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World Wonders in Jordan

General information

DurationDestinationDeparture
8 days and 7 nights
Jordan (Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea)
Jordan (Amman)

Category

 
Hotel 3 Stelle (Scheduled Tour)
Meals as per program
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Hotel 4 Stelle (Scheduled Tour)
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Hotel 5 Stelle (Scheduled Tour)
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Program

Day 1:
Monday - Arrival Amman
Arrive in Amman (QAIA). Meet and greet at the airport. Dinner & Overnight stay in Amman. Dinner (as long as the arrival at the hotel is before 9 pm).

Day 2:
Tuesday - Amman – Madaba – Mt. Nebo –Shobak – Petra
After breakfast, Visit Madaba, a city best known for the famous 6th century Mosaic map of Jerusalem & Holy Land and for its spectacular Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics and visit of St. George’s church. Mt. Nebo a city mentioned in the bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land that he would never enter. Just off the King's Highway 190 km south of Amman and less than an hour north of Petra stands an impressive castle as a lonely reminder of former Crusader glory dating from the same turbulent period as Kerak, crowning a cone of rock, which rises above a wild and rugged landscape dotted with a grand sweep of fruit trees below. It is today known as Shobak, but to the Crusaders it was Mont Real (Crak de Montreal) or Mons Regalis, the Fortress of the Royal Mount. It was built in 1115 by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem to guard the road from Damascus to Egypt, and was the first of a string of similar strongholds in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Dinner & Overnight stay in Petra.

Day 3:
Wednesday - Petra visti
After breakfast, Visit the Nabatean Red Rose city of Petra, one of the 7 world wonders and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Enter the city through 1KM long narrow gorge which is flanked either side by 80m high cliffs! Notice the dazzling colors and formations of the rocks. The site is massive, and contains hundreds of elaborated rock-cut tombs, a treasury, Roman-style theatres, temples, sacrificial altars and colonnaded streets. Dinner & Overnight stay in Petra.

Day 4:
Thursday - Petra – Wadi Rum Jeep Ride
After breakfast, we head further down in southern Jordan to visit other significant sites including Wadi Rum. Explore Wadi Rum on 2 hours jeep ride into the Jordanian desert! Wadi Rum was best described by T.E. Lawrence as “Vast, echoing and god-like”, and by the locals as “Valley of the Moon”.
Bedouin Dinner & Overnight stay in Wadi Rum.

Day 5:
Friday - Wadi Rum – Amman
After breakfast, you will be transferred to your hotel in Amman. Dinner & Overnight stay in Amman.

Day 6:
Saturday - Amman - Dead Sea Free Day (no Guide)
After breakfast free day then transfer to Dead Sea,Enjoy your free day in Dead Sea. Dinner & Overnight stay in Dead Sea.

Day 7:
Sunday - Dead Sea – Jerash – Ajloun – Dead Sea
After breakfast, we head to visit the ancient Roman city of Jerash, including the paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, theatres, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls. Proceeding to northern Jordan to visit one of the most important ecological and historical sites in the Middle East; Ajloun. Ajloun Castle (Qal’at Ar-Rabad) is a fine example of Islamic architecture as it was built by Saladin’s general in 1184 AD to control the iron mines of Ajloun, and to counter the progress of the Crusaders by dominating the three main routes leading to the Jordan valley and protecting the communication routes between Jordan and Syria. Dinner & Overnight stay in Dead Sea.

Day 8:
Monday - Departure Dead Sea - Qaia
After breakfast, departure from Dead Sea via Queen Alia international Airport), to your next destination. (3:30 hours before each flight time).

Price includes

- Visa including meet and assist “Visa is free for the time being; only passport details are required before the guests’ arrival” by minimum 7 days.
- Transportation as per the above mentioned program in an A/C vehicle with a professional driver
- 7 nights’ accommodation based on Breakfast & Dinner basis at the above mentioned hotels or similar (please refer to the above categories).
- Private Italian/English Speaking guide on touring days only
- Entrance fees to the above mentioned sites
- A short horse ride from the main gate till the beginning of the Siq
- 2 hours’ jeep ride in Wadi Rum
- All applicable taxes

Price does not include

- Any tips & porterages
- Additional meals
- Beverages
- Personal expenses
- Any item not mentioned in the inclusions part.
- Optional excursions

Itinerary

Day Overnight Itinerary highlights
1 Olive Hotel or similarAmman   Amman - Arrival Terminal
2 Edom Petra or similarPetra
3 Edom Petra or similarPetra
4 Hasan Al-Zawaideh Camp or similarWadi Rum
5 Olive Hotel or similarAmman
6 Grand East hotel or similarDead Sea East Coast
7 Grand East hotel or similarDead Sea East Coast
8   Dead Sea East Coast
  Amman - Departure Terminal

Accommodations provided in each place

PlaceHotel 3 StelleHotel 4 StelleHotel 5 Stelle
AmmanOlive Hotel or similar / Olive Hotel or similarStrand Hotel or similarBristol Amman or similar
PetraEdom Petra or similarPetra castle or similarHyatt Zaman or similar
Wadi RumHasan Al-Zawaideh Camp or similar
Dead Sea East CoastGrand East hotel or similarHoliday Inn hotel or similar