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Day 1:
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Airport – Amman,
Meets and assist at airport, transfer to your at Amman for overnight.
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Day 2:
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Amman – Jerash – Amman,
Early in the morning you will visit Amman Citadel, the Archeological Museum, then visiting the Roman Theater, then drive north to Jerash (Gerasa), once known as the land of Gilead, Known in the Bible as the region of the Gerasenes.
It was part of the Roman Decapolis and is sometimes referred to as the Pompei of the East, the best-preserved city of Roman times, and visit its theaters, temples, churches and colonnaded streets then drive back to Amman to your hotel for dinner and over night.
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Day 3:
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Madab – Nebo –Kerak (king’s Way) – Dana,
Transfer to Madaba and visit the famous mosaic map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Your next stop will be Mount Nebo, where like Moses you will be able to overlook the Holy Land and the Dead Sea. If the sky is clear Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem will meet your eye.
The journey will continue along the King’s Highway. On the way you will pass through Wadi Mujib, the grand canyon of Jordan. You will stop in Kerak for lunch. In the afternoon, you will visit the huge castle where Saladin and Richard Lionheart fought during the crusades, overnight Dana.
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Day 4:
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Dana – Petra,
visit the castle of Shoubak, during the crusades period it was known as Mons Realis, since it was the first castle established by the kingdom of Jerusalem at the other side of the river Jordan.
Next transfer to Petra, start a guided tour from the main Gate, walk through the Siq, a narrow and winding fissure between the cliffs, to reach the Treasury, the Nabatean Roman Theater, the Roman Road (Cardo), the great temple, to the basin.
Then climb the stairs to the Monastery and admire the splendid view over the Wadi Araba then back to the Basin then back through the Siq to Wadi Musa to your hotel.
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Day 5:
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Petra – Wadi Namala – Wadi Araba – Wadi Ghweir,
After breakfast, Drive by four-wheel drive vehicle through Little Petra to Wadi Namala, and drive using 4X4 vehicles through Wadi Gweir canyon with water and Wadi Araba sand dunes, there we will organize our campfire, for dinner and overnight.
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Day 6:
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Wadi Araba – Mas’ouda – Beer Hamad – Humaima,
In morning to drive around Wadi Arabah, and we climb up by our 4X4 to Mas’ouda road and enjoy the grand view of Wadi Araba and Wadi Abu Khsheibah, Petra Mountains.
We will be meeting with Bedouin tribe that lives around Well of Beer Hamad, continue to Humaima and set our camp fire, dinner and overnight.
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Day 7:
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Wadi Rum,
In the morning drive by 4X4 from Humaimah to Wadi Rum, you shall pass the famous seven pillars of wisdom, described by Lawrence of Arabia.
Explore Wadi Rum for full day, to Lawrence springs, and the inscriptions made by the Thamudic and Nabatean people centuries ago, Khazzall Canyon, Little stone bridge, climb one of the natural rock bridges and some sand dunes.
Then to Umm Fruth Bridge you shall see the house where Lawrence of Arabia lived, Burdah rock bridge and Barrah Canyon, finally to your desert camp for overnight.
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Day 8:
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Wadi Rum – Amman departure,
Transfer to Amman Queen Alia Airpot for departure.
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