New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

8 days
From $154/day
$1,235
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$2,368
4.7/5 Excellent
12 reviews  
Trip last updated: 3/25/2024
Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule
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Overview

Highlights

    • Amman - Explore this Ancient hilltop citadel with its fascinating Archaeological Museum and the bustling souqs
    • Jerash - Roam the ruins of the ancient Roman city
    • Umm ar-Rasas - Visit this ancient city and important stop on the caravan route between east and west with breathtaking views
    • Umm Qais - See the Roman Decapolis City, once a cultural centre and home to poets and great philosophers
    • Mt Nebo - Stand at one of the most sacred sites in Jordan with views across the Promised Land
    • Madaba - Stop into the Christian market town, Church of St George and Jordan’s finest Byzantine mosaics
    • Petra - Say hello to the UNESCO-listed Nabataean city that was all but lost to the modern world until its rediscovery in 1812
    • Wadi Rum - Witness this vast red desert landscape with rolling dunes and dramatic rock formations
    • Shobak Crusader Castle - Explore this magnificent castle perched dramatically on a hill top
    • Dead Sea - Float in the warm and buoyant mineral-rich waters

What's this trip about?

    NEW YEAR TOUR: Celebrate a festive Bedouin New Year’s Eve in the heart of the Wadi Rum Desert. Add the fascinating Lost City of Petra, bobbing in the Dead Sea, exploring Roman ruins, and you'll be kicking off your New Year in style!
Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeSmall Group - 24 max
Age rangeOperator does not provide
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityAmman
End CityDead Sea

Travel Themes

Activities

Trip includes

    • Breakfast daily and 2 dinners, plus New Year’s Bedouin Party at the Wadi Rum Desert Camp
    • 6 nights 4 star hotels
    • 1 night Wadi Rum desert camp - en suite tents with beds and bedding
    • Wadi Rum - 4x4 desert safari through the sand dunes
    • Dead Sea - Free time to swim and detox
    • Touring - Amman, Jerash, Dead Sea, Petra, Wadi Rum, Shobak, Umm ar-Rasas, Mt Nebo and Madaba
    • Escorted by a licensed Jordanian tour guide and English speaking specialist guides at some local sights
    • Airport arrival transfer on day 1 and departure transfer is offered on day 8 at 23:00 (day 7), 04:00, 07:00, 09:00, 12:00 and 16:00 only
    • All relevant transfers and transportation in private modern air-conditioned vehicles

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day : 1 Amman

27 December. Once you arrive in Amman you are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to spend at your leisure.

Day : 2 Jerash & Umm Qais

Amman - Jerash - Umm Qais - Amman. Today we tour Jerash, arguably the world’s best-preserved Roman provincial city with whisper-perfect acoustics in the South Theatre, chariot-wheel marks in the paving stones of the Cardo and an exciting chariot race in the 2,000-year...

Day : 3 Mt Nebo & Umm ar Rasas

Amman - Madaba - Mount Nebo - Umm ar Rasas - Petra. Today we tour the citadel and Archaeological Museum of Amman before we take a walk through the bustling local souk to enjoy typical Jordanian street treats of falafel and hummus at the country’s most popular local st...

Day : 4 Petra

Begin the day with a walk through the mysterious mile-long Siq, the narrow gorge with towering sandstone walls which leads into the ancient capital city of the Nabatean trading empire. Explore the Khazneh (the temple of Indiana Jones fame), Theatre, colonnaded street ...

Day : 5 Wadi Rum

Petra - Wadi Rum. This morning we have the opportunity to join our guide for a return visit to Petra, along the “secret way” of al-Madras, with visits to the High Place of Sacrifice and Wadi Farasa. At mid-day we’ll make a stop in the Wadi Musa souk to pick up shawarm...

Day : 6-7 Dead Sea

Wadi Rum - Shobak - Dead Sea. Happy New Year! After breakfast at our campsite on day 6, we head north along the Desert Highway to visit Shobak Castle, which is perched dramatically on a hill top and was built by the Crusader King Baldwin I in 1115. After exploring the...

Day : 8 Dead Sea

03 January. Dead Sea - Amman Airport. Hotel check out and included onward transfer to the airport in Amman. Departure transfers are offered on day 8 at 23:00 (evening of day 7), 04:00, 07:00, 09:00, 12:00 and 16:00. If you would like a departure transfer at any other ...

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Price per day
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New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days Reviews & Ratings

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Matthew Hand

Jan 2015

Was a good trip, guide was well informed and knowledgeable

made the trip fun adn enjoyable. was able to help out in the time of need. and had good contacts to make it efficient. enjoyable part of the trip was seeing petra by...

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Edwina Bezuidenhout

Jan 2015

The tour and the tour guide were exceptional

I cannot rave more about both the tour and the tour guide. Ogla was always ready with advice of where to go after hours, what to eat and advice on the optional extra...

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Carol Tagg

Jan 2018

Mohammed was excellent

His historical knowledge of the sites that we visited was extensive and detailed. He went above and beyond to cater for the wishes and needs of individual members of...

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Krassimir Vassilev

Jan 2015

Greatest ever holiday I had

Touring around Jordan and celebrating New Year in Wadi Rum desert in Bedouin camp. We visited many places - Umm Qays, Jerash, Karak, Petra and Amman. We had the grea...

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Jana Cieskova

Jan 2017

Another excellent trip from On the Go

Always impressive logistics management, very warm welcome from all the personnel involved. Felt well looked after, the tour guide Ogla had a great approach to intera...

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Details

Accommodation:

4 star hotels & 1 night deluxe desert camp in Wadi Rum

Group size:

Small Group - 24 max

Maximum number of people in group:

24

Trip Excludes:

  • International flights and visa (see Trip Notes for further information about visas)
  • Tip for your tour guide. We recommend you allow USD$5-7 per day, per traveller. Tipping your guide is an entirely personal gesture
  • Entrance Fees: USD$140-160pp, paid in local currency

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