Book and Cook

8 days
From $200/day
$1,599
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Trip last updated: 1/1/2018
Trip type
Private Guided
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule
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Overview

Highlights

    • Visit the High Place of Sacrifice and the Monastery of Petra
    • Enjoy views of Ajlune castle
    • Visit the St. George Church at Madaba
    • Visit to the Siq, Treasury

What's this trip about?

    Are you passionate about cooking? Would you like to learn all about Jordan’s traditional meals and explore the highlights of Jordan as well? Then this holiday is made for you! In this program you learn how to cook Jordanian food, alongside local people and experience the local culture. Cook the famous dishesmagluba, zarb and mansaf. See how the local Taboun bread is made, in ovens hundreds of years old. Experience; see, smell and taste Jordan!
Itinerary focusOff the Beaten Path
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age rangeOperator does not provide
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityAmman
End CityDead Sea

Travel Themes

Activities

Trip includes

    • All hotel accommodations (2 nights Amman, 3 nights Petra, 1 night Wadi Rum, 1 night Dead Sea ) based on double/ twin rooms, including breakfast including all government taxes and service charges
    • All transfers throughout the program private modern air-conditioned tourism vehicle
    • English Speaking guide from day 2 to day 7
    • All entry/user fee tickets for the sights mentioned throughout the program
    • ( Roman Theater, Citadel, Jerash, Madaba, Mt Nebo, Petra, and Wadi Rum)
    • All meals as noted in the program are included
    • Welcome dinner at Tawaheen Al Hawa Restaurant in Amman (local Arabic cuisine—set menu)
    • Afternoon visit to the vegetable market in Amman with the chef of Beit Sitti on day 2
    • Beit Sitti cooking course including Tabbouleh, Humus, Maqloubeh and a desert on day 2 And a Shrak Bread maker to enjoy fresh bread during dinner
    • Bandoora day at Ghor Al Mazra’a on day 3 Including picking tomatoes, preparing Galayah lunch, ( Winter and Spring) Or cooking a traditional dish plus picking seasonal fruits and a walking tour there at Jdeit including ( Summer and Autumn)
    • Welcome word in your hotel in Petra on day 3 with a short introduction for the coming days in Petra
    • Dinner at 4* Petra Moon Hotel in Petra on day 3
    • Learning how to make Taboon Bread and Khobez Fattah with locals on the evening of day 4
    • Visit to the local butcher to buy the meat needed for the Mansaf tonight, meat costs included on day 5
    • Seeing how to milk the sheep on day 5
    • Learning how to make Mansaf on the evening of day 5
    • Half day jeep tour inside Wadi Rum protected area with local Bedouin English-speaking drivers
    • Learning how to prepare a barbeque lunch inside Wadi Rum Desert with local Bedouins
    • Learning how to prepare a Zarb dinner at the camp inside Wadi Rum Desert with local Bedouins
    • All ingredients needed for the meals that you will learn how to prepare during the tour
    • Organization/ booking fee Why Jordan Tours

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1: Arrival Queen Alia Airport—Amman 

Meals: Breakfast

Arrival at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, our airport representative is waiting for you and will assist you with the visa procedures. Visa is not included and costs 40 JD per person. The airport rep will walk with your through c...

Day 2: Amman - Roman Theater—The Citadel—Jerash—Amman

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast today you will make a city tour in Amman with visiting the Citadel and the Roman Theater. Then drive toward one of the best preserved old Roman provincial city, Jerash. After your tour of Jerash, you will have lunch at the Artem...

Day 3: ( In winter & Spring)  Madaba—Mt. Nebo—Ghur Al Mazra’a — Petra

Approximate at 07.30 am you will leave your hotel in Amman. Drive to Madaba to visit the St. George Church, with its famous mosaic map. Continue to Mt. Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promised Land.

Continue to Ghor al Mazra’a to participate in Bandoora day. ...

Day 3: ( In Summer and Autumn) Amman – Ajlune – Jdeit – Petra

Approximate at 07.30 am you will leave your hotel in Amman to Ajlune to visit Ajlune castle and have a view there. Then transfer to Jdeit where you help today harvest fruits with local people, and then together you will prepare a traditional dish. After lunch you will...

Day 4 : Petra & Taboon & Fattah

Meals: Breakfast

Full day to explore one of the seven world wonders. After your visit to the Siq, Treasury, Street of Facades, Theatre and Colonnaded Street you still have time to see: the Monastery and/or the High Place of Sacrifice. It is a lot of climbing, b...

Day 5: Petra—Mansaf!

Free morning to visit Petra. If you did not had the chance to visit the High Place of Sacrifice and/or the Monastery the day before, then now is your chance! You could also think about visiting the Royal Tombs.

In the afternoon you will go with your guide to th...

Day 6: Petra—Wadi Rum, Bedouin Zarb

Drive to Wadi Rum for a half day jeep tour inside the protected area. Wadi Rum is famous about the Red Sand and beautiful rock formations. Upon arrival you may decide if you would like to include a camel ride or start directly with your jeep tour. Lunch will be freshl...

Day 7: Wadi Rum—Dead Sea

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

After breakfast drive to the Dead Sea, lowest point on the earth’s surface. Today is all about relaxing, float in the salty waters and try out the famous healing mud. There is no cooking course included for today as you have deserved a day of complete relaxation after all the cooking you have done! Overnight at 3* Hotel.

Day 8: Departure back home

Transfer to the airport in Amman for departure. You would need to leave the hotel 3 hours in advance of your departure time.

Dates & Availability

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Price per day
$200

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Details

Accommodation:

Amman, 4* Ayass Hotel

Petra, 3* La Maison Hotel

Wadi Rum ,Night Luxury Camp

Dead Sea, 4* Ramada Hotel

Group size:

Intimate group - 12 max

Trip Excludes:

  • Flight
  • Visa
  • All other transfers
  • All other meals not mentioned in the program
  • All other consumptions not mentioned in the program
  • Tips for guides / drivers, restaurants etc
  • Travel insurance

Meals included:

6 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches and 4 Dinners

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