The Best of Jordan
6 Days Edition

Add the visit to the Baptism Site in Jordan.

DAY 1 - AMMAN Tuesday - Weekly - Year Round

Our staff greets you at Amman International Airport, or at your international border crossing point, and escorts you to your hotel in Amman. The city is yours to explore as you like for the rest of the day.

DAY 2 - JERASH - AJLUN Wednesday (B)
We drive to Jerash, among the best-preserved Roman cities in the world, to tour its temples, theaters, churches and colonnaded streets. Before we head back to Amman and our hotel

DAY 3 - MADABA, KERAK & PETRA
Thursday (BD
We drive south along the King's Highway, an ancient caravan route, to Madaba to visit the church containing the oldest known map of the Holy Land. Continuing to Mount Nebo, we enjoy the panoramic view of the Promised Land the way Moses saw it for the first time. Farther on, at Kerak, we tour the ruins of its romantic Crusaders' castle of Renaud de Chatillon, one of a line which stretched from Aqaba to Turkey. Finally, we arrive in Petra, and settle in at our hotel.

DAY 4 - PETRA Friday (BD)

Today the fabulous Nabatean city of Petra awaits us. Made famous in the Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark," its ancient temples, tombs and striking Khazneh (Treasury) were hewn right from the pink and violet sandstone. We spend a full day here, and another night.

DAY 5 - WADI RUM & AMMAN Saturday (BD)

We board four-wheel-drive vehicles for an expedition to Wadi Rum, the "Valley of the Moon" where T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") organized Arab resistance to Ottoman rule during World War I. After our visit, we return to Amman.

DAY 6 - Departure Sunday (BD)

we will escort you back to Amman, or to the Israeli border, as you wish; or you may join our Discover Syria tour, driving from Jerash across the Syrian border for a visit to the ancient Roman city of Bosra, before continuing to Damascus.

RATES are per person: in US $