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# Wadi Numeira
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/wadi-numeira/
- Published: 2015-05-06T16:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-05T14:51:46.000Z
- Description: The stunning Wadi Numeira Siq in Jordan
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

Wadi Numeira is one of several slot canyons or "siq" in Jordan and one of the most accessible. It is located just off the Jordan Valley Highway, near the Dead Sea. Surprisingly, it receives few visitors and I basically had the canyon to myself. After only a few hundred meters the walls narrow. At various points you have to scramble across some boulders. I'm glad I made a detour to visit Wadi Numeira. It is a wonderful hike.

![Wadi Numeira, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-1.jpg)

The start of the hike through Wadi Numeira. At this point the canyon is still wide

![Wadi Numeira, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-2.jpg)

but the canyon soon narrows

![Wadi Numeira, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-3.jpg)

Wadi Numeira was shaped by water so don't visit if there's a chance of heavy rain

![Wadi Numeira, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-4.jpg)

One of the wider sections ofWadi Numeira. Beware of falling rocks.

![The amazing Wadi Numeira in Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-5.jpg)

Wadi Numeira is pretty awesome. I was genuinely surprised (and glad) there were no other hikers.

![The awesome Wadi Numeira in Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-6.jpg)

It is tempting to keep going to look what's behind the corner

![Wadi Numeira, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-7.jpg)

This is where I returned

![Wadi Numeira, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-8.jpg)

![Wadi Numeira, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/wadi-numeira-9.jpg)

The difference between Wadi Numeira and the slot canyons that I've visited in Utah and Arizona is that at some sections the walls are covered with tropical vegetation

![Wadi Numeira](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/12/wadi-numeira-10.jpg)

The entrance/exit of Wadi Numeira

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