Meet at Amman International Airport between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM to meet up with the local representative and transfer to the hotel.

Enjoy a morning tour of Amman, visiting the Roman Theater, the Citadel, the Archeology and Folklore Museums, as well as exploring old and modern Amman, and visiting one of the many art galleries in the capital city. In the afternoon, you’ll have free time to relax. Dinner will be at a local restaurant.

Drive to the lowest spot on earth and experience floating in the waters of the Dead Sea. Continue northwards to Pella in the Jordan Valley, then to Um Qais, Gedara of the Bible (Mathew 8:28-43), for a spectacular view of the Sea of Galilee, the Yarmouk River, and the Golan Heights. Return to Amman in the late afternoon. You’ll have free time to relax before dinner.

Enjoy a late morning tour of Jerash (Gerasa of antiquity), the best-preserved city of Roman times, to visit its theaters, temples, churches, and colonnaded streets. Then continue to Ajloun to tour the 12th-century Saracen Castle built by one of Saladin’s lieutenants in the campaign against the Crusaders. Afterward, have dinner.

Drive southwards along the Kings’ Way to Petra, visiting Madaba with the oldest map of the Holy Land and its Mosaic School, Mt. Nebo, and the alleged burial site of Moses overlooking the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley. Then, drive through the magnificent scenery of Wadi Mujib to Kerak to visit the Crusader Castle (stop for optional lunch). Overnight in Petra with dinner.

Enjoy a full day to visit the many sites of Petra, a city carved into the rose-red Sharah Mountains by the Nabateans and lost to civilization until rediscovered by the Swiss explorer Burkhardt. Walk through the Siq, a narrow and winding fissure between the cliffs, to reach the Treasury, the Roman Theater, the Courts, Qasr Bint Pharaoun, Temple of the Winged Lion, and other monuments. Take a break for optional lunch, or you may wish to climb up to the Monastery. Overnight in Petra and have dinner.

After the visit to Wadi Rum Desert with its awe-inspiring moon-like landscape, where the film “Lawrence of Arabia” was shot, continue to the Araba Crossing for assistance with departure formalities. Alternatively, you may consider extending your stay in Aqaba for a day or two at the beach ( Additional charges apply) .