Itinerary
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Day 1: Arrive in Amman
Day 2: Desert Castles & Amman City Tour
Day 3: Pella & Um Qais Tour
Day 4: Jerash & Dead Sea Tour
Day 5: Madaba & Mount Nebo & Kerak Tour
Day 6: Petra Tour
Day 7: Al-Beidha & Wadi Rum Tour
Day 8: Departure & End of Tour
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1
Arrive in Amman
Arrive in Amman and meet your transferman at the exit gate. Transfer to your hotel. Time to relax and refresh. Overnight in Amman.
* No meal is included.
2
Desert Castles & Amman City Tour
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby for a full day tour. Star your tour visiting some spectacular desert castles, beautiful examples of both early Islamic art and architecture. Their fine mosaics, frescoes, stone and stucco carvings and illustrations, inspired by the best in Persian and Greco-Roman traditions, tell countless stories of life as it was during the 8th century. After that, return to Amman. Visit the Citadel which houses many structures such as the Temple of Hercules, the Umayyad Palace and a Byzantine Church. Then proceed to the Jordan Archaeological Museum and the Folklore Museum, to get a further glimpse of history and culture. After the tour return to your hotel. Overnight in Amman.
* Breakfast is included.
3
Pella & Um Qais Tour
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby for a full day tour, starting with Pella, one of the most ancient towns in the world and a favorite of archeologists. Pella offers visitors the opportunity to see the remains of Chalcolithic settlement from the 4th millennium BC, evidence of Bronze and Iron Age walled cities, Byzantine churches, early Islamic residential quarters and a small medieval mosque. Then proceed to Um Qais. Perched on a splendid hilltop overlooking the Jordan Valley and the Sea of Galilee, Umm Qais boasts impressive ancient remains, such as the stunning black basalt theatre, the basilica and adjacent courtyard. After the tour return to your hotel. Overnight in Amman.
* Breakfast is included.
4
Jerash & Dead Sea Tour
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby for a full day tour. Depart for Jerash, ‘the Jewel of the North’ - one of the largest and most well-preserved sites of Roman architecture in the world outside Italy. Hidden for centuries in sand before being excavated and restored over the past 70 years, Jerash reveals a fine example of the grand, formal provincial Roman urbanism that is found throughout the Middle East, comprising paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, handsome theatres, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls pierced by towers and gates. Continue to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth. Dead Sea is flanked by mountains to the east and the rolling hills of Jerusalem to the west, giving it an almost other-worldly beauty. After the tour return to your hotel. Overnight in Amman.
* Breakfast is included.
5
Madaba & Mount Nebo & Kerak Tour
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby for a full day tour. Drive along the 2000-year-old Kings Highway; the ancient road mentioned in the Bible. Stop at Madaba, ‘The City of Mosaics’. Visit the town’s main attraction, the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George where the famous 6th Century Byzantine mosaic map of the Holy Land and other biblical sites is found. Proceed to Mount Nebo, known as the burial place of Prophet Moses. Continue driving and arrive at Kerak, the magnificent Crusader Castle built in the 12th century. After the tour proceed to Petra. Overnight in Petra.
* Breakfast is included.
6
Petra Tour
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby for a full day visit of the “Rose Red City” of Petra, a treasure of the ancient world. It is without a doubt Jordan’s most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction. Begin your visit by enjoying a walk or a short horse ride from Petra’s main entrance to the entrance of the old city through the “Siq”, which is a 1210 meters long narrow canyon. Indulge yourself, and allow your guide to walk you through the architectural and spiritual wonders of this majestic place explaining every detail. After the tour return to your hotel. Overnight in Petra.
* Breakfast is included.
7
Al-Beidha & Wadi Rum Tour
Meet your guide at the hotel lobby and drive only 10 mins to visit Al-Beidha, “Little Petra”, an important suburb of the City of Petra. Like in Petra, buildings had been carved into the sandstone, used as residences, storages and tombs, with water channels and cisterns. Continue to Wadi Rum, Jordan’s vast and echoing desert, for a 4x4 jeep ride. Stunning in its natural beauty, Wadi Rum epitomizes the romance of the desert. With its "moonscape" of ancient valleys and towering sandstone mountains rising out of the sand, Wadi Rum is also home to several Bedouin tribes who live in scattered camps throughout the area. After the tour return to Amman. Overnight in Amman.
* Breakfast is included.
8
Departure & End of Tour
Pick-up in your hotel according to your departure time. Transfer to airport for your departure. End of your services.
* Breakfast is included.
Services
- All transfers mentioned in the itinerary on private basis.
- All sightseeing tours on regular group basis; including transportation by A/C comfortable mini-van, professional English speaking tour guide and entrance fees.
- Accommodations at the hotel(s) mention below.
- Local taxes.
Excluded
- Tips to staff, items of a personal nature.
- Any drinks with meals (except the drinks served with breakfast).
- International arrival & departure flight tickets.
- Entry visa.