Amman & Petra Tour - 5 days
Small Group Tour max. group size 8
/ Departs every Friday & Sunday
Accommodation in 4 or 5 star Hotels
• Amman (2) • Petra (1) • Dead Sea (1)
Category:
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: Jerash - Ajloun – Um Qais- Amman (B)
Today we will visit Jerash, the
best preserved and largest Greco-Roman city in Jordan;
we’ll stroll the stately colonnaded streets past the
theater, the baths, the hill top temple and the
triumphal arch. Then we will continue to Ajloun; here we
will see the medieval
Castle
of Ajloun
which was built by Muslims against crusader invasions.
After visiting Um Qais we will return to our hotel.
Overnight:
Amman
Day 3: Amman – Madaba - Mount
Nebo – Wadi Rum –
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 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 for 2 hours and after
watching the sunset drive to
Petra
for overnight. Overnight: Petra
Day 4: Petra – Dead Sea (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
Dead Sea for overnight. Overnight: Dead Sea
Day 5: Departure (B)
Transfer to Amman airport for flight back home. Thank
you for visiting Jordan!
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