Tour Itinerary
Day 1
Air port - Amman
Meet upon arrival at Queen Alia International Airport, and then transfer to the hotel in Amman for dinner and overnight. Hotel in Amman
Day 2
Amman - City tour - Ajloun - Jerash - Amman
After breakfast we do you Amman city tour to visit the Citadel of Amman to discover Jabal Al- Qal'a and the Roman Theatre, then driver takes us to Ajloun, a forested area where we visit the castle of Ajloun "Al Rabad Castle." Though looking like a Crusader fortress, Ajloun castle was actually built by Muslims in 1184 as a military fort and buffer to protect the region from invading Crusader forces. We continue to Jerash; one of the best preserved Roman cities in the world; it offers extensive and breathtaking ruins of colonnaded streets, arches, temples and baths in a remarkable state of preservation and completeness. After this we return to the same hotel in Amman for dinner and overnight. Hotel in Amman
Day 3
Amman - Bethany - Dead Sea
From Amman and after breakfast, we drive to Bethany (the Baptism site) to visit with a local guide, then drive to the Dead Sea for free time at leisure. Dinner and overnight at the Dead Sea. Hotel in the Dead Sea
Day 4
Dead Sea - Mount Nebo - Madaba - Kerak - Petra
Breakfast at the hotel, and then drive to Mount Nebo. Here we find the memorial of Moses; this is the place from which he viewed the Promised Land and where he was buried.
The Christian church built on top of the mountain is considered the most valuable church in the whole region, due to the fact that it contains mosaic walls and a superb mosaic floor. On a clear day you can see Jerusalem, Jericho, and the Dead Sea from the top of the mountain, and then continue to Madaba, "The City of Mosaics". In many respects Madaba is a typical East Bank town yet underneath almost every house lays a fine Byzantine mosaic. Many of these mosaics have been excavated and are on display in the town's museum, but it is estimated that many more lay hidden waiting to be discovered. Saint George's church has the oldest preserved ancient mosaic map of the holy lands (Jerusalem, Jordan, and Lower Egypt). The next destination will be: Kerak, where we will visit Kerak castle, which is distinguished by its fine crusader castle built in the 12th century on the remains of earlier citadels, which date back to Nabatean times. The castle in itself is more imposing than beautiful, though it is all the more impressive as an example of the Crusaders' architectural military genius. Each stronghold was built to be a day's journey from its neighbor and at night a beacon was lit at each castle to signal to Jerusalem that it was safe. As we will see, Kerak is superbly situated on the King's Highway and historically controlled all traffic from north and south and prospered by the imposition of road toll and taxes, after that drive to Petra for dinner and overnight. Hotel in Petra
Day 5
Petra
After breakfast we begin our full day exploration of the red-rose city of Petra. It is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2000 years ago. Admired then for its refined culture, massive architecture and ingenious complex of dams and water channels, Petra is a UNESCO world heritage site and this year it was voted one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. We enter the site by navigating the narrow kilometer long Siq, or canyon and our guided exploration of the site will take in many of the over 800 individual monuments, including buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, and colonnaded streets, that were mostly carved from the kaleidoscopic sandstone by the inhabitants centuries ago. We return to the hotel at the end of the afternoon for dinner and overnight. Hotel in Petra
Day 6
Petra - Little Petra - Wadi Rum - Aqaba
From Petra and after breakfast we drive for around: 10 minutes to visit: Little Petra, the (suburbs) of the ancient city and stop at the Neolithic settlement of the Beidah, (one of the earliest human settlement in the world and in the afternoon drive to Wadi Rum to do you an unforgettable 2 hours 4WD safari adventure in the desert to discover the are and tracing Lawrence of Arabia foot steps, watch the Sun Set in the Moon Valley, then drive to Aqaba for dinner and overnight. Hotel in Aqaba
Day 7
Aqaba
Free day in Aqaba, dinner and overnight in Aqaba. Hotel in Aqaba
Day 8
Aqaba - Air port
From Aqaba drive to Amman air port for departure with farewell.
