Itinerary

Day one

Upon arrival and after you have cleared customs and immigration, your representative will meet you , then drive to Amman and begin with a tour of Amman, known as Rabbath Ammon and Philadelphia in Biblical times.

See the Roman Theatre and the Citadel containing the remains of the massive Temple of Hercules. Then, travel north to the city of Jerash, the "Pompeii of the East" which is perhaps, the best preserved of the provincial Roman towns.

Known as the city of a 1,000 Pillars, its historical monuments cover a time span of more than 5,000 years.  Around its colonnaded main street, see the Cardo, South Theatre, Temple of Zeus, Hadrian's Arch, the Artemis Temple and the Nymphaeum. The city's 14 churches date from Byzantine time and are filled with fine mosaics. Then drive to your Amman hotel for overnight 

Day two

After enjoying breakfast at your hotel you will be met by your driver and you will transfer to Petra. (the drive from hotel to hotel is around 3 hours) en-route visiting Madaba, Mount Nebo and Kerak (Kings Highway). The trip south from takes us to the 5,000-year-old King's Highway, one of the most memorable journeys in the Holy Land, passing through a string of ancient sites. The first city you come upon is Madaba, "the City of Mosaics". Madaba's chief attraction, in the contemporary Greek Orthodox Church of St. Georg, is a wonderfully vivid, sixth-century Byzantine mosaic map showing Jerusalem and other holy sites. Ten minutes to the west is the most revered site in Jordan: Mount Nebo, the memorial of Moses, the presumed site of the prophet's death and burial place. A small, square church was built on the spot by early Byzantine Christians and later expanded into a vast complex. Later proceed further south to Kerak. Kerak lies about 150 Km south of Amman. It is famous of its crusader fortress in the center of underground galleries, rooms and secret passageways and its thick defensive walls pierced by narrow arrow slits where crusader archers held out bravely but in vain for over 100 years. It was the crusaders who made Kerak famous. The fortress was built in 1142 by Payen Le Boutellier, the lord of Montreal. He made Kerak the new capital of the province because it was situated on the king's highway, where it could control all traffic from north and south. After the tours, proceed to Petra for overnight stay.

Day 3

After breakfast a guided tour of the many sites of Petra. Petra was carved into the rose-red Sharah Mountains by the Nabateans and lost to Civilization until re-discovered by the Swiss Burkhardt. Around 11,000 BC Stone Age man was already exploiting the abundant natural resources of the Petra region, particularly wild goats and by 7000 BC some of the world’s earliest farmers were living in a walled village at Beidha, cultivating cereals and collecting nuts and fruits.  But Petra really came to prominence in the 7C BC when the Edomites settled on Umm al-Biyara and other mountain strongholds and built a town at Tawilan above ’Ain Musa, in the hills to the north.  Subject to Assyria, Babylonia, and then Persia, Edom in the 3C BC became the nucleus of an Arab state, the Nabateans kingdom and its capital at Petra. Originally from North Arabia, the Nabateans are first mentioned by the 1C BC historian Diodorus, who relates that in 312 BC Antigonus, the One-Eyed sent his general Athenaeus against ‘the land of the Arabs who are called Nabateans’, at that time a nomadic people who raised cattle and sheep and could survive for long periods in the desert, where they created a network of secret underground reservoirs.  Athenaeus attacked a certain strong, though un-walled rock, perhaps the great massif of Umm al-Biyara at Petra, where the Nabateans had left their valuables, elders, women and children while celebrating a festival, killed some of the Arabs there and made off with vast quantities of frankincense, myrrh and silver.  Some 150 years later the Nabateans had settled and Petra was the capital of an organized state, walk through the Siq, a narrow and winding fissure between the cliffs, to reach the Treasury, the Roman Theatre, the Courts, Qasr Bint Pharaoun, Temple of the Winged Lion and other monuments. You will then head back to your Hotel for your second nights stay. 

Day 4

After enjoying breakfast at your hotel you will be met by your driver and drive southwards to Wadi Rum, a moonscape terrain of ancient river beds, wind-sculpted mountains, vast desert vistas and smooth, pastel-colored sands.  You will meet long skirted legionnaires offering cardamom-spiced coffee at the "Beau Geste" outpost.  Enjoy with 02 hours jeep tour at this oasis home to the film "Lawrence of Arabia."  A truly “out of this world” experience!  Overnight at The Mazayen Rum Camp with dinner in the evening. 

Day 5

After breakfast your driver will meet you and you will drive to the Dead Sea where you will check in at the your hotel and the rest of the day will be free.  

Day 6

After enjoying breakfast you will be met by your driver and you will visit Baptism the site believed to be the original place where John baptized Jesus the Baptist, you will then drive back to your Dead  Sea hotel where the rest of the time will be free 

Day 7

After breakfast you will check out of your hotel and be met by your driver for your transfer back to Queen Alia International Airport for your flight back to Dubai   

Includes

Direct return flights from Dubai Airport to Amman.
Meet & assist at Amman International Airport upon arrival & departure.
2 nights stay in Corp Amman Hotel. 
2 nights stay in Petra Palace.
2 nights stay in  Ramada Hotel Dead Sea. 
Daily breakfast for both Hotel.
Transportation in modern AC vehicles as mentioned above. 
Entrance fees as indicated in your program.
Professional English-Speaking Driver.
All applicable taxes including,  08% government tax and 10% service charges for rooms & 16% government tax and 10% service charge for food & beverage.