Discover Jordan in 10 days
Services:
* Meet and assist upon arrival and
departure.
* Transportation in A/C tourist coaches.
* Entrance fees to all sites mentioned in program.
* Guiding throughout According to Nationality .
* Accommodation in 3 , 4 or 5 star hotel as mentioned.
* Jeep tour in Wadi Rum.
* Collective visa for group (5+ pax).
* F/B basis upon arrival to departure.
* Lunches in superior
* Jordanian
restaurants as mentioned.
* Gala dinner in Beidha, Day 6.
* Glass boat tour in Aqaba, Day 9.
* B-B-Q gala dinner on beach, Day 9.
* Welcome drink upon arrival to each hotel.
* Special gift for each guest before departure.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival Amman
Jordan Beauty representative will meet and assist at Queen Alia
International Airport, Followed by transfer guests to Amman (33 km from
airport) for check-in and welcome drink at hotel. Freshen-up followed by
briefing, then dinner and O/N hotel.
Day 2: Amman – Desert
Castles
Breakfast in hotel, 9:00 am departure for 2-hour city tour of Amman (Ancient
Philadelphia, Citadel, Temple of Hercules, Roman Theatre, Nymphaeum, King
Abdullah Mosque [Blue Mosque] and Ummayad Palace) followed by transfer to
tour the desert castles. The Ummayad Caliphs in the 8th c. AD built the
desert castles and palaces. They built these castles and palaces in the
Jordanian desert in order to maintain the caravan routes and to secure the
loyalty of Jordanian tribes. We will tour
Azraq Castle, (90 km from
Amman) including lunch . We will then continue to
Kharanah
Palace,
Amra Palace, and then transfer back to Amman for freshen-up followed by
transfer to Dinner outside hotel , for an authentic Jordanian dinner. Back
to hotel for O/N.
Day 3: Jerash – Ajloun –
Amman
Breakfast in hotel, followed by 8:00 am transfer to Jerash, (45 km from
Amman) one of the most important and preserved Roman cities in the
Near East. Half-day tour of Jerash, visiting the oval plaza in the
south theatre, the colonized street, the
Temple of Artemis, Zeus and
the Three Churches of Cosmos and Demanos. Lunch in Jerash. After lunch,
transfer to Ajloun (24 km from Jerash) to visit the only Islamic castle in
Jordan,
which was built from 1184-1185AD and one of the very few Islamic castles
built to protect the country against Crusader attacks. Transfer back to
Amman to freshen-up followed by dinner Outside hotel . Back to hotel for
O/N.
Day 4: Umm Qais –
Pella
– Dead Sea
Breakfast in hotel, 8:00 am transfer to Umm Qais (old Gadara), dating back
to 2nd century AD, sightseeing over
Golan Heights and
Tayberias Lake. Tour Umm
Qais, one of the most important cities during the Greco-Roman period, dating
back to the 2nd c. AD including lunch. Continue driving along the
Yarmoukh River beside the Jordanian / Israeli border to
Jordan
Valley
viewing Pella, which has been inhabited for over 6000 years (a Decapolis
city of the Roman Empire), tour Pella. Then continue to the Dead Sea, the
lowest point on the earth, 409m below sea level. Free afternoon to swim,
float and relax in the water rich in mineral salts, ideal for spas and
medicinal treatments. Dinner and O/N hotel at the Dead Sea.
Day 5: Madaba - Mt. Nebo -
Mekawir - Kerak - Petra
Breakfast in hotel, departure at 8:00 am to Madaba (20 km from Dead Sea),
famous as a land of Mosaics. The most famous of the mosaics being the
wonderful map of
Palestine and
Jordan in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George. Continue to
Mt.
Nebo
for tour of the site believed to be home to the tomb of Moses. Then transfer
via the Kings’ Highway to Mekawir. This is the site of Herod’s Palace, where
John the Baptist was beheaded. Tour of Mekawir, transfer via Kings’ Highway
to Kerak (located 129 km from Amman) one of the finest examples of Crusader
military construction, its walls are strengthened with rectangular
projecting towers, long stone vaulted galleries lit only by narrow slits,
and a deep moat from the west which completely isolates the site. Lunch at
Al-Mujib (in Kerak), followed by transfer to Petra for dinner and O/N hotel.
Day 6: Petra
Breakfast in hotel, 8:00 am departure for full day tour of Petra (the
Rose-Red city) including the Siq, the Treasury, city centre, the Royal tomb,
the theatre, the High Place of Sacrifice, Wadi Farasah and the Roman Soldier
Tombs. Lunch in Petra, then evening hike back via the Siq to Wadi Musa for
freshen-up followed by transfer to Beidha (little Petra) for gala B-B-Q
dinner under the stars, then back to Wadi Musa for O/N hotel. ***The dinner
will be Arabic cuisine served open buffet style including Bedouin (folklore)
entertainment.
Day 7: Petra
Breakfast in hotel, 9:00 am departure for full day Petra tour including Al-Dheir,
the Monastery and Al Habis castle. Lunch inside, followed by evening hike
back via Siq back to Wadi Musa for dinner and O/N hotel.
Day 8: Beidha (Little
Petra) - Wadi Rum - Aqaba
Breakfast, then checkout of hotel, 9:00 am departure to visit Little Petra (Beidah,
8 km from hotel), a caravan station from the 3rd century BC. Then
drive via the caravan roads back to Wadi Musa for lunch at the Red Cave
Restaurant. After lunch, bus transfer to Wadi Rum (Valley of the Moon) for a
2-hour jeep tour to explore the
Arabian desert
and watch the beautiful sunset. Tour through the
Sharah
Mountain
to Aqaba for dinner and O/N hotel.
Day 9: Aqaba
Breakfast in hotel, followed by free morning in Aqaba, situated on the gulf
of the Red Sea. Guests can swim, snorkel, dive or just relax. Lunch in Aqaba
, followed by afternoon glass boat trip for all guests to explore the
beautiful coral reefs situated in the Red Sea. Followed by gala B-B-Q dinner
on the hotel beach then O/N in hotel.
Day 10: Departure
Breakfast and checkout of hotel, followed by transfer to departure.
Tour's route
Husseini Mosque
Mukawir
Petra
Wadi Rum
Aqaba