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Private Shouf Cedars, Baalbek & Ksara | Year-Round · Local Guide

By Lebanon Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is P 18,509 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

The only private tour that combines the Shouf Cedar Forest, the Baalbek temples, and Ksara winery — and the only version of this combination available year-round. Most cedar-to-Baalbek tours use the northern mountain road near Bcharre, which closes every winter. This tour uses the Shouf Cedars in Maasser el Shouf — Lebanon's largest nature reserve and a UNESCO-recognised biosphere — connected to the Bekaa Valley by a road that stays open in every season.
A one-hour hike through one of the most ecologically significant forests in the Middle East. The Stone of the Pregnant Woman — a 1,000-tonne Roman quarry block that sets the scale for what follows. Baalbek — a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a specialist local guide at the temples. Chateau Ksara — Lebanon's oldest winery, founded by Jesuits in 1857, with 2 kilometres of Roman cave cellars beneath it. Private vehicle and knowledgeable local driver throughout. Entrance tickets payable on site.

Activity location

  • Shouf Cedars Reserve
    • Barouk Mountain, Maasser Park House - Maasser El Chouf - Lebanon
    • Barouk, Lebanon, Lebanon

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Shouf Cedars Reserve
    • Barouk Mountain, Maasser Park House - Maasser El Chouf - Lebanon
    • Barouk, Lebanon, Lebanon

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Private Tour

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Lunch & Tickets not included: Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Guided Tour: Guided Visit of Baalbek Temples

Pickup included

Starting time: 8:30
Price details
P 18,508.50 x 1 AdultP 18,508.50
Total
Price is P 18,508.50

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Stone of the Pregnant Woman quarry stop
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Knowledgeable local English-speaking driver
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Specialist local guide at Baalbek temple complex
  • What's includedWhat's included
    1-hour hike through Maasser el Shouf Cedar Reserve
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup and drop-off in Beirut
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Gratuities (optional)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch in Baalbek (optional — at own expense)

Know before you book

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Beirut (Pass by)

9:00 AM — Departure from Beirut Your driver meets the group at your hotel and heads southeast into the Chouf Mountains toward Maasser el Shouf — the gateway to Lebanon's largest nature reserve.

Shouf Cedars Reserve

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Shouf Cedar Reserve — Lebanon's largest nature reserve The Shouf Biosphere Reserve covers over 50,000 hectares of the Lebanese mountains — Lebanon's largest protected natural area and a UNESCO-recognised biosphere of exceptional ecological value. The Maasser el Shouf cedar grove at its heart protects ancient trees descended from the forests that once covered the entire Lebanese range — the same cedars that built Phoenician ships, Solomon's Temple, and Egyptian palaces. A one-hour hike through the marked trails at your own pace — open year-round, easy terrain, spectacular mountain scenery in every season. In winter, snow on the cedars. In summer, cool mountain air above the Bekaa plain. Your driver covers the ecology and conservation story of the reserve throughout.

Stone of the Pregnant Woman

  • 15m
Stone of the Pregnant Woman — setting the scale A stop at the ancient Roman quarry before the temples — the Stone of the Pregnant Woman, a single limestone block 21 metres long and weighing an estimated 1,000 tonnes, still lying where it was cut 2,000 years ago. Never moved. Your driver explains the engineering logic — and why this unfinished block makes everything at the temple complex make more sense before you enter.

Temples of Baalbek

  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Baalbek Temple Complex — specialist local guide Enter the greatest Roman temple complex ever built — with a specialist local Baalbek guide who knows these structures in depth. 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 in the world. The Temple of Venus completing a complex that took three centuries to construct. A local guide delivers the kind of contextual depth — architectural, religious, historical — that transforms a visit from impressive to genuinely unforgettable.

Baalbeck

  • 1h
Lunch in Baalbek — optional Local Bekaa Valley mezze and grilled meats — optional and at your own expense. Your driver knows the best spots in Baalbek.

Chateau Ksara

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Chateau Ksara — Roman caves, Lebanese wine, founded 1857 Lebanon's oldest winery — founded by Jesuit monks in 1857 — with 2 kilometres of Roman cave cellars discovered beneath it in the 19th century, where wine ages at a naturally constant temperature year-round. The cave tour comes first — ancient tunnels that connect directly to the Roman world you have just seen at Baalbek — then a tasting of Ksara's iconic Cabernet-Syrah blends, crisp Blanc de Blancs, and celebrated Sunset Rosé. Your driver frames the winery's story within the broader Roman and Jesuit history of the Bekaa Valley.

Beirut (Pass by)

Return to Beirut — approx. 6:30–7:30 PM Drop-off at your Beirut hotel — Lebanon's largest cedar forest, the world's greatest Roman temples, and 2 kilometres of ancient wine caves. The only version of this combination available in every season.

Location

Activity location

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    Shouf Cedars Reserve
    • Barouk Mountain, Maasser Park House - Maasser El Chouf - Lebanon
    • Barouk, Lebanon, Lebanon

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Shouf Cedars Reserve
    • Barouk Mountain, Maasser Park House - Maasser El Chouf - Lebanon
    • Barouk, Lebanon, Lebanon

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