Amman & Petra Tour - 5 days
Private Tour / Daily departures
Accommodation in Superior or Deluxe Hotels
• Amman (1) • Petra (2) • Aqaba (1)
Category:
Private cultural tour, roundtrip, scenic land journey.
Day 1: Arrive Amman
You will be greeted upon your arrival at Queen Alia
Airport in Amman, and will be escorted to your hotel.
Overnight: Amman.
Day 2: Amman – Madaba -
Mount Nebo – Dead Sea – Kerak – Petra (B)
After breakfast, you
will begin your tour in Amman. You’ll visit the
Archaeological museum, Roman Amphitheater, and the
Citadel. Then drive along the King’s Highway,
the ancient Silk Road to your first stop Madaba, famous
with its Byzantine mosaics. You will visit the Greek
Orthodox Church of St. George to see the earliest
surviving original map of the Holy land in a mosaic
floor dating to 560 A.D. Then your driver will take you to Mount
Nebo, one of the most important holy sites in Jordan,
known as the site of the tomb of Moses. You will continue
to Dead Sea and then to Kerak; the city famous with
the12th century hilltop fortress. Later you arrive Petra
for overnight.
Overnight: Petra
Day 3: Petra (B)
Breakfast and tour to the Red Rose City Petra, built by
the Nabateans who settled Jordan 2000 years ago- desert
rock carved monumental tombs, palaces, temples and the
treasury which was starred in Indiana Jones. Your guide
will give you a briefing about whole City of Petra while
you are walking through the 1.2 km canyon to reach the
magnificent treasury. Part of the way back is on
horseback; drive back to hotel for overnight.
Overnight: Petra
Day 4: Wadi Rum - Aqaba (B)
Today drive to Wadi Rum, the magnificent vast
desert with its sandstone mountains also known as Valley
of the Moon. The landscape of Wadi Rum, with its
immensity, color and awe-inspiring shapes, creates an
almost supernatural atmosphere. It was the setting for
the film Lawrence of Arabia as most of our guests would
recall. You will explore the area in 4 X 4 vehicles;
passing by the Bedouin tents drive south to
Aqaba, the red sea resort area for a free afternoon and
overnight.
Overnight: Aqaba
Day 5: Departure (B)
Transfer to Amman airport for flight back home. Thank
you for visiting Jordan!
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