Totally Jordan - 8 Days

8 days
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$1,135
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4.7/5 Excellent
44 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

    • Two nights in Petra - Discover the fabled UNESCO-listed Nabataean City that was all but lost to the modern world until its rediscovery in 1812
    • Wadi Rum - Admire the vast red desert landscape with rolling dunes and dramatic rock formations
    • Umm Qais - Visit a Roman Decapolis city, once a cultural centre, home to poets and great philosophers
    • Shobak Crusader Castle - Take in this magnificent castle, perched dramatically on a hill top
    • Wadi Mujib - Trek the Siq Trail of Wadi Mujib Biosphere Reserve
    • Dead Sea - Float in warm, buoyant mineral-rich waters
    • Jerash - See the ruins of the ancient Roman city, which at over 2000 years old is still surprisingly well-preserved
    • Umm ar-Rasas - Step into an ancient city which is an important stop on the caravan route between east and west
    • Mt Nebo - Explore one of the most sacred sites in Jordan with views across the Promised Land
    • Madaba - See a Christian market town, the Church of St George and Jordan’s finest Byzantine mosaics
    • Amman - Explore this ancient hilltop citadel, with its fascinating Archaeological Museum and the bustling souqs

What's this trip about?

    Travel to the vast red desert landscape with rolling dunes and dramatic rock formations and camp under a blanket of stars in Wadi Rum, discover the lost city of Petra and explore a Crusader Castle, the ancient Roman city of Jerash and Jordan's finest Byzantine mosaics in Madaba.
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
    • 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, Umm Qais, 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

Saturday. Welcome to Jordan and the start of an amazing adventure. Arrive in Amman and enjoy an included transfer to our hotel where you spend the night. The rest of today is at your leisure to independently explore.

Day : 2 Ancient cities & Roman ruins

Amman - Jerash - Umm Qais - Amman. Heading north, we visit Jerash, the Graeco-Roman city known as the ‘Pompeii of the East’. Built over 2,000 years ago, Jerash is widely regarded as the best-preserved city of the Decapolis, a confederation of 10 Roman cities dating fr...

Day : 3 Dead Sea

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 s...

Day : 4 Petra

Chief among Jordan’s many archaeological riches is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rose City of Petra. The city was first settled around 6th century BC by the Nabataean tribe from Western Arabia. Rediscovered in 1812, it remains on the list for many travellers t...

Day : 5 Wadi Rum

Petra - Wadi Rum. There is a chance to revisit Petra this morning before our afternoon drive to Wadi Rum. A vast, silent landscape of ancient riverbeds, pastel coloured stretches of sandy desert and amazing rock formations known as jebels that rise from the desert flo...

Day : 6 Dead Sea

Wadi Rum - Shobak – Wadi Mujib - Dead Sea. After breakfast at our campsite, 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 castle we d...

Day : 7 Dead Sea

The lowest point on the earth's surface at more than 400m below sea level, the Dead Sea is a natural phenomenon and high on most travellers' bucket lists. Lucky for us, we have the whole day to spend here, whiling away the time bobbing in its mineral-rich buoyant wate...

Day : 8 Dead Sea

Saturday. 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 ti...

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Price per day
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Totally Jordan - 8 Days Reviews & Ratings

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Judith Dodworth

Nov 2018

Great tour, thoroughly enjoyed it

Our guide was super and had a good knowledge of the history of the sites. He was very easy to get on with and even danced with us in the desert! The hotels were ve...

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Jacqueline Whittaker

May 2018

The guide was excellent, very kind and thoughtful, perfect English and a good team builder

I do not normally go on group tours and for this reason found it rather busy and regimented. As group tours go, I am sure it was fine, rather busy for my part but I ...

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Karin McCallum

Mar 2019

First of all Muhannad was amazing! His love and passion for his country is evident

His knowledge just blew my mind. He answered all my questions with such ease. He is funny and handled our group of different ages and needs with such ease. He is a n...

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Umaymah Nisar

Apr 2016

The Tour was arranged well

From airport transfers to the end. Our tour guide Jamila was friendly and full of knowledge. Nothing was ever too much. As we travelled in a group she tried her up m...

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Judith Charles

Oct 2017

The tour was a fantastic balance of history, activities and food/social get together s

Ogla was AMAZING he was energetic, witty he worked our group brilliantly with the right measure of professionalism and humour. He gave us copious amounts of interes...

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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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