Hiking trip to El Mokhtara
Hiking trip to El Mokhtara
We choose this time to 🚶 hike in Mokhtara Valley in Chouf Region.
The🌳🌴 greenery of this area is highly remarkable. Villages are ornamented with brick roof houses and castles, old traditional souks, ⚱️ old mills and presses. The most famous sites of Chouf are 🛕 Beit El Dine Castle, Moussa Castle, 🏘️ Jumblat Castle.
📌 HIKE LOCATION : El Mokhtara / Mount Lebanon /Chouf
============== 750 meters above sea level.
54 km from Beirut.
⏳ WHEN : Sunday, March 08, 2026
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🕢 ENCOUNTER PLACE : Mar Maroun Church Parking, Dora @ 7:30 AM
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Driving directions to Mar Maroun https://dalecorazon.com/contact/
Or Martyrs Square at Al-Nahar Bldg., Beirut Downtown @ 7:45 AM
💰 FEES:
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20 $ including 🚌 transport (comfortable air-conditioned Pullman), professional guides, coffee, 5 minutes of warming up, stretching, and pictures.
Children 18 years old and younger will have a discount of 10%. (18$/person)
Every 3 coupons can be exchanged for a free hiking trip.
Optional transportation by your own 🚗 vehicles 15 $/person
There is a 5$ extra entrance fees to the Reserve.
There is a 10$ Extra entrance fee to the reserve for the Expatriate.
📜 DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT:
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Mokhtara – the seat of the Jumblat Family, the leader of the Druze Community in Lebanon, will definitely mark your minds and 🕊 souls with its colorful, fresh, and❤️ beautiful nature all day long.
We will 🚶 walk a splendid trail beside the 💧 river; our sky will be even green. We will cross many 🪜 bridges; the most famous one is The 💦 Birket El Arous Bridge. It was built at the end of the Mamluk era, as indicates the Arabic inscription engraved on one of its stones “Month of Safar, year 913 Hijri, 1507 AD”. It is a part of a complex network of 🪜 bridges and trails built in the valley of Barouk by the Mamluks and later the Ottomans.
🌿🥾 HIKING LEVEL. 1 to 3 for easy, 4 to 6 for intermediate, 7 to 9 for strenuous
🥇 LEVEL 4 (7 km approx. 3. Hours approx.) will walk a loop 🥾trail in Mokhtara and will start from Our 💒 Lady Church. Will experience the fascinating Lebanese wild nature with its colorful 🌲🌳🌴 trees, and 🌿herbs, chirping 🦩 birds, fresh breeze, and rushing 💦 water. The 🔭 scenery is really beyond description. Will have enough time for meditation, 📷 photo shooting, and 💁 fun. Then will continue to a water mill near a waterfall and natural pond (Birket El Arous) for 🍞 lunch, relax under the shade of the 🌴trees and enjoy the sound of water. Then we will continue 🚶 from the village between the 🏠 old houses with red brick roofs and head towards the piazza until we reach Jumblat Castle for a visit.
🥈 Level 5 (approx. 4,00Hr).
Don’t let any adventure go by untried. Live your life to the fullest!
🎒 WHAT TO TAKE:
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Healthy snacks that will boost up your energy such as dried fruits, lunch, water, cap, sunglasses and sunscreen. Wear comfortable walking shoes (A professional brand is recommended) and don’t forget to get a light jacket. DC members get a 20% discount on sports equipment in Sports 4 Ever branches.
==There will be a breakfast stop along the way==
☎️ FOR RESERVATION AND INFO:
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By WhatsApp on +961 03 422 493 mentioning your name, surname and the event you wish to join us on.