8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS JORDAN HIGHLIGHTS AND MOON VALLEY
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8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS JORDAN HIGHLIGHTS AND MOON VALLEY
Day 1: Qaia / Amman
Welcome to Jordan! Finalize the airport procedure and head to your hotel in Amman. Overnight stay in Amman (D)
- Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, Jordan
Day 2: Amman / Desert Castle / Dead Sea / Amman
After breakfast, Proceed to the Eastern Desert to visit Al Kharraneh Castle, Amra Castle (a UNESCO World Heritage site), and Al Azraq Castle where Lawrence of Arabia resided and wrote part of his book “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”. Proceed to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth deep in the Jordan Valley and 55 km southeast of Amman, is the Dead Sea, one of the most spectacular natural and spiritual landscapes in the whole world. It is the lowest body of water on earth, the lowest point on earth, and the world’s richest source of natural salts, hiding wonderful treasures that accumulated throughout thousands of years.
Overnight in Amman (HB)
- Madaba Governorate, Jordan
Day 3: Amman / Amman Panoramic / Jerash / Ajloun / Amman
After breakfast, enjoy Amman Panoramic tour. we head to visit the ancient Roman city of Jerash, including the paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, theatres, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls. Proceeding to northern Jordan to visit one of the most important ecological and historical sites in the Middle East; Ajloun. Ajloun Castle (Qal’at Ar-Rabad) is a fine example of Islamic architecture as it was built by Saladin’s general in 1184 AD to control the iron mines of Ajloun, and to counter the progress of the Crusaders by dominating the three main routes leading to the Jordan valley and protecting the communication routes between Jordan and Syria.
Overnight in Amman (HB)
- Jerash, Jerash Governorate, Jordan
Day 4: Amman / Madaba / Nebo / Little Petra / Petra
After breakfast, then to visit Madaba, a city best known for the famous 6th century Mosaic map of Jerusalem & Holy Land and for its spectacular Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics and visit of St. Georges church. Proceed to visit Little Petra best known as Al Beidha (the White One) due to the pale rock colors . Little Petra, also known as Siq al-Barid (literally “the cold canyon“) is an archaeological site located north of Petra and the town of Wadi Musa in, it is a Nabataean site, with buildings carved into the walls of the sandstone canyons. As its name suggests, it is much smaller, consisting of three wider open areas connected by a 450-metre (1,480 ft) canyon. It is part of the Petra Archeological Park, though accessed separately.
Overnight in Petra (HB)
- Amman, Amman Governorate, Jordan
Day 5: Petra / Petra Visit
After breakfast, Visit the Nabatean Red Rose city of Petra, one of the 7 world wonders and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Enter the city through 1KM long narrow gorge which is flanked either side by 80m high cliffs! Notice the dazzling colors and formations of the rocks. The site is massive, and contains hundreds of elaborated rock-cut tombs, a treasury, Roman-style theatres, temples, sacrificial altars and colonnaded streets.
Overnight in Petra (HB)
- Petra, Petra District, Ma’an Governorate, Jordan
Day 6: Petra / Wadi Rum
After breakfast, we head further down in southern Jordan to visit other significant sites including Wadi Rum. Explore Wadi Rum on a 1.30 hour jeep ride into the Jordanian desert! Wadi Rum was best described by T.E. Lawrence as “Vast, echoing and god-like”, and by the locals as “Valley of the Moon”.
Overnight in Wadi Rum (HB)
- Wadi Rum Village, Aqaba Governorate, Jordan
Day 7: Wadi Rum – Amman
After breakfast, return to Amman. Overnight in Amman (HB)
- Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum Village, Aqaba Governorate, Jordan
Amman – Queen Alia Airport
After breakfast, departure from Amman via (Queen Alia international Airport), to your next destination.
- Jordan