Top Jordan Classes & Workshops

Take a deep dive into the culinary culture of Jordan during this small-group cooking class. With your chef/guide, you’ll tackle making some of the most popular traditional Jordanian dishes while chatting about the country’s culture and food history. This small group of just six people or fewer means you’ll get plenty of personalized attention and hands-on time learning the recipes. Then, sit down to eat with your newfound friends.

Tourists visiting Jordan and the Holy Land area get extremely in love with the taste of our local food and spices. So imagine if you get the chance to learn our home-made recipes, cook the dishes by your own hands in assistance of a professional chef and instructor. Once the dishes are cooked you will enjoy a Jordanian Feast where you will gather around one big table and enjoy all the dishes you have personally cooked. We will also give you the chance to enjoy our Jordanian coffee or tea after your session. Don't forget to grab our detailed recipes in hard copy when you leave.

Henna is Known since ancient times, it has a kind of sanctity in many cultures as they use it in cosmetics; thanks to its quality in dyeing the hair and body. Kohl is considered one of the oldest types of cosmetics among ancient cultures. It is a drawing around the eyes for women and men to show the beauty of the eyes. Participants will be picked up from their hotels or hostels by Aqabawi staff. Participants will meet with the Henna artist and be welcomed by an Arabian coffee and will get a brief of information about the history of Kohol and Henna. Participants will choose from many different preset Henna drawings or ask the artist to draw a specific design. After the artist finishes the Henna drawing, she will explain the best practices to keep the Henna drawing as long as it could be.

Learn how to prepare two iconic Jordanian dishes from scratch during this small-group cooking workshop in Aqaba. Join a local cook as you are led through step-by-step recipes for sayadia, made from basmati rice and fish, and bukhari, spiced rice with either lamb or chicken. Then, enjoy the fruits of your labor during a tasty sit-down meal.

Learn to make date molasses with a small-group Aqaba cooking class that explores a traditional Jordanian delicacy. After a welcome glass of Arabic coffee, join a local chef to prepare the date molasses from beginning to end, then enjoy the treat alongside some herbal tea. You’ll get to keep the date molasses you make, leaving the class with a unique, homemade souvenir.

Make a unique and colorful souvenir that you can take back home during this small-group, necklace-making workshop in Aqaba. Choose a piece of sea glass collected from local beaches. Get hands-on instruction from a Jordanian artisan in wire wrapping, with materials included. Transportation from central Aqaba with several convenient pickup options is included.

This art is considered a very old art around the world. The first to know it were the Nabataeans after discovering the hourglass. The city of Aqaba is home to this unique art, since the early 1930s, it has housed dozens of shops. You will learn how is the bottle sand art is made and you will get the chance to create your own bottle design guided by a local professional sand artist. Participants will do the experience of making his own colored sand bottle. Where you get the chance to try this 3 times guided by the sand artist. Participants will be able to ask the artist for a custom made sand bottle.

A mosaic is a piece of art or image made from the assembling of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is often used in decorative art or as interior decoration. Most mosaics are made of small, flat, roughly square, pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae. Some, especially floor mosaics, are made of small rounded pieces of stone, and called "pebble mosaics". Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Early Christian basilicas from the 4th century onwards were decorated with wall and ceiling mosaics. Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries

Our camp is located in the desert of Wadi Rum in Jordan where several movies have been filmed like Dune, Star Wars, Aladdin, The Martian... Explore the UNESCO WORLDHERITAGE PETRA on a Day Trip and relax 1 day at the RED Sea in the authentic Berenice Beach Club in Aqaba. The camp is surrounded by beautiful mountains with our daily Yoga or Meditation practice to clear your mind & body Through spiritual practices such as Rebirth Breathwork or regressions and angel meditations, we will delve into the depths of our soul to release old patterns and structures. With Yoga & Trekking we bring movement into our body system. This trip is a wonderful opportunity to travel the southern kingdom of Jordan in a spiritual way. Laura, the organizer, is a TV presenter and travel journalist. She is a yoga teacher, spiritual teacher and coach and enjoys sharing her love for Jordan and the Jordanians with her guests. The retreat takes place in the only retreat center in Jordan.

The activity requires no prior art experience but guarantees everyone can create their custom accessories thanks to our unique techniques! It is also the only open space that does not limit you to a specific number/sort of creations. Maybe try to beat our record of 30 pieces created within the 2 hours! The session is backed up by a team of craft experts that follow up with participants throughout the session duration and offer all sorts of help and creative advice. It is a 100% original workshop woman-owned and local experience.

We own the first Retreat Center in Jordan and are proud to offer yoga and meditation classes in a unique area of Wadi Rum for Sunset Time. Before we explore the desert on a 4x4 tour with you guided by local Bedouins. This allows you to have the best experience because the locals know the area best. On the tour you can also drink real Bedouin tea with the Bedouins and sit around the fire. Learn where Lawrence of Arabia traveled in Wadi Rum and how Bedouin women used to bring their children into the world. There is also the option of staying overnight in our traditional Bedouin glamping camp. The tents are made of goatskin, just like the Bedouins. The Bedouins have been making their tents from this material for centuries, which makes them particularly sustainable. The tents are equipped with bed linen and towels, just like in a normal hotel - except that you spend the night in the middle of the desert: with solar energy. Explore how bedouins used to live in the desert.