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| Originally Posted by west coast diver To be honest I found the diving in Jordan to be rather disappointing, I dont know if it comes from the cruise ships which come into Aqaba port or the locals, but their is a fair amount of rubbish on some of the near shore reefs (tyres, plastic bags e.t.c.) and not as much life as on the Egyptian side (Taba e.t.c. ).
The Cedar pride was a good dive but the tank is only novelty value in about 5mtrs and had poor visibility when I was there as it is close enough to the shore for snorkelers to swim out to and stir up the sandy bottom.
I didn't dive the power station so can't comment but it's supposed to be quite a good dive, also their is a barge called the (tai yong) in about 50 mtres if you want to get a bit techie.
I did not horse ride when I was there but there are plenty of fantastic excursions above the water and Petra and Wadi Rum are a must.
If you are tailoring your trip more towards diving than horse riding then I would go for Oman.
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I agree with this post entirely. The diving I did in Aqaba was not outstanding, there was ALWAYS a lot of rubbish in the sea, I've never seen anything as bad, and the coral was not nearly as good as Egypt.
The Cedar Pride is worth a dive or 2, but diving the Tank was like diving in a sandstorm!
Some of our group dived the deeper barge and said it was good though.
I did Petra on a day trip, which was good, but I wished we'd taken longer to do it really, over night at least, as we were rushed and did not see a lot we would have liked, especially as the diving wasn't too fantastic!