Jordan Highlights & Wadi Rum Adventure

After breakfast, enjoy a free day in Amman. You can take optional excursions or explore the city on your own.
Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel, depart for Jerash, known as the Pompeii of the East. Enter Jerash through the monumental South Gate and wander through this ancient Roman city. You’ll stroll through the Oval Plaza surrounded by columns, visit the Roman theater, and Byzantine churches with mosaic floors. Enjoy a walk along Jerash’s main street, the Cardo, passing by the Nymphaeum. Experience the amazing acoustics of the theater, which hosts the annual Jerash Music Festival. Learn how the Romans built earthquake-resistant columns along the colonnaded streets.

Next, visit Ajloun Castle, a highlight of northern Jordan. Known locally as Qalat er-Rabad, this fortress was the base for Saladin’s forces when they defeated the Crusaders in the 12th century. The Ajloun Mountains are famous for their lush vegetation and dense green forests, perfect for trekking and hiking.

Return to the capital, the largest city in Jordan and its political, cultural, and commercial center, historically known as Rabbat Ammoun. Visit the Citadel, offering panoramic views of the city and a chance to explore timeless Roman ruins. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, leave Amman and visit Madaba, located 30 kilometers southwest of the capital. Madaba is famous for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially the large mosaic map of the Holy Land in St. George’s Church.

Next, visit Mount Nebo, where Moses is said to have been buried, with breathtaking views over the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and Jericho across the Jordan River. Continue to Siq al-Barid (Little Petra), located near the main Petra site. This ancient village, carved into stone 8,000 years ago, offers a glimpse of what Petra would become. It features a modest gorge with beautiful rock-cut temples, caves, and multicolored cliffs. Being less visited, it has a unique atmosphere.

Transfer to Petra, check in at the hotel, then dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, begin your visit to Petra, the ancient Nabatean capital. The lost city of Petra, entirely carved into rose-red sandstone cliffs, is a mystical and magnificent site, a lasting tribute to a lost civilization. Petra was a major hub on the Nabatean spice routes from the Persian Gulf, Western Arabia, and the Red Sea. About 2,000 years ago, Petra became the capital of the Nabatean Empire. One of its kings, Aretas IV, is even mentioned in the Bible.

The natural beauty of the mountainous area blends perfectly with the refined culture and impressive architecture of the Nabateans, who carved theaters, temples, tombs, monasteries, homes, and streets all from rose-colored sandstone. It’s no surprise that UNESCO listed Petra as a World Heritage Site. Enter Petra through the Siq, a narrow and deep gorge, which suddenly opens onto the most famous monument: Al-Khazneh, or the Treasury. You might recognize it as the set of the final scene in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”

But the Treasury is just the beginning. As you walk and climb around Petra, hundreds of rock-carved buildings reveal themselves, eroded over centuries into stunning multicolored walls. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, departure for Wadi Rum; try the 4x4 Jeep for 2 hours discovering the most spectacular sites in the area ending with a cup of tea prepared by the Bedouins as a refreshment after the visit. Then transfer to the hotel in Amman for check-in, dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, departure for the Dead Sea; the lowest point on earth, its surface and shores are 423 meters below sea level. You will have the chance to immerse yourself in the Dead Sea where you will experience a rare sensation of floating while treating your skin to beauty care. Let yourself be carried by the sea waves, enjoy a treatment, have a massage or try the healing properties of the mineral muds on your skin. Return to Amman, dinner and overnight stay.

Unfortunately, all great things must come to an end. Transfer to Queen Alia International Airport for your departure. End of services.
Have a great trip!