Name: Jordan Discovery tour
Brand: Encounters Travel
SKU: 213
Price: 2870 USD
Availability: LimitedAvailability
Rating: 5 (52 reviews)

Overview

What's this trip about?

This comprehensive tour of Jordan stays in luxury 5-star accommodation and visits many of the countries fascinating historical sites, cultural highlights and forgotten gems

Itinerary focusOperator does not provide

Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max

Age rangeOperator does not provide

Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included

Start CityAmman

End CityWadi Rum & Petra

Trip includes

All accommodation in 4-star hotels
All meals as indicated in your itinerary
Airport transfers at the start and end of your trip
English speaking tour escort/driver
Specialist local site guides in Jerash, Petra, Amman
Private vehicles for all road journeys indicated
Comprehensive pre-departure material

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Amman, transfer to hotel

Our guide will meet you at Amman Airport and transfer you to your chosen accommodation. Today is free for you to settle into your new surroundings and begin exploring Jordan's cosmopolitan capital.

OVERNIGHT

Amman hotel

EXTRAS

Extra day in Amman - pre-tour, Single Room Supplement (JOTMJD)

Day 2 Visit Desert Castles & wildlife reserves

After breakfast we begin our sightseeing tour to visit the 'Desert Castles' many of which date back over 1000 years. Known as 'castles' these sites are actually palaces, fortresses and bath houses and make for a very interesting trip. We concentrate our time on the most ...

OVERNIGHT

Amman hotel

MEALS

Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3 Amman city tour, drive to Aqaba

One of the best places to begin a days sightseeing around Amman is the Roman Forum and this will be today's first stop. The Roman Theatre is cut into a depression in the hillside and the huge theatre offers spectacular views of the surrounding area. The original structur...

OVERNIGHT

Aqaba hotel

MEALS

Breakfast

Day 4 Aqaba, free day

Today is free for you to relax beside the red sea, explore Aqaba or enjoy the many water sports which Aqaba has to offer. The crystal blue waters and colourful reefs around Aqaba offer some of the Red Seas best diving.

OVERNIGHT

Aqaba hotel

MEALS

Breakfast

EXTRAS

Snorkelling in the Red Sea

Day 5 Drive to Wadi Rum, jeep safari & drive to Petra

We drive out of Aqaba to the spectacular desert & mountains of Wadi Rum. The desert here, with its towering rust coloured rocky 'jebels' awed TE Lawrence during his visits during the Arab Revolt of 1917-18, and was later made famous in the film Lawrence of Arabia. Af...

OVERNIGHT

Petra hotel

MEALS

Breakfast, Lunch

EXTRAS

Camel Ride in Wadi Rum

Day 6 Full day at Petra, guided tour & free time

The ancient capital of the Nabataean commercial empire until the Romans finally took over in 106AD, Petra was largely forgotten, except by the local Bedouins, until it was 'discovered' in 1812 by a young Swiss explorer, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. This was partly due to it...

OVERNIGHT

Petra hotel

MEALS

Breakfast, Lunch

EXTRAS

Petra by night, Petra camel ride

Day 7 Tour Little Petra, drive to Dana Nature Reserve

After breakfast we enjoy a morning guided tour to visit 'Little Petra'. In the afternoon we leave Petra and head to Dana Reserve. Dana Reserve is Jordan's largest nature reserve, covering approximately 320km². The reserve was established in 1989, and is the only reserve ...

OVERNIGHT

Dana guesthouse

MEALS

Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8 Reserve walk, drive to the Dead Sea

We begin today with a guided walk in the reserve where you may be able to view some of the diverse mix of plant and animal species. We then begin our drive to the Dead Sea along the King's Highway (a slower, but much more interesting and beautiful drive than the busy Des...

OVERNIGHT

Dead Sea hotel

MEALS

Breakfast

Day 9 Visit Baptism site, swim in the Dead Sea

This morning we will visit the Baptism Site which is one of the most important discoveries made in the middle-east over the last few years. The site is known to be the place where John the Baptist lived and where he most likely baptized Jesus Christ. In the afternoon we...

OVERNIGHT

Dead Sea hotel

MEALS

Breakfast

Day 10 Tour to visit Jerash & Ajloun Castle

Today we have a full day tour to visit the Roman Ruins at Jerash and Ajloun Castle. Our first visit to Jerash takes us to what is probably Jordan's second most visited tourist site. As with Petra, this is for good reason, as the Roman ruins here are very well preserved, ...

OVERNIGHT

Amman hotel

MEALS

Breakfast

Day 11 Transfer to airport for departure

Your time in Jordan comes to an end today. You have some free time in Amman today before our guide transfers you to the airport for departure.

OVERNIGHT

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MEALS

Breakfast

EXTRAS

Extra day in Amman - post-tour

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Group size:

Intimate group - 12 max

Maximum number of people in group:

1

Trip Excludes:

International flights (can be arranged on request)
Visas (free visa included as part of your Jordan Pass)
Departure taxes
Tips
Entrance fees to sites visited (the majority included in your Jordan Pass)
Private escort guide to accompany you throughout the tour (available as an additional option)
Meals, drinks and snacks not mentioned in the itinerary
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