8 Days Mapping Jordan

Mapping Jordan

8 Days / 7 Nights

TOUR INCLUDES:

One night accommodation in Wadi Rum camp, superior category Bedouin tents, with private bathroom and air conditioning
Visit and entrance fees to monuments as described in the itinerary with Spanish-speaking guides
Explore the Wonders of Petra
Excursion in a 4×4 vehicle through the Wadi Rum desert / English speaking Tour Director throughout the journey
Daily breakfast
Daily lunch included
Cooking Class in Amman
Welcome dinner
Farewell dinner
Transportation by luxury coach
Accommodation in selected class
Private transfers to/from airport as per itinerary
Travel insurance

Mapping Jordan

8 Days / 7 Nights

ITINERARY:

1st Day (Sun.) Amman: Meet & greet at the airport and take a private transfer to your hotel. At 19:00, meet with your Tour Director at the hotel´s Reception Desk for a welcome meeting. You will also meet your journey’s fellow travelers. Dinner & accommodation at your hotel. (D)

2nd Day (Mon.) Amman – Jerash – Amman: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Depart to the capital city of Jordan, Amman. Explore the downtown part of Amman, visiting sites and museums including the Citadel, Roman Theatre, and Archaeological Museums. Everywhere you look there is evidence of the city’s much older past! After Amman, head out to Jerash, and experience a tour through the Colonnaded Street, Amphitheatre, Churches, Temples and the vast Roman Forum. The best-preserved Roman City Gerasa, which is called Jerash today, and known also as the city of a 1,000 columns, was known for its entrance to the golden age under the Roman rule and the site is now generally acknowledged to be one of the best preserved Roman provincial towns in the world. Hidden for centuries in sand before being excavated and restored over the past 70 years, Jerash reveals a fine example of the grand, formal provincial urbanism that is found throughout the Middle East. Back in Amman, and in the early evening, join your fellow travellers for an authentic Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation at your hotel. (BLD)

3rd Day (Tue.) Amman – Madaba – Nebo – Shobak – Petra: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Depart to visit Madaba, located 30 kilometres southwest of the capital Amman. It is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of The Holy Land. In Madaba, one of the most spectacular churches i the world, St. George, is where you will find the Mosaic Map of Jerusalem painted on the floor of the church. Continue to Mt. Nebo, where the burial site of Moses is located. Enjoy a wonderful view from the mountains of the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and Jericho on the other bank of the Jordan River. Continue south to visit Shobak Castle which is perched on top of a small hill northeast of the town of Shobak. Inside the fortress there are two churches, the first of which is to the left of the entrance and up the stairs. There are ruins of baths, cisterns, and rainwater pipes, in addition to millstones for pressing olives, a few archways and other works which have stood the test of time. Drive straight to the hotel in Petra for an overnight stay. Dinner and accommodation at your hotel. (BLD)

4th Day (Wed.) Petra: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Enjoy a full day dedicated to visiting the pink city of Petra, the capital of the Nabateans. The long-lost city of Petra, carved entirely by man into the rose-red sandstone rocks, puts your imagination to the test. It’s a mystical and glorious place, and an eternal tribute to a lost civilization. Petra was the central meeting point of the Nabatean spice routes which originated from the Persian Gulf, Western Arabia and the Red Sea. About two thousand years ago Petra became the capital of the Nabataean Empire. The city was so renowned that one of its kings, Aretas IV, is even mentioned in the Bible. The natural richness of the mountainous area combines in a superb way with the refined culture and extensive architecture of the Nabateans, who carved their theatre, temples, tombs, monasteries, houses and roads entirely from the rose-red sandstone rocks. No wonder UNESCO placed Petra on its World Heritage List! Enjoy observing Siq, a deep and narrow gorge, at the end of which suddenly and dramatically appears the most famous monument in Petra: alKhazneh or the Treasury. But the Treasury is just the start. Walking and climbing in Petra uncovers hundreds of buildings carved in stone and eroded through the centuries into fabulous multi-coloured walls. Dinner and accommodation at your hotel. (BLD)

5th Day (Thu.) Petra – Little Petra – Wadi Rum: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Today we will visit Little Petra, which was inhabited by the Nabateans and contains several tombs, water containers and channels, with a small path that leads to some of the inner area, Siq Al Bared. The scale of this area and the fact that it is the continuation of Petra, gave it the name of Little Petra. Next, depart to Wadi Rum, crossing the Lawrence of Arabia desert. The visit is carried out in 4×4 vehicles driven by Bedouins; it consists of a small incursion into the lunar landscape of this desert. Observe the wonders that nature has created with rocks and sand; Wadi Rum village, Lawrence Spring, Alamele inscriptions, 7 pillars, sand dunes. Tonight, we will have accommodation in superior Bedouin tents with private bathrooms and air conditioning, in a desert camp. Dinner and accommodation at the Camp. (BLD)

6th Day (Fri.) Wadi Rum – Dead Sea: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at the Camp and then depart to the Dead Sea. It is the lowest point on earth, located 400 metres below sea level. Its salinity and minerals offer provide potential therapeutic benefits for different diseases, as well as for the manufacture of cosmetic and beauty products. Dinner and Accommodation at your hotel. (BLD)

7th Day (Sat.) Dead Sea – Al Salt – Amman: After enjoying a buffet breakfast, you’ll be transferred to visit Al Salt. Explore the Harmony Trail, where you’ll encounter significant sites such as Al Hammat Street, Bait Abu Jabber showcasing traditional Jordanian architecture, and the historic Madafat Al Khalili. Enjoy lunch in Al Salt before proceeding to Amman. In the early evening, come together with your fellow travelers for a traditional cooking class followed by a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant, creating a memorable conclusion to your journey. Accommodation at your hotel. (BLD)

8th Day (Sun.) Amman: Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Take a private transfer to the airport. END OF OUR SERVICES.