Aqaba · Things to do

An RSCN site on the migration corridor between Asia and Africa, with 271 species recorded, over 61% of everything logged in Jordan. Best in spring, autumn and winter.

Jordan's first 18-hole championship course, designed by Greg Norman, with a nine-hole academy alongside. Open 7am to 9pm.

The low-effort version of the reef, sold by the hour along the corniche. Haggle, and check the glass floor is actually clean before you pay.

The walled town's excavated foundations sit between the hotels on the north shore, open and unfenced, and easy to walk straight past.

Ten courts for tennis, padel, basketball and football at Ayla, open 8am to midnight, plus cable wakeboarding at B12 from 10am to sunset, minimum age 12.