Third Offers
5 days - 4 nights
Day 1 : COUNTRY OF DESTINATION – ARRIVE AMMAN QALIA
Arrival at Queen Alia International Airport- Meet and assist with visa formalities. Exit to the hall – Transfer to Hotel.
days 2 : AMMAN – AJLOUN – JERASH – DEAD SEA – AMMAN
Breakfast – depart to Ajloun, the Islamic castle Ajloun stands on top of 1123 meter high Jabel Auf. It was built in 1185 by the famous General Sultan Salah Ad-din to protect the country against the Crusader attacks and to secure the pilgrim routes & was re-built on XIII century after Mongol destruction. Continue driving to the one of Decapolis Cities, Jerash, the best example of a Roman provincial city in the Middle East, which is only 50 km north of Amman. Jerash was built by Alexander the Great in 332BC and started to prosper after the Roman conquest in 63BC. The Artemis Temple, the theatres, the Colonnaded Street and many other ancient buildings give you the feeling of the great civilization and the history of the region. End of day tour, return back to Amman. Overnight.
DAYS 3 : AMMAN PANORAMIC CITY TOUR – MADABA – MOUNT NEBO – UMM ER RASAS – PETRA
Breakfast – running the panoramic view of Amman, capital of Jordan, to see the Citadel, roman theatre, the old city and the main streets and avenues, stroll through the busy souqs, then passing by the houses in the residential areas Abdoun (PANORAMIC TOUR). Continue drive to Madaba, well known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics. Especially popular in Madaba is the 6th century mosaic map of Palestine on the floor of the orthodox St. George’s Church. Continue to Mount Nebo, not far from Madaba. Mt. Nebo where Prophet Moses gazed across the Promised Land and also where he later died, here one can also find the remains of a church from the 4th century and a monastery with magnificent mosaics. From the mountain enjoy a panoramic view of the Holy Land; usually Jericho is visible and on clear days Jerusalem is visible too. The importance of the place lies in being the last place visited by Moses. Continue drive to Petra. Overnight
Days 4 : LITTLE PETRA – PETRA – WADI RUM
Breakfast, and departure to the nearby town of Al BEIDA, also known as LITTLE PETRA. Visit of this caravanserais. Back to Petra. Day dedicated to the visit of the pink city, the capital of the Nabateans. During the visit, we will get to know the most important and representative monuments carved in the rock by the Nabateans. We start with The Treasury, a famous and internationally known monument made into a film in one of the Indiana Jones movies, the Colored Tombs, the Royal Tombs, the Monastery . Petra is one of those places in the world where at least there are to go once in a lifetime. Then transfer to Wadi Rum (with an assistant or a driver – according to availability). Dinner and Overnight.
DAYS 5 : WADI RUM VISIT – TRANSFER TO QAIA/ AQABA AIRPORT
After breakfast, starting the visit which lasts two hours, and is carried out in peculiar 4 x 4 vehicles driven by Bedouins, (6 people per car) it consists of a small incursion into the lunar landscape of this desert. On our walk we will observe the wonders that nature has done and the erosion of rocks and sand. At the end of the visit, continuation to QAIA/ Aqaba Airport