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9 Days · Jordan

Jordan – Where Deserts Meet the Divine

Destinations

Amman · Petra · Wadi Rum · Dead Sea

Duration

9 Days / 7 Nights

Inclusions

Flights + Hotels + Breakfast + All Tours

From

$1,990 / person

Trip Highlights

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Petra — Wonder of the World

The rose-red Treasury, Royal Tombs, Coloured Tombs & the Siq Gorge of the Nabataean city

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Wadi Rum Desert

4×4 across the lunar landscape, sleep under a billion stars in a traditional Bedouin camp

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The Dead Sea

Float effortlessly in the world’s saltiest sea — 400 metres below sea level, the lowest point on Earth

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Jerash & Ancient Castles

Rome’s finest ruins outside Italy, Ajloun Castle, Desert Castles & the sacred heights of Mount Nebo

Your Route — Jordan 🇯🇴

Departure

Flight

Amman

3 Nights

Jerash

Day Tour

Ajloun Castle

Day Tour

Dead Sea

Day Tour

Mount Nebo

Day Tour

Petra

2 Nights

Little Petra

Day Tour

Wadi Rum

1 Night

Amman

1 Night

Flight

Departure

Day by Day

Your Full Itinerary

Day 1

Departure — Night on Board

✈️ International Flight

Depart for Amman, Jordan

Your journey to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan begins at your home airport. Board your overnight flight to Queen Alia International Airport in Amman — the gateway to one of the Middle East’s most welcoming, historically layered, and breathtakingly beautiful countries.

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Day 2

Arrival in Amman — Welcome to the Hashemite Kingdom

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Queen Alia International Airport → Your Hotel

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Arrival Day — Free Afternoon

Arrive in Amman — Explore the White City

Touch down in Amman and transfer to your hotel. Jordan’s modern capital is built across seven hills — a warm, welcoming city of white travertine stone where ancient Roman ruins emerge between contemporary cafés and fragrant falafel shops. Spend the rest of the day at your leisure exploring the city’s many neighbourhoods, markets, and rooftop restaurants with panoramic views across the Jordanian hills.

Day 3

Amman Panoramic City Tour · Jerash — Pompeii of the East · Ajloun Castle

Arrival Day — Free Afternoon

Amman Panoramic City Tour

Begin with a panoramic bus tour of Amman — seeing both the ancient and modern faces of the Jordanian capital. Drive past the Second Circle, the grand Boulevard of King Hussein, the Royal Palace district, and the hilltop Citadel (Jabal al-Qal’a), home to the Temple of Hercules and the remarkable Umayyad Palace. Pause at the Roman Amphitheatre — a remarkably intact 6,000-seat theatre carved into the hillside in the 2nd century AD, still used for performances today.

Included · Guided Tour

Jerash — The Pompeii of the East

Drive north to Jerash — the most complete and best-preserved Greco-Roman city outside Italy, inhabited since the Bronze Age and known as the “Pompeii of the East.” Walk the perfectly preserved colonnaded Cardo Maximus, stand beneath the triumphant arch of Hadrian’s Gate, and explore the grand Temple of Artemis, the Hippodrome, and the soaring columns of the South Theatre — an ancient world so well-preserved it barely needs any imagination.

Included · Afternoon

Ajloun Castle — Saladin's 12th-Century Fortress

Continue to Ajloun Castle — built by Saladin’s nephew in 1184 to defend against the Crusaders and control the iron mines of Ajloun. One of the finest examples of Arab Islamic military architecture in the Middle East, the castle commands breathtaking views across the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and — on clear days — the Sea of Galilee. Explore its towers, vaulted halls, and winding passages before returning to Amman.

Day 4

Desert Castles · Dead Sea — Float at the Lowest Point on Earth

Included · Morning

Desert Castles — Qasr Azraq, Qasr Kharanah & Qasr Amra

Head east into the Black Desert to discover Jordan’s remarkable Desert Castles — built in the early Islamic era as caravanserai, retreats, and hunting lodges for the Umayyad Caliphs. Visit Qasr Azraq — the black basalt fortress where Lawrence of Arabia made his winter headquarters in 1917 — and the perfectly preserved Qasr Kharanah, a formidable fortified palace. The highlight is UNESCO-listed Qasr Amra, whose interior walls are covered in extraordinary 8th-century frescoes depicting hunting scenes, bathing women, and the constellations.

Included · Afternoon

The Dead Sea — Float in the World's Saltiest Body of Water

Drive to the Dead Sea — the lowest point on Earth at 430 metres below sea level — for one of the world’s most unique natural experiences. The water is so dense with salt and minerals that floating is effortless and utterly surreal. Slather yourself in the famous therapeutic black mud — packed with magnesium, calcium, and potassium — and let it work its legendary restorative properties on your skin. Watch the sun set over the hills of the West Bank reflected in the still, glittering waters of this ancient sea.

Day 5

Madaba · Mount Nebo · Shobak Castle → Petra

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Included · Morning

Madaba — Oldest Mosaic Map in the World

Stop in Madaba — a thriving Christian town known as the “City of Mosaics” — to visit the 6th-century Byzantine Church of St George, home to the oldest surviving mosaic map of the Holy Land and the Middle East. Created by anonymous craftsmen in 560 AD using over two million coloured stone tiles, it depicts Jerusalem, the Nile Delta, Egypt, and the Jordan Valley in remarkable geographical detail — and remains accurate enough to identify modern landmarks.

Included · Late Morning

Mount Nebo — Where Moses Saw the Promised Land

Ascend to Mount Nebo — one of the most sacred places in the Abrahamic tradition, where the Book of Deuteronomy records that Moses was shown the Promised Land before his death and burial. On clear days, the panoramic view from the summit encompasses Jericho, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, the Jordan Valley, and even the distant towers of Tel Aviv — the same landscape Moses surveyed 3,300 years ago. The memorial church contains remarkable 4th to 6th-century floor mosaics and the famous serpentine cross sculpture.

Included · Afternoon

Shobak Castle — The Crusader Fortress of Montreal

Continue south to Shobak Castle — built in 1115 by Crusader King Baldwin I of Jerusalem as the fortress of Montreal, commanding the ancient trade route between Egypt and Syria. Explore its crumbling towers, secret passages, Crusader church, and the 375-step secret staircase cut through the rock to a hidden water source deep below — a remarkable feat of medieval engineering and survival.

Optional Add-On · Evening

Petra by Night — The Treasury by Candlelight

Day 6

Petra — A Wonder of the World, Explored in Full

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Included · Full-Day Tour

Petra — The Rose-Red City, Half as Old as Time

Walk the dramatic 1.2-kilometre Siq gorge — a natural crack in the sandstone mountains, its walls rising 80 metres above your head — until the passage narrows to a sliver and the rose-red façade of the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) suddenly appears before you in one of the greatest reveals in travel. Carved into the cliff face by the Nabataean civilisation over 2,000 years ago, the Treasury’s iconic façade — familiar from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — stands 43 metres high. Continue to the Street of Façades, the Colonnaded Street, the Royal Tombs, the High Place of Sacrifice, and the remarkable Monastery (Ad-Deir) — a 45-metre carved façade reached by 800 stone steps with one of the most dramatic views in Jordan from its summit.

Day 7

Little Petra · 4x4 Desert Safari in Wadi Rum · Sleep Under the Stars

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Hasan Zawaideh Desert Camp or similar · 1 Night · Breakfast Included
Traditional Bedouin camp in the heart of the Wadi Rum Protected Area · Dinner under the stars

Included · Morning

Little Petra — Siq al-Barid, the Nabataean Canyon

Begin at Little Petra (Siq al-Barid — “the Cold Canyon”) — a smaller but no less extraordinary Nabataean site north of Petra, accessible through a narrow 2-metre-wide gorge carved in sandstone. The complex contains a remarkable painted dining room, water cisterns, temples, and tombs, all carved directly into the rock by the same Nabataean hands that built Petra. Free of Petra’s crowds, Little Petra offers a more intimate experience of this ancient civilisation.

Included · Afternoon & Evening

4x4 Desert Safari across Wadi Rum

Enter the Wadi Rum Protected Area — a UNESCO World Heritage landscape of vast red sand dunes, towering sandstone and granite massifs, ancient rock inscriptions, and an infinite silence that Lawrence of Arabia described as “vast, echoing and godlike.” Cross the desert by 4×4, stopping at Lawrence’s Spring, the natural rock bridge of Um Fruth, and the dunes of Umm Sabatah as the afternoon light turns the rock faces to gold, copper, and deep crimson. Arrive at your Bedouin camp for dinner under a sky more crowded with stars than you have ever seen.

Optional Add-On · Night

Wadi Rum Stargazing Experience

Far from any light pollution, Wadi Rum offers some of the clearest night skies in the entire Middle East. Join a 20-minute guided presentation on the constellations, planets, and galaxies visible from this extraordinary vantage point, then take turns at a high-powered telescope to observe the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter, and the Milky Way in full. A profoundly humbling and beautiful experience.

Day 8

Wadi Rum → Return to Amman — Final Night

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Return to Amman

Drive North — Amman, Final Evening at Leisure

After breakfast at the desert camp, transfer back to Amman — a journey of approximately 3 hours through the extraordinary landscape of southern Jordan. Spend the rest of the day at your leisure, soaking up the energy and culture of the Jordanian capital one last time. We recommend an evening in the Rainbow Street neighbourhood — Amman’s most charming street of cafés, bookshops, and rooftop restaurants with views across the seven hills of the city.

Optional Add-On · Afternoon

Amman Citadel & Archaeological Museum City Tour

Explore Amman’s most emblematic sights with a local guide — the Citadel (Jabal al-Qal’a) with its Temple of Hercules and Umayyad Palace, the fascinating Jordan Archaeological Museum housing treasures spanning 10,000 years of Jordanian history, and the remarkable Roman Amphitheatre. End with an authentic Jordanian dinner at a local restaurant — mansaf (the national dish of lamb in yogurt sauce with rice) or a feast of mezze, grilled meats, and knafeh for dessert.

Day 9

Amman — Departure

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Your Hotel → Queen Alia International Airport

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✈️ Return Flight

Depart Amman — Fly Home

Enjoy a final Jordanian breakfast before your private transfer to Queen Alia International Airport for your return flight home. Nine extraordinary days across a country unlike any other — Roman cities and Crusader castles, the biblical heights of Mount Nebo, the ancient magic of Petra, the alien red sands of Wadi Rum, and the timeless buoyancy of the Dead Sea. Jordan is where deserts truly meet the divine. Ma’a al-salama.

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