Day No | Time | Day Title | Itinerary | Meal Plan | Night Halt |
1 | 00:00 Hrs | Arrival in Jordan | Welcome to your Southern Travels Best of Jordan Tour. Upon arrival, private transfer to your hotel. Welcome to Jordan - home to some of the most ancient cities and natural wonders in the world. Jordan is one of the most spectacular countries in the Middle East, famed for its archaeological sites, stunning Jordanian art, beautiful landscapes, and delicious cuisine. (Dinner)
Overnight stay in Amman.
| Dinner | Amman |
2 | 00:00 Hrs | Amman-Dead Sea | After breakfast, Proceed to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth deep in the Jordan Valley and 55 km southeast of Amman, is the Dead Sea, one of the most spectacular natural and spiritual landscapes in the whole world. It is the lowest body of water on earth, the lowest point on earth, and the world's richest source of natural salts, hiding wonderful treasures that accumulated throughout thousands of years. (Breakfast & Dinner). Overnight stay in Dead Sea. | Breakfast , Dinner | Dead Sea |
3 | 00:00 Hrs | Dead Sea | Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. (Breakfast & Dinner)
Overnight stay in Dead Sea.
| Breakfast , Dinner | Dead Sea |
4 | 00:00 Hrs | Dead Sea – Madaba – Mt. Nebo - Shoback- Petra | Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 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. (Breakfast & Dinner)
Overnight stay in Petra. | Breakfast , Dinner | Petra |
5 | 00:00 Hrs | Petra | Buffet breakfast at the hotel. 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. (Breakfast & Dinner)
Overnight stay in Petra.
| Breakfast , Dinner | Petra |
6 | 00:00 Hrs | Petra – Wadi Rum Jeep Ride-Amman | Buffet breakfast at the hotel. We 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”. Then back to your hotel in Amman. (Breakfast & Dinner)
Overnight stay in Amman.
| Breakfast , Dinner | Amman |
7 | 00:00 Hrs | Amman– Jerash – Ajloun – Amman | After breakfast, we head 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. Proceeding 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. (Breakfast & Dinner)
Overnight stay in Amman. | Breakfast , Dinner | Amman |
8 | 00:00 Hrs | Departue | Today you will be transferred to Airport for your flight back home. We trust that you enjoyed your Vacation. Please do give us your valuable suggestions on feedback@southerntravels.in. | Breakfast | Tour Concludes here... |