2022-03-05 Aammiq Hills Loop
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Auteur
Routestatistieken
- Afstand
- 9,58 km
- Positief hoogteverschil
- 436 m
- Moeilijkheidsgraad
- Middelmatig
- Negatief hoogteverschil
- 436 m
- Max hoogte
- 1.190 m
- TrailRank
- 52
- Min hoogte
- 875 m
- Route type
- Lus
- Tijd
- 4 uren 12 minuten
- Coördinaten
- 993
- Geüpload
- 8 maart 2022
- Uitgevoerd
- maart 2022
in de buurt Aammîq, Béqaa (Libanon)
337 maal bekeken, 7 maal gedownload
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Routebeschrijving
With the marshland at their peak in water level, the plan was to walk the Aammiq Marshland Loop. The trail started from the Aammiq village next to Tawlet Aammiq (Aammiq's Table) restaurant passing by the McSkaff (Skaff clan) residence and onto the pine forest, up the hill where the Israeli army made archeology digs and stole artifacts - the hill is overlooking the marshlands and gives you a spectacular 360 degree view of the Bekaa valley and surrounding mountains (Mount Barouk and Mount Hermon). once we got to the Aammiq marshland gate, we were greeted by the defenders of the gate and told that the reserve is closed due to the water high level in the swamps which might pose a danger to us.
The trail then changed direction and started uphill passing by the Sit Shawani Shrine (a religious site to the Druze community) and continued up hill until we reached a plateau where the views became more and more bird's-eye and picturesque. We passed by Ain El-Abed wellspring and down through a dirt/old decaying pavement road and back to the start point.
A beautiful hike for all (including children 7 - 10 years).
The trail then changed direction and started uphill passing by the Sit Shawani Shrine (a religious site to the Druze community) and continued up hill until we reached a plateau where the views became more and more bird's-eye and picturesque. We passed by Ain El-Abed wellspring and down through a dirt/old decaying pavement road and back to the start point.
A beautiful hike for all (including children 7 - 10 years).
Waypoints
Kasteel
989 m
McSkaff Residence
The Aammiq reserve and most of the surrounding land is owned by the Skaff family who come from the town of Zahle (10+ km away). The residence is built from stones and has a classic Lebanese architecture.
Boom
Uitkijkpunt
Archeologische opgraving
951 m
The Hill
This hill, the story goes, was pillaged and dug by the invading Zionist Israeli army in 1982 and took all artifacts found. It has a 360 view of the Bekaa valley.
Park
Religieuze plek
Fontein
Einde verharding
1.164 m
Start of dirt/pavement Road
Einde verharding
1.051 m
End of dirt/pavement Road
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