Private Tour of Jordan
 

For Guests who can afford and want the BEST

See the top sights in Jordan on this fully escorted Private tour, including Amman, Petra, Jerash , The Desert Castles , the Dead Sea and Wadi Rum
 

DAY 1 - AMMAN

Daily - Year Round - You choose your arrival date
Arrive any day of the week, year round. Our staff will meet you upon arrival and help with the transfer to your hotel in Amman . Transfers are always on a private basis , with a private chauffeur, private air-conditioned vehicle,

Complimentary visa is issued upon arrival for American , Australian, NZ, Canadian, EU , Mexican & Japanese passport holders. Passport must be valid at least for 6 month beyond the date of your arrival.

DAY 2 - MADABA, KERAK - PETRA (BL)
Breakfast is included at the hotel. Your private guide will always escort you throughout the trip.
We drive south along the King's Highway, an ancient caravan route, to Madaba to visit the church containing the oldest known map of Palestine and the Holy Land. Continuing to Mount Nebo, we enjoy the panoramic view of the Promised Land the way Moses saw it for the first time. Further on, at Kerak, we tour the ruins of its romantic Crusaders' castle of Renaud de Chatillon, one of a line which stretched from Aqaba to Turkey. Lunch is included enroute in a local restaurant. Finally, we arrive to PETRA . Transfers and tours are always on a private basis , with a private chauffeur, private air-conditioned vehicle, and private guide

DAY 3 - PETRA - Wadi Rum (BLD)
Breakfast is included at the hotel . We board four-wheel-drive vehicles for an expedition to Wadi Rum, the "Valley of the Moon" where T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") organized Arab resistance to Ottoman rule during World War I. Lunch box is included . After our visit we head to one of the local camp sites , It is essential to take several layers of clothes, including warm layers , this is desert weather, so there is a great drop and / or increase in temperatures with sunrise / sunset , we will deliver to you a NEW unused sleeping bag with our compliments , in case you wish to use . Sample camp site : the Bait Ali Desert Camp, or the RSCN Rummana Campsite at the Dana Nature Reserve. You may have the choice as well to camp with the bedouins, this is even more basic, and no modern toilet facilities. This is an exotic and memorable experience and will enable you to experience something of the Bedouin's desert culture, if camping is not your cup of tea , then we will simply head back to the hotel in Petra and overnight. Dinner is included camp style or at your hotel.

Please note that camping in Wadi Rum is very basic:


Tourist Camp Sites : Pre-assigned sites and set camps where accommodation is arranged in the usual camping tents , you may find at home (not Bedouin Tents). Showers, Bathrooms and restaurants are available in each camp site .



Bedouin camps:
Are not pre-fixed sites, you will be indeed in the heart of the bedouin desert environment and culture, and you will be in direct contact and interacting with the Bedouins. These Bedouin camps have Bedouin tents that are divided into small rooms for the guests to sleep.
Other tents are used for sitting ( as your living room per say ) and eating. They also may or may not have basic toilets and a small kitchen where food is prepare for the guests by the Bedouins.
Guests who enjoy nature and the desert scenery will fall in love with these camps and the authentic Bedouin experience in Wadi Rum.
Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur, private guide.

Day 4 - DESERT CASTLES - Dead Sea : (BL)
After an early breakfast we head north for a full day tour to the Desert Castles :
Qasr Amra Bath and its Zodiac Dome, the Fortress like Qasr Karana, and the Roman Fort , turned into residence by the Ummayds : Qasr El Hallabat, and the black basalt Roman/Medieval fort at Azraq. After lunch , drive North to the Dead Sea , overnight at the Kempinski or Movenpick Dead Sea Resort . Lunch is included today enroute.

Day 5 - Jerash : (BL)
Full day tour , after breakfast we head for Jerash, among the best-preserved Roman cities in the world, to tour its temples, theaters, churches and colonnaded streets. Lunch is included at a local restaurant.
From Jerash . Continue northwards to Pella in the Jordan Valley. Visit Um Qais, Gedara of the Bible (Matthew 8:28-34) for a spectacular view of the Sea of Galilee, the Yarmouk River . Return to the Dead Sea resort.


Day 6 - Dead Sea Spa : (B)
After breakfast. Enjoy a full day at leisure maybe to enjoy some of the facilities of the SPA or the Dead Sea .


Day 7 - Departure - Amman : (B)
After breakfast head for the airport. Bon Voyage . Departure tax is included in our rate.