Private Cedar Hike, Beiteddine Palace & Deir el Qamar Tour

he Chouf Mountains offer Lebanon at its most diverse — and this private full-day tour from Beirut captures three of the region's most rewarding experiences in a single, beautifully paced day. Begin with a moderate one-hour hike through the Maaser el Shouf Cedar Reserve — Lebanon's largest nature reserve and home to one of the country's most extensive surviving cedar forests, a UNESCO-recognised landscape of extraordinary ecological richness. Then visit Beiteddine Palace — one of the finest 19th-century palaces in the Arab world — before ending the afternoon in Deir el Qamar, Lebanon's first capital, where honey-stone mansions and centuries of quiet coexistence define one of the most enchanting villages in the country. Nature, architecture, and history — all within the same mountain range, all in one private day, entirely at your own pace with a knowledgeable English-speaking driver who knows every road and every story in the Chouf.