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The Treasury of Petra Tour Information
Starts in: Amman
Ends in: Amman
Prices and Departures: Click Here
Local Payment Required: No
Breakfast: 7, Dinner: 2
Hotel rating: 3 (+ Wadi Rum camp)
Jordanian Tour Guide: Yes

Day 1: Amman
Saturday. Welcome to Jordan and the start of an amazing adventure. Arrive Amman, included transfer to our hotel and overnight.

Day 2: Ancient Cities, Roman Ruins!
Amman - Jerash - Umm Qais - Amman - breakfast. Heading north, we visit Jerash, the Graeco-Roman city known as the ‘Pompeii of the East’. Built over 2,000 years ago, Jerash is widely regarded as the best-preserved city of the Decapolis, a confederation of 10 Roman cities dating from the 1st century! We’ll explore the site taking in the colonnaded street, amphitheatre, nymphaeum, forum and more before continuing to Umm Qais (Gadara), a dramatic black-basalt Roman city of the Decapolis with panoramic views over the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights. Overnight - Amman.

Day 3: Take a dip in the Dead Sea
Amman - Dead Sea - Petra/Wadi Musa - breakfast. Today, we tour the citadel, Archaeological Museum and enjoy free time in the local souq before descending from the elevation of Amman to the Dead Sea for a chance to take a dip in the mineral-rich waters, before continuing south to Wadi Musa. Overnight - Petra/Wadi Musa.

Day 4: The Rose Red City of Petra
Petra/Wadi Musa - breakfast. Chief among Jordan’s many archaeological riches is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rose City of Petra. The city was first settled around the 6th century BC by the Nabataean tribe from Western Arabia. Rediscovered in 1812, it remains on the list of many travellers. We access 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). Continuing our walk, we’ll then go on to explore chunks of this fantastic once-lost city which is full of tombs, temples, an impressive amphitheatre and a Roman colonnaded street. The intrepid can ascend the hundreds of rock-cut steps to Ad-Deir. Better known as the Monastery, Ad-Deir has a similar facade to that of the Treasury, but is far bigger and the views from the nearby cliff-tops are awesome. Want to learn how to cook Middle Eastern food? Consider opting for our Petra Kitchen bolt-on tonight! Overnight - Petra/Wadi Musa.

Roman ruins in Jerash and Monastery of Petra

Day 5: Explore Petra/ Wadi Rum 4 x 4 jeep safari
Petra - Wadi Rum - breakfast. A chance to revisit Petra before our afternoon drive to Wadi Rum. A vast, silent landscape of ancient riverbeds, pastel coloured stretches of sandy desert and amazing rock formations known as jebels that rise from the desert floor, the desertscape of Wadi Rum represents some of the most stunning countryside on the planet. Boarding 4 x 4s jeeps, wetake a safari through the sand dunes, getting up close and personal to the surrounding scenery of Wadi Rum. Tonight, we enjoy a Jordanian dinner. Dinner and overnight - Wadi Rum camp.

Day 6 - Aqaba, Lot’s cave & Mt Nebo
Wadi Rum - Aqaba - Madaba - breakfast. Striking south along the Kings Highway, we stop off at the Red Sea resort town of Aqaba. Taking in a short city tour we head onward via Wadi Araba to Lot’s cave and explore the crumbling ruins of an ancient monastery. A short distance away we visit Mt Nebo, where we take in views of the Promised Land. Arriving in the compact town of Madaba, traditional Jordanian dinner at a local establishment and overnight - Madaba.

Aqaba sea diving and Greek Orthodox Church of St.George in Madaba

Day 7: 6th century Madaba
Madaba - breakfast. Famed for it’s Byzantine mosaics, including the fascinating 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, quaint village shops and local market are all here to explore. Overnight - Madaba.

Day 8: Madaba
Saturday. Madaba - Amman Airport - breakfast. Explore Madaba your way, before hotel check-out and included onward departure transfer to Amman airport.

Join us for a special tour of Jordan, featuring guest guide Marguerite van Geldermalsen, author of Married to a Bedouin.

“Where are you staying” the Bedouin asked. “Why not stay with me tonight - in my cave?”

He seemed enthusiastic - and we were looking for adventure. Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsen’s story of how a New Zealand-born nurse came to be married to Mohammad Abdallah Othman, a Bedouin souvenir-seller from the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. Join us on our 8 day Bedouin Experience tour, departing 07 MAR 2009.
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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.