07 Nights/08 Days Jordan
Day 1: Amman International Airport – Amman Hotel
On Arrival, Meet & assist by local representative at Queen Alia International Airport – transfer to Amman Hotel / Overnight stay in Amman.
Day 2: Amman – Jerash – Ajloun - Um Qais – Amman
Full Day Visiting Jarash & Ajloun & Um Qais: Visit the ancient city of Jarash the most complete and well preserved city of the Roman Empire. Jarash is one of the Decapolis cities of the north of Jordan. Nestled in a green and well-watered valley in the biblical land of Gilead , the remains of the ancient city have long attracted tourists from all around the world, Wander among the original temples, theaters, plazas, paths and colonnaded streets, all enclosed within the remaining city walls. Then drive through the pine forests and olive groves until we reach the city of Ajloun. Then proceed to Ajloun forests and the Castle of Saladin. Ajloun Castle, more formally known as Qalaat er-Rabad, is the major ancient site within the Ajloun forests region overlooking the Jordan Valley. ”: Visit Um Qais You will visit Um Qais which offers beautiful views over the Northern Jordan valley, the Sea of Galilee, and the Golan Heights . Um Qais is known for its beautiful over looking Lake Tiberius, back to hotel in Amman
Overnight stay in Amman
Day 3: Amman City Tour– Desert Castles - Amman
Visit Amman downtown market and city center, its traditional souks, restaurants selling local food and sweets, churches and mosques. Amman is also the ancient city of Philadelphia with its Roman Theater and many other monuments that can be visited like the Citadel. Then drive to the other side of the city where you can see the pubs, international restaurants, and discotheques as you become familiar with the contrast between old and traditional, to the new and modern Visit of several Islamic medieval desert castles that offer a number of fortresses with fresco art and zodiac dome. You may visit Qasr Amra from the Umayyads era, Qasr Kharaneh a Roman then Umayyad fortress built and completed in 710 AD, and Qaser Azraq where T. E Lawrence of Arabia had his headquarters, back to hotel in Amman.
Overnight stay in Amman.
Day 4: Amman – Madaba – Mount Nebo - Baptism Site - Karak - Petra
After breakfast transfer to visit on the way Madaba the city of Mosaics, which has the oldest known mosaic map of the holy land, after that we will go to view the Jordan Valley from the famous Mount Nebo visiting its Byzantine Church, Afterwards continue to Kerak touring it’s Castle (one of the finest examples of Crusader military construction, Transfer to Petra.
Overnight stay in Petra.
Day 5: Petra- Wadi Rum
After breakfast – transfer to Petra, Full day visiting the rose-red city known as Sela in the Bible and lost to the world for five centuries until it was rediscovered in 1812. Enter Petra on horseback through a narrow gorge carved in the sandstone and opening on the stunning view of the Treasury, made famous in the movie “Indiana Jones and the Temple , in the afternoon / transfer to wadi Rum / for dinner & overnight in tended camp .
Day 6: Wadi Rum - Aqaba
Wadi Rum, almost 40 kilometers from Petra, where the movie Lawrence of Arabia and Red Planet was filmed is a uniquely shaped massive mountain that rose amongst the rosy red sand of the desert with towering cliffs of various brownish, reddish, and golden colors. Amongst this emptiness and silence you can camp and explore the desert in 4x4 Jeeps visiting the holographic pictures carved before Christ on this intriguing tour, then transfer to visit Aqaba, Aqaba is famous for it's water sports and adventure activates, there are a host of more leisurely activities that can be enjoyed by visitors who wish to relax, rejuvenate or just get away from the pressures of city life. For those who prefer their marine life at arm's length, glass-bottomed boats are a fun way to enjoy the marvels of the Red Sea, Aqaba. Overnight stay in Aqaba.
Day 7: Aqaba – Dana village - Mujib Reserve - Dead Sea Pick up from Aqaba transfer to Visit Dana Nature Reserve is a system of wades and mountains, which extend from the top of the Rift Valley down to the desert lowlands of Wadi Araba, an elevation drop of over 1600 meters, transfer to visit the Unisco old village of Dana , continue to Mujib reserve The terrain of the Wadi Mujib Reserve consists of rugged, arid mountains and flowing rivers. The deeply cut sandstone mountains of the Mujib Reserve span an elevation drop of over 1,200 meters: from 900m above sea level to 400m below - the lowest ground level on Earth. Because of this dramatic change in altitude and the presence of several flowing rivers, it has many different habitats, supporting a wide variety of plants and animals. Overnight stay in Dead Sea
Day 8: Dead Sea – Amman International Airport
Pick up from Dead Sea, transfer to Jordan Interantional Airport to board your flight back home.
