Tour Details
  • Starts in: Amman / Ends in: Amman
  • Departs: 27th December 2010
  • No local payment required
  • Breakfast:7, Lunch: 0, Dinner: 2
  • Hotel Rating: 3 star
  • Tour Guide: Yes

New Years in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

Where will you be? Jordan is overflowing with magnetic attractions. Discover the Rose City of Petra, float like a boat on the Dead Sea and ring in a new year at Wadi Rum!

Day 1: Amman
27th Dec. Welcome to Jordan and the start of your New Year’s holiday! Included transfer to hotel and overnight. Overnight - Amman
Day 2: Jerash & Umm Qais
Amman - Jerash - Umm Qais - Amman. Driving north, we visit Jerash, one of best-preserved cities of the Decapolis, a confederation of 10 Roman cities dating from the 1st century! We’ll explore a significant number of preserved ruins including the classic Roman colonnaded street, amphitheatre, nymphaeum and forum before continuing to Umm Qais (Gadara), a dramatic black-basalt Roman city of the Decapolis with great views over the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights. Overnight - Amman (B)
New Years in Wadi Rum - 8 Days Go Guide : :Check out the go guide for details of the tour, info on visas, climate, money, what to bring and more!
Relax by the beach or soak in mineral rich waters of the Dead Sea
Day 3: Dead Sea
Amman - Dead Sea - Petra. Morning city tour of the Archaeological Museum, citadel and souq with free time to explore before descending from the heights of Amman to the Dead Sea. Test our powers of buoyancy in the mineral-rich waters! This afternoon we stop off at Karak Crusader castle en route to Petra. Overnight - Petra (B)
Day 4: Petra
Petra. Today we visit Petra. Accessing the hidden archaeological treasures of the Rose City on a walk through a narrow, deep siq, where the rocks finally give way to reveal the famous facade of Al-Khazneh (the Treasury), we continue our exploration. Dozens of tombs, temples, an impressive amphitheatre and a Roman colonnaded street await our discovery. Want to learn how to cook Middle Eastern food? Consider opting for our Petra Kitchen bolt-on tonight! Overnight - Petra (B)
Clare Bailey sitting above the siq looking down upon the treasury in Petra
Day 5: New Years Eve in Wadi Rum
On 31 December, there’s a chance to return to the Rose City before our afternoon drive to wadi rum. Late this afternoon, we enjoy a 4 x 4 safari across the stunning desert landscape. At our desert camp, enjoy a special New Year’s Bedouin party with musical entertainment, a lavish New Years Eve buffet dinner, party games, fireworks and champagne toast! Overnight - Wadi Rum (B, D)
Days 6 - 7: Madaba
On the morning of 01 January, we visit Umm ar-Rasas - a haunted deserted city on an ancient caravan route. Large mosaic floors from two of its dozen or more churches have been painstakingly cleaned and protected. The mosaic floor of the Church of St Stephen dates to 785 and depicts the cities of the day including Jerusalem, with Palestinian cities below including Nablus and Gaza. Journeying onward to Mt Nebo, we take in views across the Promised Land. Late this afternoon we reach the Muslim-Christian market town of Madaba. Famed for its Byzantine mosaics, including a biblically important map of the Holy Land made in the 6th century out of two million stone pieces and now housed in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, Madaba, its mosaics and little shops offers us gentle respite. Enjoy another great Jordanian feast on day seven. Overnight - Madaba (B:2, D:1)
Day 8: Amman
3rd Jan. Madaba - Amman Airport. Hotel check-out and included onward transfer to airport. (B)

Xmas in Petra

Discover the hidden city of Petra this Christmas on our Xmas in Petra tour.

Departing on 22 dec 2010 we uncover Roman ruins and crusader castles. Go for a dip in the Dead Sea and enjoy a great Xmas dinner at the legendary Rose City of Petra!