Adventures of Wadi Rum

Itinerary :

Day 1: Amman (Saturday): Arrive in Amman (QAIA). Meet and greet at the airport. Dinner & Overnight stay in Amman. (D)

Day 2: Amman – Jerash – Ajloun – Dead Sea: After breakfast, proceed to visit the ancient Roman city of Jerash, including the paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, theatres, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls. Later, proceed to northern Jordan to visit one of the most important ecological and historical sites in the Middle East; Ajloun. Ajloun Castle (Qal’at Ar‐Rabad) is a fine example of Islamic architecture as it was built by Saladin’s general in 1184 AD to control the iron mines of Ajloun, and to counter the progress of the Crusaders by dominating the three main routes leading to the Jordan valley and protecting the communication routes between Jordan and Syria. Overnight stay in Dead Sea (B, D)

Day 3: Dead Sea: After breakfast, enjoy your free day in Dead Sea to explore on your own. Overnight stay in Dead Sea. (B, D)

Day 4: Dead Sea – Madaba – Mt. Nebo – Shobak – Petra: After breakfast, visit Madaba, a city best known for the famous 6th century Mosaic map of Jerusalem & Holy Land and for its spectacular Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics and visit of St. George’s church. Mt. Nebo a city mentioned in the bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land that he would never enter. Just off the King’s Highway 190 km south of Amman and less than an hour north of Petra stands an impressive castle as a lonely reminder of former Crusader glory dating from the same turbulent period as Kerak, crowning a cone of rock, which rises above a wild and rugged landscape dotted with a grand sweep of fruit trees below. It is today known as Shobak, but to the Crusaders it was Mont Real (Crak de Montreal) or Mons Regalis, the Fortress of the Royal Mount. It was built in 1115 by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem to guard the road from Damascus to Egypt, and was the first of a string of similar strongholds in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Overnight stay in Petra (B, D)

Day 5: Petra: After breakfast, visit the Nabatean Red Rose city of Petra, one of the 7 world wonders and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Enter the city through 1KM long narrow gorge which is flanked either side by 80m high cliffs! Notice the dazzling colors and formations of the rocks. The site is massive, and contains hundreds of elaborated rock‐cut tombs, a treasury, Roman‐style theatres,temples, sacrificial altars and colonnaded streets. Overnight stay in Petra (B, D)

Day 6: Petra – Wadi Rum: After breakfast, head further down in southern Jordan to visit other significant sites including Wadi Rum. Explore Wadi Rum on 2 hours jeep ride into the Jordanian desert! Wadi Rum was best described by T.E. Lawrence as “Vast, echoing and god‐like”, and by the locals as “Valley of the Moon”. Bedouin Dinner & Overnight stay in Wadi Rum (B, D)

Day 7: Wadi Rum – Amman: After breakfast, you will be transferred to your hotel in Amman. Dinner & Overnight stay in Amman (B, D)

Day 8: Amman: After breakfast, departure from Amman via Queen Alia international Airport, to your next destination. (B)