DAY 01 – AIRPORT/AMMAN Upon arrival, a driver will meet you at Queen Alia International Airport. Transfer to hotel in Amman. Dinner and Overnight. 3* Hotel

DAY 02 – AMMAN/JERASH/AJLOUN CASTLE/AJLOUN RESERVE Breakfast. Depart from Amman to visit the archeological sight of Jerash: After Petra, Jerash is the second most popular place for tourists to visit. It offers some of the most remarkable and splendid vestiges in the Middle East. This historic site is characterized by uninterrupted human presence throughout many centuries providing traces of occupation by the Greeks, Byzantines, and the Umayyads. The golden age of Jerash corresponds to the Roman domination.Nowadays, the site is regarded as one of the best-preserved Roman outposts in the world. Jerash is one of the Decapolis cities, a dynamic commercial confederation of ten Greco-Romans cities. The complex architecture of Jerash has made it possible to keep many parts of the city intact. Others parts of the city have been patiently restored by archaeologists from all over the world. When the Emperor Hadrian visited Jerash in year 129 AD, it was already flourishing. In order to honor its guest, the city constructed a triumphal arch that was only one part of an ambitious and magnificent construction.

Continue to visit the village of Ajlun with its fortress and magnificent view into the Jordan Valley

Proceed to the Ajloun Reserve for dinner and overnight inside a campsite. Eco tourism campsite

DAY 03 – AJLOUN/UM QAIS/PELLA/AMMAN Breakfast. Proceed to visit Um Qais, a city rich with basalt ruins and overlooking the Jordan Valley, Golan heights and Lake Tiberius (the sea of Galilee): Umm Qais enjoyed in its time a reputation of being a commercial city. It has an impressive terrace with colonnades and the vestiges of three theatres.

Proceed to the archeological place of Pella in the afternoon. Back to Amman through the Jordan Valley.

Dinner and Overnight. 3* Hotel

DAY 04 – AMMAN/WADI BIN HAMMAD/END IN DANA VILLAGE Breakfast. Morning departure south through the king’s way, an ancient route that still has marks left from traders, armies and pilgrims who crossed it centuries ago.

Proceed to Wadi Bin Hammad: this wadi reunites all the different characteristics of the various Jordanian Wadis. canyon, hanging gardens, hot and cold water springs are to be discovered. BE CAREFULL: access to this canyon depends on the weather of the day

Visit the Kerak castle with its diverse history dated from the Byzantine to the Mamluk period.

Continue Dana Reserve for overnight: Dana Biosphere Reserve is the only reserve in Jordan that includes the four different bio-geographical zones of the country; Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian, Saharo Arabian and Sudanian penetration. As such, it is the most diverse nature reserve in the country in terms of habitats and species, hosting several vegetation types, including the Phoenician Juniper, evergreen oak, sand dunes, acacia, and rocky sudanian, among others. It is also home to the southernmost remaining forest community of Cypress Cupressus simpervirens.

Dinner and Overnight at the eco tourism hotel. Eco tourism hotel.

DAY 05 – DANA/SHOWBACK/PETRA Breakfast. Transfer to Showback: visit of the castle.

Then transfer to the Nabatean city of Petra for a 1/2 day visit. The visit of the ancient Nabatean Capital starts by a walk through the Siq, a long narrow fissure between two overhanging cliffs. The tour then proceeds to gradually unfold the mysteries of the Red Rose City with its spectacular treasury, Royal Tombs, burial chambers and high places of sacrifice: The Jordanian Kingdom is full of archaeological richness. One of its most amazing natural treasures is the pink rose-colored Nabatean city of Petra which a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Petra is the legacy of the Nabateans, who is established their center in the south of Jordan more than 2,600 years ago. A very strategic station, the Nabateans controlled the trade route of old Arabia, charging right-of-way to travelers wishing passage and providing protection to caravans carrying goods such as spices and silks from India, and ivory and skins from Africa. The Nabatean kingdom prospered for several centuries, and was unanimously admired for its refined culture, its colossal architecture and its clever network of passageways and channels.

Transfer to a bedouin campsite inside the Nabatean site of Little Petra for dinner and overnight. Bedouin campsite

DAY 06 – PETRA Breakfast. Full day visiting Petra.

OPTION TREKKING FROM LITTLE PETRA TO THE MONASTRY INSIDE PETRA (2 to 3 hours)

Free visit on the site.

Dinner and Overnight at the hotel in Petra. 3* Hotel

DAY 07 – PETRA/WADI RUM After breakfast proceed to Beida, also known as Little Petra and the place where the Nabateans used to entertain their guests.

Proceed to the desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan’s largest desert and one of the most spectacular desert landscapes in the world: The Kingdom of Jordan has one of most beautiful deserts in the world: the desert of Wadi Rum. Located northeast of Aqaba, the splendid desert of Wadi Rum is made up of iridescent colors. Wadi Rum is expansive, composed of valleys bordered with red sandstone cliffs on a granite base. These mountains took odd forms caused by erosion from wind and temperature variations between day and night. During a 4×4 excursion, one can discover the many inscriptions and writings specific to the Arabic peninsula and the surrounding areas including the proto-Arabic language and Nabatean engravings and inscriptions. It is in this desert that several sequences of “Lawrence of Arabia” were filmed.

Our jeep tour is 4 hours and we will provide you a private camp inside the reserve to feel the real bedouin experience. A second option is to hike directly with your bedouin guide from the village to reach your campsite in the night.

Traditional bedouin dinner and overnight. Bedouin Campsite

DAY 08 – WADI RUM/AQABA/FEINAN After breakfast, Transfer to South Beach in Aqaba, on the Red Sea for a swim.

OPTION DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING

Back to the North through the Jordan Valley Road to reach the Feinan Lodge in Dana Reserve. Transfer to the Lodge by jeep for the last 10 kilometers. Dinner and Overnight. Eco Lodge of Feinan

DAY 09 – FEINAN/DEAD SEA/AMMAN After Breakfast,Transfer to Dead Sea, the lowest point on the surface of the earth for a swim in its warm salty waters: The historical and spiritual heritage of the Dead Sea is like no other and believed to be the site of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is a sea famous for its high rock salt content (magnesium, potassium, calcium, sodium, silica…) which increases the density of water so much that one floats without sinking. The density of salt contained in the Dead Sea is higher than 20%; unlike other seas which have approximately 5%. Located at nearly 410 meters below the Mediterranean Sea level, it has a tropical climate throughout the year. The Dead Sea is famous for it therapeutic properties, in particular, the Dead Sea salts and mud used for dermatological problems.

Proceed to Amman, OPTION HAMAM in a traditionnal place with massage (around 2 hours).

OPTION LEBANESE DINNER

Dinner and Overnight at the hotel. 3* Hotel

DAY 10 – AMMAN/AIRPORT After Breakfast, transfer to the Airport. Assistance with formalities and departure.

 

General InformationHotels

Hotels: Eco lodge and 3* hotels, Bedouin Campsites.

Difficulty/ Hike hrs: Easy

Altitude: From 1200 meters to -400 meters.

Season : suitable for year round.