Family Tour in Jordan (01 June – 31 Dec. 2023)

Day 01 → Queen Alia International Airport – Amman Hotel
Arrival at Amman Queen Alia International airport, our representative will wait you at the airport holding a name sign and he will help you in arranging your free visa, and then walk with through the customs.
Your driver will wait for you in the arrival hall, holding a name sign and he will transfer you to your hotel in Amman for overnight.

Day 02 → Amman Hotel – Full Day Amman City Tour – Amman Hotel
After breakfast, your English-Speaking driver will be waiting for you in the lobby of your hotel for your tour of Amman. You will visit the Roman Theatre and the Citadel, then you will have a short stop at one of the Falafel restaurants as you will try an Arabic sweat (Kunafah) to have a new taste experience.
You will continue your tour in Amman by visiting the Royal Automobile Museum, Children Museum, Jordan Museum, Museum of Parliamentary life, and finally you will enjoy your free timing by visiting The Forest Park (some sites will be closed in winter).
At the end of your tour, you will drive back to your hotel in Amman for overnight.
Optional:
✓Lunch or dinner at local restaurant in Amman: Tawaheen Al-Hawa

Amman:
A sprawling city spread over 19 hills, or “jebels,” Amman is the modern – as well as the ancient – capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Known as Rabbath-Ammon during the Iron Age and later as Philadelphia, the ancient city that was once part of the Decapolis league, now boasts a population of around 2.3 million people. Amman, often referred to as the white city due to its low size canvas of stone houses, offers a variety of historical sites. There are a number of renovations and excavations taking place that have revealed remains from the Neolithic period, as well as from the Hellenistic and late Roman to Arab Islamic Ages. The site which is known as the Citadel includes many structures such as the Temple of Hercules, the Umayyad Palace and the Byzantine Church. At the foot of the Citadel lies the 6,000 seat Roman Theatre, which is a deep-sided bowl carved into the hill and is still being used for cultural events. Another newly restored theatre is the 500-seat Odeon that is used for concerts.

Day 03 → Amman Hotel – Jerash (with local guide for 02 hours) – Ajloun – Amman Hotel After breakfast, transfer to Jerash (Gerasa), to tour the world’s best preserved Roman provincial city. In Jerash there can at least 15 chu, then drive to visit Ajloun Castle, after the visit you will drive back to your hotel in Amman for overnight.
Optional:
✓Lunch at local restaurant in Jerash: Artemis
Jerash:
A close second to Petra on the list of favorite destinations in Jordan, the ancient city of Jerash boasts an unbroken chain of human occupation dating back more than 6,500 years. The city’s golden age came under 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 Roman urbanism that is found throughout the Middle East, comprising paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, handsome theatres, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls pierced by towers and gates.
Ajloun:
Ajloun Castle (also known as Qal’at [Castle] Ar-Rabad) was built in 1184 by ‘Izz ad-Din Usama bin Munqidh, a general of Saladin, who defeated the Crusaders in 1187. A fine example of Islamic architecture, the fortress dominated a wide stretch of the northern Jordan Valley and passages to it. From its hilltop position, Ajloun Castle protected the communication routes between south Jordan and Syria and was one of a chain of forts that lit beacons at night to pass signals from the Euphrates as far as Cairo

Day 04 → Amman Hotel – Madaba (St. George church) – Mount Nebo – Shoubak Castle – Petra Hotel
Today there is a long day ahead of you as you will be travelling to the South to Petra. At 07.30 am, after breakfast your tour today starts with visiting the St. George Church in Madaba with its famous mosaic map. Drive to Mount Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promised Land. Follow the King’s Highway until Shoubak. In Shoubak visit the immense Crusaders Castle. After that transfer directly to Petra for overnight.
Optional:
✓Lunch at local restaurant in Madaba: Haret Jdoudna
✓Lunch at local restaurant in Mount Nebo: Mazayen Nebo

Madaba:
The trip south from Amman along the 5,000-year-old King’s Highway is one of the most memorable journeys in the Holy Land, passing through a string of ancient sites. The first city to encounter is Madaba, “the City of Mosaics.” The city, best known for its spectacular Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, is home to the famous 6th century mosaic map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. With two million pieces of colored stone, the map depicts hills and valleys, villages and towns as far as the Nile Delta.
Mount Nebo:
Within the area is Mount Nebo, one of the most revered holy sites of Jordan and the place where Moses was buried. A small Byzantine church was built there by early Christians, which has been expanded into a vast complex. During his visit to Jordan in 2000, the Late Pope John Paul II held a sermon here that was attended by some 20,000 faithful.
Shobak
Shobak was built by the Crusader king Baldwin I in 1115. Its defenders withstood numerous attacks from the armies of Saladin (Salah ad Din) before succumbing in 1189 (a year after Karak), after an 18-month siege. It was later occupied in the 14th century by the Mamluks, who built over many of the Crusader buildings. As you climb up from the entrance, there are some wells on the left. Soon after passing these, you’ll see the reconstructed church, one of two in the castle, down to the left. It has an elegant apse supported by two smaller alcoves.
The room leading off to the west was the baptistery; on the north wall there are traces of water channels leading from above.

Day 05 → Petra Hotel – Petra visit (with local guide for 02 hours) – Petra Hotel
Full day to explore Petra, one of the seven world wonders. Entry by Siq and visit the Treasury, Street of Facades, Theater, Colonnaded Street etc. after lunch inside Petra you will still have time to visit the Monastery and/or the High Place of Sacrifice today. It is a lot of climbing but definitely worth the views!
after the visit, drive back to your hotel in Petra for overnight.
Optional:
✓Petra by Night (takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evening, subject to the weatherconditions as it might be cancelled in winter)
✓Petra Kitchen cooking course
✓Petra Turkish Bath (tourism street)
✓Lunch at local restaurant in Petra: Basin
Petra:
The ancient city of Petra is one of Jordan’s national treasures and by far its best-known tourist attraction.
Located approximately three hours south of Amman, Petra is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago.
Admired then for its refined culture, massive architecture and ingenious complex of dams and water channels, Petra is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that enchants visitors from all corners of the globe.
Much of Petra’s appeal comes from its spectacular setting deep inside a narrow desert gorge.
The site is accessed by walking through a kilometer-long chasm (or siq), the walls of which soar 200m upwards.
Petra’s most famous monument, the Treasury, appears dramatically at the end of the Siq.

Day 06 → Petra Hotel – 02 hours 4X4 Jeep Tour in Wadi Rum – Wadi Rum Camp
After breakfast, drive to Wadi Rum Visitors Centre. You will enjoy 02 hours jeep tour. A jeep tour is the best way to discover lots of sites in Wadi Rum. The jeep will stop at each site giving you time to walk/scramble around and maybe even climb up on some of the beautiful natural formed bridges in Wadi Rum.
After the tour, continue to your camp in Wadi Rum for dinner & overnight.
Optional:
✓Lunch in Wadi Rum campsite
✓Lunch with local Bedouin family
✓Star gazing
✓1 hr Camel ride (during day)
✓1 hr Camel ride during sunset/ sunrise time
✓Hot Air Balloon (subject to the weather conditions)
Wadi Rum:
This is a stupendous, timeless place, virtually untouched by humanity and its destructive forces. Here, it is the weather and winds that have carved the imposing, towering skyscrapers, so elegantly described by T.E. Lawrence as “vast, echoing and God-like…” A maze of monolithic rockscapes rise up from the desert floor to heights of 1,750m creating a natural challenge for serious mountaineers. Hikers can enjoy the tranquility of the boundless empty spaces and explore the canyons and water holes to discover 4000-year-old rock drawings and the many other spectacular treasures this vast wilderness holds in store

Day 07 → Wadi Rum Camp – Aqaba Hotel
After breakfast, you will be transfer to your hotel in Aqaba for free time, overnight at Aqaba hotel.
Aqaba:
With its wealth of other attractions, Jordan’s splendid Red Sea resort is often overlooked by modern-day visitors. But apart from being a delightful place for discerning holidaymakers, this is actually a great base from which to explore various places of interest in southern Jordan.
Aqaba is a fun place. It is a microcosm of all the good things Jordan has to offer, including a fascinating history with some outstanding sites, excellent hotels and activities, superb visitor facilities, good shopping, and welcoming, friendly people, who enjoy nothing more than making sure their visitors have a good time
Optional:
✓Lunch at local restaurant in Aqaba: Ali Baba
✓Boat trip including a lunch (group tour / subject to the availability):
✓Water sport activities

Day 08 → Aqaba Hotel – Aqaba City Tour – Dead Sea Hotel
After breakfast, you will enjoy Aqaba City Tour, you are going to visit Aqaba Marine Park & Saraya Aqaba Water Part (subject to the weather conditions as it might be closed in winter).
After the tour, you will be transfer and descent to the lowest point on the Earth The Dead Sea.
Overnight at Dead Sea hotel.
Dead Sea:
Without a doubt the world’s most amazing place, the Jordan Rift Valley is a dramatic, beautiful landscape, which at the Dead Sea, is over 400m (1,312 ft.) below sea level. The lowest point on the face of the earth, this vast stretch of water receives a number of incoming rivers, including the River Jordan. Once the waters reach the Dead Sea they are land-locked and have nowhere to go, so they evaporate, leaving behind a dense, rich, cocktail of salts and minerals that supply industry,
agriculture and medicine with some of its finest products. The leading attraction at the Dead Sea is the warm, soothing, super salty water itself – some ten times saltier than sea water, and rich in chloride salts of magnesium, sodium, potassium, bromine and several others. The unusually warm, incredibly buoyant and mineral-rich waters have attracted visitors since ancient times, including King Herod the Great and the beautiful Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra. All of whom have luxuriated in the Dead Sea’s rich, black, stimulating mud and floated effortlessly on their backs while soaking up the water’s healthy minerals along with the gently diffused rays of the Jordanian sun.

Day 09 → Dead Sea Hotel – Ma’in Hot Springs (public area) – Dead Sea Hotel
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Ma’in Hot Springs Resort to enjoy a unique experience and free time.
After that you will drive back to your hotel in the Dead Sea for overngiht.
Ma’in Hot Springs:
Ma’in Hot Springs or Hammamat Ma’in (biblical Belemounta), 74 km (64 miles) south of Amman and 264 meters (866 feet) below sea level, is the thermal mineral hot springs and waterfalls, where Herod the Great was said to have bathed in its medicinal water, and where people have come for thermal treatments, or simply to enjoy a hot soak, since the days of Rome.
Thousands of visiting bathers come each year to enjoy the mineral-rich waters of these hyper-thermal waterfalls. These falls originate from winter rainfalls in the highland plains of Jordan and eventually feed the 109 hot and cold springs in the valley. This water is heated to temperatures of up to 63° Celsius by underground lava fissures as it makes its way through the valley before emptying into the Zarqa River.
Optional:
✓Lunch at Ma’in Hot Springs Resort

Day 10 → Dead Sea Hotel – Queen Alia International Airport
After breakfast, you will be trasferred to Amman Queen Alia Airport for your departure.
End of your tour to Jordan: Ahlan WA Sahlan