Meet Jafar
On a typical day...
I have a very open house. My house is your house.I have a very open house. My house is your house.
When I host guests...
I’m basically a tour guide. I like to do most things with them and show them around.
Family Hobbies
Swimming, Mountain climbing, Horse riding, Cooking, Fishing
Hosting guests since
2011
About the Homestay
- Welcomes
- Males
- Females
- Couples
- Families
- Students
We run this bed and breakfast on Jordan Trail, a quiet place for hikers, bicyclists, animal-lovers (allergic alert), stargazers and family weekends. It’s a tiny place, our max capacity is a dozen of people - a good chance to be tet-a-tet with the desert or make a party of your own (we’d love to assist with birthday surprise, private elopement in the mountains or whatever other ideas)
Guests are provided with lining and warm blankets There is hot water and clean towels in the bathrooms Light and solar-powered charging station, free Wi-Fi. Breakfast is included in the room rate, traditional dinner is JoD 8 extra, vegetarian - JoD 5, if you plan your own dinner - there is a communal kitchen with essential utensils, gas burner, mangal, and firewood Booking two rooms or more, add a note if you want to have all the place for yourself private - we'll close other bookings for this date.
Jo Pollack @wadirumdiary walks with our goat-flock every morning - you are welcome to join us on the mountain tracks - we’ll share everything we know about history, geology, flora and fauna of the surroundings.
Sandstone bridges of Al-Kharazeh are just 8 kilometers away from us - a car can be arranged for an hour ride (though we recommend two as the area was densely inhabited and has more to see.
15 kilometres north of us is the very underrated village of Humayma. People lived there longer than in Petra, and at the excavation site one can find ancient Idumean burials, and the remains of fifty meters of the Roman aqueduct, and water collectors, and baths of legionnaires, and an Abbasid villa. And behind the village - Wadi Aheimar canyon, so your exploration can be scaled from an hour to the whole day.
My Pets
Dog, Cat, Other
Bedrooms available for booking
About the Area
Free sunsets, shooting stars and sunrise-coffee. You will see steep dunes, wide arches, stone mushrooms, the Al Khaz`ali Canyon with its inscriptions and petroglyphs, caves, the ruins of Nabataean Temple and the Turkish Hejaz Railway. You will meet camels and their shepherds, share some welcome drinks and hear stories from our friends on the way. Every trip is unique, with routes depending on
weather conditions and seasons - our rain whisperer is doing his best!
Local Area Facilities
- Horse Stables
- Bus Stop
- Train station
Meals
Hosts can offer a complimentary light breakfast at their discretion. All other meals, including a full breakfast, might incur an additional cost, if offered. Meals and any additional payment should be arranged directly with your host.
Included in the stay
- Complimentary Light Breakfast
- Use of Kitchen
Available on request at an extra cost
- Full Breakfast
- Full Board
- Packed lunch
Diet Type available on request
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Lactose Intolerant
- Nut Allergies
- Halal
House Rules
As the last 5 km to the camp is a dirt road with patches of loose sands we are meeting you at the highway, there's a parking lot at JoPetrol gas station.
Jafar is meeting you there, his phone/whatsapp is +962798898500 let him know when you are in about an hour drive to the place.
Smoking Rules
Your host smokes.
Smoking is allowed indoors and outdoors.
1 Review
March 2016
Jaffar offered us a nice bedroom for our family. The environment in his house is super relaxed, almost like a guest house, because there are people from all over the world coming and going all the time: we met Greeks, Israleli, Belgian, Russian, Danish and Indonesian during our short stay. Of course this allows lots of conversations and it is all very pleasant. The only minus... At 4 o'clock in the morning we hear the sounds from the neighbour mosque... It awaked us up for some minutes every night. But it is just a detail, all in all we consider ourselves lucky to have stayed with affar. It is not exactly in the centre of Aqba, but we walked there in 10 minutes. Also, Jaffar arranged us a cruise with snorkelling at the red sea for 25 dinars, which we considered a plus.
How do I book?
Contact the host to check their availability and ask them any questions you have about staying with them. Once the host confirms they’re available for your dates, you can complete your booking.
When do I pay?
Once a host confirms they're available, you can go ahead and pay the 15% booking fee (maximum of 250 $£€ for longer term bookings) using a choice of payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, Laser, JCB & PayPal (not available in certain countries). You then pay your host on arrival or as stated by your host on their profile and agreed by you on booking. Please be cautious if a host requests advance payment if its not included on their profile. Our hosts have been advised that if they wish to request advance payment they must make this explicit in their profile. We do not recommend the use of Money gram or Western Union.
When can I share my contact details?
Host and Guest email address, phone number and home address will be exchanged in a confirmation email sent to both immediately after a booking is completed. It's against our policy for Guests and Hosts to exchange direct contact details via our messaging system.