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Private Qadisha, Cedars Hike & Baalbek | May–Oct · Local Guide
Beirut, Lebanon
$300
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Overview
Seasonal tour — available May 1 to October 31 only. The high mountain road connecting the Cedars of God to Baalbek closes each winter — making this combination impossible for six months of the year and genuinely special for the six it runs.
This is the private version of Lebanon's most dramatic seasonal day trip — the route that uses a mountain road open only in summer to connect three destinations that cannot be reached together any other way. A UNESCO World Heritage gorge in the morning. An easy hike through ancient cedar trees at 2,000 metres. A mountain crossing that only opens in May. The greatest Roman temples on earth in the afternoon — with an expert local guide who knows every stone.
Private vehicle and knowledgeable driver throughout — your pace, your schedule, nobody else's itinerary. Expert local guide joins at Baalbek. Entrance tickets payable on site. Optional lunch in Baalbek on the return.
This is the private version of Lebanon's most dramatic seasonal day trip — the route that uses a mountain road open only in summer to connect three destinations that cannot be reached together any other way. A UNESCO World Heritage gorge in the morning. An easy hike through ancient cedar trees at 2,000 metres. A mountain crossing that only opens in May. The greatest Roman temples on earth in the afternoon — with an expert local guide who knows every stone.
Private vehicle and knowledgeable driver throughout — your pace, your schedule, nobody else's itinerary. Expert local guide joins at Baalbek. Entrance tickets payable on site. Optional lunch in Baalbek on the return.
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PRIVATE TOUR
Lunch & Tickets not included: : Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Pickup included
Lunch & Tickets not included: : Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 8 hours
- Qadisha Valley viewpoint — photo stops
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Beirut
- Easy 1-hour hike through the Cedars of God
- Expert local guide at Baalbek temple complex
- Stone of the Pregnant Woman quarry stop
- Private air-conditioned vehicle exclusively for your group
- Knowledgeable English-speaking driver
- Gratuities (optional)
- Lunch in Baalbek (optional — at own expense)
- 8:30 AM — Hotel pickup Your driver meets the group at your Beirut hotel and heads north — coastal highway climbing into the Lebanese mountains toward the Qadisha Valley. The scenery shifts dramatically as you gain altitude. (pass by)
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Qadisha ValleyQadisha Valley — UNESCO gorge · photo stop at the rim Pull over at the rim of the Qadisha Valley — sheer limestone walls dropping hundreds of metres to the valley floor below, dotted with ancient monastery caves carved into the cliff face over seventeen centuries. Qadisha means "Holy" in Aramaic. Your driver covers who lived here and why these inaccessible cliffs were chosen. Multiple photo stops along the rim — the view that makes people understand why Lebanon's north is different from everywhere else.
- Bcharre — drive through Gibran's village Pass through Bcharre — the mountain village above the Qadisha gorge, birthplace of Khalil Gibran, author of The Prophet. Your driver points out the museum and key landmarks as you pass through on the way to the Cedars. (pass by)
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The Cedars of GodCedars of God — easy one-hour hike at 2,000 metres A UNESCO-protected grove where some trees exceed 1,000 years and trunks measure more than 14 metres in circumference — descendants of the forests that built Phoenician ships and furnished Solomon's Temple. An easy one-hour hike on marked trails at your own pace — suitable for all fitness levels, no steep terrain. Your driver covers the ecology and conservation story throughout. From here, the summer mountain road opens east toward Baalbek — the crossing that makes this itinerary impossible in winter.
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Stone of the Pregnant Woman — scale check before the temples A single limestone block, 21 metres long, weighing 1,000 tonnes, cut 2,000 years ago and never moved. Your driver explains the engineering logic — and why standing next to it recalibrates everything before you enter the complex five minutes ahead.
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Temples of BaalbekBaalbek Temple Complex — expert local guide The greatest Roman temple complex on earth — with an expert local guide who knows these structures at a depth that visiting guides cannot match. The Temple of Jupiter on Trilithon stones each weighing over 800 tonnes. The Temple of Bacchus — larger than the Parthenon, almost entirely intact, the best-preserved Roman temple on earth. The Temple of Venus completing a complex that took three centuries. You crossed a mountain pass to get here. Your expert local guide makes every minute at the site worth every kilometre of the drive.
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BaalbeckLunch in Baalbek — optional Lebanese mezze and grilled meats in a town that has been feeding travellers since the Roman legions passed through. Optional and at your own expense. Your driver recommends the best local options.
- Return to Beirut — approx. 7:00–8:00 PM Drop-off at your Beirut hotel. A UNESCO gorge, a thousand-year-old cedar grove, a mountain crossing that only exists for six months, and the world's greatest Roman temples with a local expert. Only possible between May and October. Done properly. (pass by)
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Private Qadisha, Cedars Hike & Baalbek | May–Oct · Local Guide
Beirut, Lebanon
$300
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!