Jordan Insight - Dead Sea, Desert And The Stone City
Itinerary
- Day 01 - Hong Kong/ Amman - Jerash
Fly Hong Kong/Amman RJ 183 2135/0530+1 - Tue,Thu,Sat,Sun (12h 55m)
Upon arrival, meet your guide and drive to Amman city for an introductory tour. Before arriving the city, drive to the north of Amman to visit Jerash, the best example of a roman provincial city in the whole Middle East.
Drive back to the capital town. Amman is an interesting mix of old and new and its highlights are split between its downtown area — the older, historical part — and its Western section. The old city is dominated by the ancient Citadel with its Byzantine Church. Drive to Abdoun neighbourhoods, where you can see the beautiful houses made of white stones of the higher class. The capital’s greatest souks, fine museums, ancient constructions, monuments and cultural sites are found in Jabal Amman.
Check in your hotel this late afternoon and enjoy a good rest after a long day.
Overnight: Amman
Meals: Lunch - Day 02 - Amman - Desert Castles
Today starts the tour to the Jordanian Desert Castles, in eastern Jordan. Visit the UNESCO-listed Amra Castle with its zodiac dome and the early examples of Omayyad fresco paintings. Moreover you view the fortress-like mysterious Qasr Kharanah and the black basalt Roman/Medieval Islamic fort at Azraq.
Overnight: Amman
Meals: Breakfast, lunch - Day 03 - Amman / Wadi Rum
This morning, drive 4 hours to the desert of Wadi Rum, the wild desert landscape, which fascinated the British liaison officer Lawrence of Arabia.
Enjoy a 2-hour 4-wheel jeep drive through the desert to see Lawrence’s spring. Pass the majestic mountains and explore a gorge with some ancient rock drawings. Enjoy the silence of this awesome desert on some easy hike. Tonight, you will spend unforgettable night in a remote and secluded Camp under a blanket of stars includes BBQ dinner meal.
Overnight: Wadi Rum
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner - Day 04 - Wadi Rum / Little Petra / Petra
Set out to Al Beidha, better known as Little Petra this morning, which was inhabited by the Nabataean and has many tombs, water containers and channels.
Tonight you will enjoy the magic of Petra by night – a night walk of Petra and immersed yourself in the mystical atmosphere. At The Treasury, music and stories will help you experience Petra as the travel-weary traders of old must have known it. (The join-in excursion departs from Petra Visitors Centre evening at 20:30, returning to the Visitors Centre around 22:30 (only on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday)
Overnight: Petra
Meals: Breakfast, lunch - Day 05 - Petra
You have the full day to explore Petra, one of the new Seven Wonders of The World, We devote the full day to visit the famous red rose city of Petra, the Nabetan capital that is dated from the 1BC to the 7th AD. Monuments of different Nabetan/ roman and Christian periods await you – Tombs, Temples, Houses and Churches.
Continue the drive to Petra. In the late afternoon, enjoy a local cuisine workshop working alongside local women under the supervision of a chef. Dinner included.
Overnight: Petra
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner - Day 06 - Petra / Kerak / Dead Sea
After breakfast, we drive along the King’s highway to Kerak, the crusader castle of the 12th A.D.
Continue to Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth (1,373 ft below sea level) and the largest ‘natural spa’ in the world. Pamper yourself with its healing and revitalizing water. You will spend the next two nights here.
Overnight: Dead Sea
Meals: Breakfast, lunch - Day 07 - Dead Sea - Madaba & Mt Nebo
Today, have an excursion to Madaba, where the St George's Greek Orthodox Church has a famous mosaic on the floor. Made during the 6th century AD, the mosaic shows the pilgrimage from the surrounding areas to the Holy Land.
Continue the drive to Mount Nebo where Moses viewed the holy land that he was not allowed to cross. Enjoy a stunning view of Mount Olive of Jerusalem, Dead Sea, Jordan Valley and the river.
Overnight: Dead Sea
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
- Day 08 - Dead Sea / Amman / Hong Kong
Enjoy your hotel facilities and relaxation at Dead Sea till check out. Drive to Amman and have your vehicle at disposal. You may enjoy a nice dinner before bid farewell to this country.
Transfer back to Amman in the late evening for your flight back home.Fly Amman / Hong Kong RJ 182 0250+1/2005 - Tue,Thu,Sat,Sun (12h 15m)
Arrive Hong Kong on Day 09.
Meals: Breakfast