7-Nights Best of Jordan Including 1 Night Aqaba

Amman, Jordan

Discover Jerash, the Dead Sea, Petra and Wadi Rum on this 7 night tour of Jordan from Amman. Explore Amman and admire the city’s impressive Roman theater. Explore ancient ruins in Jerash, float in the Dead Sea’s salty waters and gaze over the rugged Moab Desert. Visit St George’s Church in Madaba and learn of the city’s biblical sites. Take in panoramic views over the Jordan Valley from Mount Nebo. Enjoy a full day’s sightseeing in UNESCO–listed Petra and explore Wadi Rum in style by 4x4 jeep.

Day 1 (Sunday): Amman Airport
Arrival to Amman International Airport, transfer to hotel in Amman. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2 (Monday): Amman Panoramic City Tour – Jerash – Amman (B, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Panoramic tour of the city, known as Philadelphia: panoramic tour of the center, traditional markets, churches, mosques, Roman Theater, and the new modern city. Depart to Jerash, one of the most complete and best preserved of the Roman Empire. A walk through time visiting its streets, theaters, temples and other places like the great colonnade, the Arc of Triumph, the oval plaza and the Temples of Zeus and Artemis, return to Amman. Dinner & overnight at the hotel.

Day 3 (Tuesday): Amman – Dead Sea – Amman (B, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Descend to the lowest place on earth, the Dead Sea and the desert of Moab. Free time to swim in its therapeutic waters. (Entrance to the Dead Sea Resthouse, towels not included). Return to Amman. Dinner & overnight at the hotel.

Day 4 (Wednesday): Amman - Madaba – Mount Nebo – Karak or Shobak Kings Highway– Petra (B, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Depart to Madaba the "City of Mosaics", visit the map of the Holy Land made in 571 B.C. at the Saint George Church. Continue to Mount Nebo, known as the tomb of Moses, for a magnificent view of the Jordan Valley. Go to Karak or Shobak through the Kings’ Highway, visit its fortress built between 1110 and 1143 B.C. From there admire great panoramic views. Off to Petra. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5 (Thursday): Petra (B, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Classic full day visit of the Nabatean red rose city of Petra, one of the seven wonders of the world, carved out of rock over 2000 years ago. Will access the city through its entrance (Siq) of 1.2 kilometers from there you continue to reach the impressive monumental Treasury (El Khazneh) which was believed to hold countless treasures. The first view of the “Khazneh” is breath-taking. Other monuments you can see are the Theatre, the Byzantine Church, and the Royal Tombs. (Climbing up to the monastery is up to the clients, without guide). Return to hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6 (Friday): Petra – Wadi Rum – Aqaba (B, D)
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Wadi Rum Desert, scenes from the film Lawrence of Arabia, and one of the most spectacular settings in the Middle East. This is red desert sand on which granite mountains rise with peaks of red and gold colors penetrate the scenery. (Classic tour by 4x4 of approximately 2 hours). Transfer to Aqaba. Dinner & overnight at Aqaba Hotel.

Day 7 (Saturday): (B, D)
Breakfast, transfer from Aqaba to Amman hotel. Dinner and overnight at hotel.