Exploring Jordan

Itinerary

Day 1: Amman International Airport – Amman Hotel
Meet & assist by Travel Options local Tours representative at Queen Alia International Airport – transfer to Amman Hotel / Overnight.

Day 2: Amman – Jerash – Ajloun – Um Qais – Amman
After Breakfast, visit the ancient city of Jarash the most complete and well preserved city of the Roman Empire. Jarash is one of the Decapolis cities of the north of Jordan. Nestled in a green and well-watered Valley in the biblical land of Gilead, the remains of the ancient city have long attracted tourists from all around the world, Wander among the original temples, theaters, plazas, paths and Colonnaded streets, all enclosed within the remaining city walls. Then drive through the pine forests and olive groves until we reach the city of Ajloun and the Castle of Saladin. More formally known as Qalaat er-Rabad, is the major ancient site within the Ajloun forests region overlooking the Jordan Valley. ”: Visit Um Qais You will visit Um Qais which offers beautiful views over the Northern Jordan valley, the Sea of Galilee, and the Golan Heights . Um Qais is known for its beautiful Overlooking Lake Tiberius, back to hotel in Amman for Overnight. (B)

Day 3: Amman Tour – Desert Castles – Amman
After Breakfast, Amman City tour, and then Visit of several Islamic medieval desert castles that offer a number of Fortresses with fresco art and zodiac dome. You may visit Qasr Amra from the Umayyad’s era, Qasr Kharaneh a Roman then Umayyed fortress built and completed in 710 AD, and Qaser Azraq where T. E Lawrence of Arabia Had his headquarters, back to hotel in Amman for Overnight (B).

Day 4: Amman – Madaba – Mount Nebo – Kerak – Petra
After breakfast transfer to visit on the way Madaba the city of Mosaics, which has the oldest known mosaic map of the holy land, after that we will go to view the Jordan Valley from the famous Mount Nebo visiting its Byzantine Church, Afterwards continue to Kerak touring it’s Castle one of the finest examples of Crusader military construction, Transfer to Petra for Overnight. (B).

Day 5: Petra
After breakfast, transfer to Petra, Full day visiting the rose-red city known as Sela in the Bible and lost to the world for five centuries until it was rediscovered in 1812. Enter Petra on horseback through a narrow gorge carved in the sandstone and opening on the stunning view of the Treasury, made famous in the movie “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”. Visit the palace, the High Palaces and the Roman-Style Palace Tomb, Petra Overnight. (B).

Day 6: Petra – Wadi Rum 4X4 for 2 hours – Dead Sea
After breakfast, transfer to Wadi Rum, almost 140 kilometers from Petra, where the movie Lawrence of Arabia and Red Planet was filmed is a uniquely shaped Massive mountain that rose amongst the rosy red sand of the desert with towering cliffs of various brownish, reddish, and golden colors. Amongst this emptiness and silence you can camp and explore the desert in 4×4 Jeeps visiting the holographic pictures carved before Christ. Transfer to Dead Sea for Overnight (B).

Day 7: Dead Sea – Amman International Airport
After breakfast, Pick up from the Dead Sea transfer to QAA for Departure. (B).