8 Days | 7 Nights
Upon arrival to Amman Airport our representative meets you with a sign after you passed through the customs. Transfer to the hotel in Amman for overnight.
Breakfast, then start the day with a city tour in Amman. Visit the amphitheatre and the Jordan Folklore Museum and the Citadel. From here we drive in the north of Jordan to Jerash, the best example of a Roman provincial city in the whole Middle East. We visit the spectacular forum, Roman colonnaded street, the Nymphaeum and Artemis Temple. Back to hotel in Amman for overnight.
Today starts our tour to the Desert Castles in eastern Jordan. We visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Amra Castle with its zodiac dome and the early examples of Omayyad fresco paintings. Moreover, you view the fortress-like mysterious Qasr Kharanah and the black basalt Roman/Medieval Islamic fort at Azraq. Continue to Dead Sea hotel, check in. The remainder of the day free with the opportunity to make the unique floating experience at the Dead Sea.
After breakfast we depart to Mt. Nebo. This is the place where Moses gazed at the promised land before he died and believed to be his burial place. You visit the old monastery, overlook the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea and parts of the Holy Land. We proceed to Madaba, to view the famous mosaic 6th century map of Palestine in St. George's church. Afterward, we drive to Kerak along the famous ancient biblical caravan route the King's Way. We have a short stop at Wadi Al-Mujib, a great wide valley with magnificent geological formation. Visit in Kerak the famous Crusader castle built in 1132/34 by King Baldwin I. of Jerusalem. Continue to Petra for overnight.
Today visit the red rose city Petra, the biggest attraction of Jordan. Petra was first established around the 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and founded a commercial empire. You can start the trip on horseback or by foot to the canyon, the so called Siq, and then walk to the most beautiful monument: the Treasury, from here to the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs and Pharaoh's Castle. Overnight in Petra.
In the morning we drive 1.5 hours southwards to the protected area of Wadi Rum, one of the most impressing desert landscapes in the world. Here still Bedouins live in a traditional way, and by 4x4 Jeep tour you discover canyons, sand dunes and Nabatean rock inscriptions. Then onto Aqaba in the Red Sea, where the rest of the day is free. Overnight in Aqaba.
Breakfast and overnight at the hotel, no other services provided. Free day to enjoy the Red Sea resort of Aqaba. Just relax, explore the duty free shopping facilities or have fun with popular water activities like swimming, snorkelling or diving. Overnight in Aqaba.
Dependent from your departure time transfer for about 4 hours to Amman Airport to say farewell and board your flight.