
    You can walk around.
    You can somebody to carry you on their back !
    Or you can hire a camel or a horse, offered by The Bedouins; Please negotiate the price first !
    Ask them how long their animals can take you on their back !

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    Camels & Horses: Camel or donkey?
  • By Sambawalk on December 12, 2004
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  • Camels & Horses - Petra
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    Camel or donkeys are always around to give you a lift with a fee of JD2-4, depending to the distance. Why not trying as an experience for the city people like me??

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    Camels & Horses: By horse
  • By haiamisa on May 6, 2006
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  • Me and Delilah and her owner - Petra
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    I rode on a horse for the first part of the Petra trail. It was very comfortable and I felt like Indiana Jones. Coming back I took a horse carriage, which was travelling with style.

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    Camels & Horses: Camels and donkeys
  • By MiguelMV on January 8, 2006
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  • Me riding a camel - Petra
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    Riding a donkey or a camel in Petra can be very useful transportation method. Donkeys can ride you up to the monastery. The ride can be a little risky, as donkeys go fast along the big slopes of the climbing up. But still, it's a very intelligent way of preserving energy. Also, a ride in a camel back from the restaurant to the Treasury will save you some more self energy and is a nice way of sightseeing all the monuments on your way out of Petra.

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    Camels & Horses: Transportation Within Petra Park
  • By stappm on June 30, 2006
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    The Horses & Carriages only can bring you to the Treasury (approx. 20 JD round trip plus tip), burrows and camels can bring you the rest of the way. I thought, I certainly outweighed the burrow, however I was reassured that they are pack animals and can carry much heavier.

    The Carriage and Horse drivers will arrange to meet you back at the Treasury, after you are done, to bring you back up to the visitors center. The ride is bumpy, as the road is mostly cobblestone, but you're not doing any of the work. And depending on where you are staying they may very well take you all the way to your hotel (Crown Plaza or Movenpick.)

    As the park was once home to The Bedouins, they run all of the businesses within the Park, & they offer different transportation at different locations. And that is why the Horses and Carriages can only bring tourists to the Treasury.

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    Camels & Horses: Transport to the Treasury II
  • By MikeAtSea on November 23, 2006
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  • Horses and donkeys in the gorge - Petra
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    Another way to get to the Treasury or at least half way is on horse back. I did this once and it is great fun riding away from your panicked guide :-) A photographer takes photos of your horse ride and you can purchase the picture afterwards in the souvenir shop close to the parking lot.

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    Camels & Horses: horse and cart
  • By uglyscot on April 15, 2006
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  • To get through the siq to reach Petra takes some time. The options are: to walk, ride a horse or camel, or take a horse and cart. In view of our age and fitness we opted for the latter. To begin with the cart is not the most comfortable vehicle. Then then poor horse was having great difficulting walking on the cobbled areas where he slipped and slithered, and had to endure his owner's whip; whereas on the tarmac he went at a cracking pace. By the time we got back at the end of the trip, we felt it would have been better for us and the horse if we'd walked.

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