new year in wadi rum - 8 days

Wadi Rum desert Tour Information
Starts in: Amman
Ends in: Amman
Start Date: 27 Dec 2008, 2009
Prices and Departures: Click Here
Breakfast: 7, Dinner: 2
Hotel rating: 3 hotels, desert camp - Wadi Rum
Tour Leader: Yes

27 Dec - Amman
(Saturday 27 Dec 2008). Welcome to Jordan and the start of your New Year’s holiday! Included transfer to hotel and overnight.

28 Dec - Jerash & Umm Qais
Amman - Jerash - Umm Qais - Amman - breakfast. 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.

29 Dec - Dead Sea
Amman - Dead Sea - Petra - breakfast. 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 Wadi Musa (Petra). Overnight - Wadi Musa (Petra).

Ruins of a Amphitheatre in Jerash and Rose city of Petra

30 Dec & 31 Dec- Petra
Petra - breakfast. 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!

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 desertscape. At our desert camp, enjoy a special New Year’s Bedouin party with musical entertainment, a lavish buffet dinner, party games, fireworks and champagne toast! Overnight (1) - Petra. wadi rum (1) inc New Year’s dinner

01 Jan & 02 Jan - Mt Nebo & Madaba
Wadi Rum - Madaba - breakfast. On the morning of 01 January, a short drive leads us to the Red Sea resort town of Aqaba. Short city tour and free time to shop before continuing to Lot’s cave and Mt Nebo to take in panoramic views across the Promised Land. Late this afternoon we reach the Muslim-Christian market town of Madaba. Famed for it’s 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. Another great Jordananin feast - (1), overnight (2) - Madaba.

03 Jan - Madaba/Amman
(Saturday 03 Jan 2009) Madaba - Amman Airport - breakfast. Hotel check-out and included onward transfer to airport.

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On the go is a specialist operator of cultural and adventure tours in the Kingdom of Jordan. Fun and informative group tours of Jordan offering frequent departures at realistic prices from Amman include highlights such as the Rose City of Petra, the Dead Sea, Wadi Rum, Roman Jerash, sunny Aqaba, Madaba mosaic town, biblical Mt Nebo, neighbouring Damascus and Bosra in Syria. Trek Petra walking holidays, Petra Kitchen cooking classes, the annual Distant Heat Desert Rave at Wadi Rum, Christmas in Petra, New Year’s in Wadi Rum and tailored Jordan are also a hallmark.