The Jewel of Jordan

ITINERARY

Day 1 - AMMAN

Arrive Amman airport. Meet and assist. Transfer to hotel for overnight stay.

Day 2 - AMMAN-MADABA-NEBO-KERAK-PETRA

After breakfast proceed to visit Madaba, the Greek Church of St. George, best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics. Then on to Mt Nebo, believed to be the site where Moses viewed the "Promised Land". See also to Memorial Church in honor of Moses. Then proceed to visit Kerak, one of the two major crusader castle in Jordan. Then drive to Petra hotel for overnight stay.

Day 3 - PETRA-WADI RUM

After breakfast, we visit Petra site through the "SIQ" an immense crack in the Nubian sandstone, 2000 years ago. The a Nabatians carved a city of the rose red rock and the Treasury El Khazneh, is one of the most elegant remains of antiquity. Beyond El khazneh you are surrounded on both sides by hundreds of Petra's carved and built structures. Then we drive to Wadi Rum. two-hours jeep tour where black and wind scalped hills stand like foreboding sentinels upon the pale sands, often described as the "Valley of the Moon". The we drive back to Amman fort dome and overnight stay.

Day 4 - DEAD SEA

After breakfast, drive to the lowest point on earth. Overnight at the Dead Sea Hotel.

Day 5 - DEAD SEA-AMMAN

Transfer to Amman International Airport for your flight back home.