4 day tour featuring the major highlights of Jordan - Amman, Petra, Jerash, Madaba, Mt Nebo & Wadi Rum
Highlights
* Jerash * Amman * Petra
* Wadi Rum * Madaba * Mount Nebo
included with
* 3 nights hotel accommodation on bed and breakfast basis.
* Transfers from/to Tel Aviv/Jerusalem major hotels on departure and return.
(Return drop off also available at Ben Gurion Airport - depending on flight time).
* Sightseeing in a modern air-conditioned touring vehicle.
* Services of a Jordanian government licensed guide.
* Entrance fees as per the program.
* Visa Waiver (arranged by us - free of charge).
excluded by
* Tipping for guide, driver and hotel staff.
* Beverages with meals.
* Border Taxes & Border Shuttle transfers - Israel & Jordan.
(approx. US$60 per person - paid on tour - subject to change).
Essential
Information
* Entry visas/approvals - Please see the important information provided in the FAQ section regarding entry requirements.
Itinerary
Day 1: Sheikh Hussein Bridge / Jerash / Amman
• Drive from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem to the Sheikh Hussein border crossing for procedures to enter Jordan.
• Proceed to Jerash - city of the Decapolis, located about 45km north of Amman in the fertile heights of the Gilad. Visit the ancient Roman city with colonnaded streets, the baths and the hill of the top Temple.
• Drive to Amman for a panoramic city tour of the Jordanian capital including the Citadel and Roman Amphitheatre.
Overnight in Amman.
Day 2: Amman / Mount Nebo / Petra
• After breakfast drive to Mount Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promised Land. From here you will see the Jordan Valley, Jericho and the Dead Sea.
• Continue south along the Desert Highway to Wadi Musa, the modern village of Petra.
• Enter the site of Petra and walk, or ride on horseback, to the "Siq" (Canyon).
• Walk through the "Siq" to the red rock city, the ancient capital of the Nabateans from 3rd Century BC to 2nd Century AD.
• Visit the most interesting carved monuments such as the Treasury (El Khazneh - a tomb of a Nabatean king) then the field of tombs, obelisks and the altar. From this point you can view the whole of the rock city.
• After the visit, return to Wadi Musa for overnight.
• Overnight in Petra.
Day 3: Wadi Rum / Madaba / Amman
• After breakfast drive south to the towering mountains and rock formations of Wadi Rum, which mesmerised Lawrence of Arabia.
• Drive through the stunning desert landscapes on a 2 hr safari in open Bedouin trucks.
• Drive north to Madaba to visit the remains of the Byzantine church with its ancient mosaic floor map, the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the mosaic map of the Holy Land and Jerusalem.
• Overnight in Amman.
Day 4: Amman / Sheikh Hussein / Jerusalem / Tel Aviv
• After breakfast, leave the hotel and drive to the border.
• Cross the Jordan River and drive back to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv or Ben Gurion Airport.
Please note that the sequence of the tour and sites visited may be amended due to circumstances at the company’s or the guide’s discretion.
