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Jordan Essentials (Arrival in Amman)

Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo

General information

DurationDestinationDeparture
5 days and 4 nights
Jordan (Amman, Madaba, Nebo, Shoubak, Petra, Wadi Rum)
Jordan (Amman)

Description

Guaranteed departure on Monday with the minimum of 2 participants.

Category

 
3 Stars Hotels (Scheduled Tour)
Half Board (dinner) 3 Stars
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4 Stars Hotels (Scheduled Tour)
Half Board (dinner) 4 Stars
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5 Stars Hotels (Scheduled Tour)
Half Board (dinner) 5 Stars
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Program

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

Day 2:
Amman - Madaba - Mt. Nebo - Shobak - Petra (Breakfast, Dinner)
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:
Petra (Breakfast, Dinner)
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:
Petra - Wadi Rum - Amman (Breakfast, Dinner)
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”. Return to Amman hotel. Dinner & Overnight stay in Amman.

Day 5:
Amman (Breakfast)
After breakfast, departure from Amman 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
- Transportation as per the above mentioned program in an A/C vehicle with a professional driver
- 4 nights’ accommodation on Breakfast & Dinner basis based on confirmed hotels or similar
- Group guide on touring days (based on selected language: English, Italian or Spanish)
- 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