This 7 day Jordan tour runs the length of the country from south to north. You land in Aqaba on the Red Sea, walk the Siq into Petra, spend a night in a Bedouin camp in Wadi Rum, hike the Shaq al-Reesh trail in Dana, float in the Dead Sea, and finish in Amman. Starting in the south means you never drive the same road twice, and the long desert days come first while you are fresh.
It is a private tour: your own driver and air-conditioned vehicle for the whole week, and licensed local guides at Petra, Jerash and the other historic sites. You stay in 4-star hotels in Aqaba, Petra, at the Dead Sea and in Amman, with one night in a desert camp in Wadi Rum. Triple, twin and single rooms are all available, and the tour can start any day.
Petra gets a full day of its own, enough time to go beyond the Treasury to the Street of Facades and the Royal Tombs, and to climb to the Monastery if you have the legs for it. Two nights at the Dead Sea give you a base for Jerash and Ajloun Castle in the north, and on the way to Amman you stop at Madaba and Mount Nebo.
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Our representative meets you inside the arrivals hall at King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba, holding a signboard with your name, and helps you through passport and visa formalities and on to the luggage hall. Your driver takes you to your hotel in Aqaba.
The rest of the day is free. Aqaba is Jordan’s only port, with warm water and some of the most accessible coral reefs in the Red Sea, and the corniche is a pleasant evening walk.
Overnight in Aqaba.
Meals: None
An early start for the two-hour drive north to Petra, the rock-cut city of the Nabataeans. With a licensed local guide you walk the Siq, a narrow gorge more than a kilometre long, until the Treasury appears at its end, carved straight into the rose-red cliff. Continue along the Street of Facades to the theatre, the Royal Tombs and the colonnaded street at the heart of the old city.
If you have the energy, climb the roughly 800 rock-cut steps to the Monastery, the largest monument in Petra, for the view over the valley. The climb takes about 45 minutes each way.
Overnight in Petra (Wadi Musa).
Meals: Breakfast
Drive south to Wadi Rum, the Valley of the Moon, a protected desert of red sand and sandstone mountains. A two-hour 4×4 jeep tour with a Bedouin driver takes you to the dunes, narrow canyons with ancient rock carvings, and natural rock bridges. Wadi Rum has stood in for Mars in films such as The Martian, and it is where T. E. Lawrence passed during the Arab Revolt.
Lunch is included on the jeep tour. Watch the sunset over the desert, then settle into your Bedouin camp for dinner under the stars.
Overnight in a desert camp in Wadi Rum.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Drive north to the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan’s largest nature reserve, where the land drops from the highlands to the desert floor of Wadi Araba. A three-hour guided hike on the Shaq al-Reesh trail takes you through sandstone canyons and past the remains of ancient copper mines, with views over the old stone village of Dana.
In the afternoon, continue to the Dead Sea, about 430 metres below sea level and the lowest point on land. The water is so salty that you float without trying.
Overnight at the Dead Sea.
Meals: Breakfast
A day in the green north of Jordan. Jerash is one of the best-preserved Roman cities outside Italy: walk under Hadrian’s Arch, into the oval plaza, along the colonnaded main street and up to the Temple of Artemis and the South Theatre.
Continue to Ajloun Castle, built in 1184 by one of Saladin’s commanders to guard the iron mines and the road against the Crusaders, with wide views across the Jordan Valley.
Return to the Dead Sea for a second night and time to float before sunset.
Overnight at the Dead Sea.
Meals: Breakfast
In Madaba, the Church of St George holds the Madaba Map, a mosaic of the Holy Land laid in the 6th century and the oldest surviving map of Jerusalem. Continue to Mount Nebo, where, according to tradition, Moses saw the Promised Land before he died. On a clear day the view reaches across the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea and Jericho.
Drive on to Amman and check in to your hotel. The evening is free to explore downtown.
Overnight in Amman.
Meals: Breakfast
A last morning in Amman. The Citadel stands on the highest hill in the city, with the columns of the Roman Temple of Hercules and the Umayyad Palace. At the Jordan Museum you see the Ain Ghazal statues, among the oldest human figures ever made, and fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Transfer to Queen Alia International Airport in Amman for your flight home.
Meals: Breakfast
| Travel season | Triple | Twin | Single |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May – 30 Sep | $1,120 | $1,190 | $2,025 |
| 1 Oct – 18 Dec | $1,190 | $1,295 | $2,200 |
| 19 Dec – 10 Jan | $1,585 | $1,725 | $2,935 |
| 11 Jan – 25 Mar | $1,190 | $1,295 | $2,200 |
| 26 Mar – 10 Apr | $1,400 | $1,550 | $2,635 |
| 11 Apr – 30 Apr | $1,190 | $1,295 | $2,200 |
4-Star Hotels in Jordan: Kaya Hotel. Seas Hotel. Corp Amman Hotel. Rival Amman Hotel and more of the similar category.
