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Bookings have to be made at least 48 hours in advance.
Day 1: Arava Border – Wadi Rum Camel & Jeep Ride – Wadi Rum Camp (Lunch Box, D)
Our representative welcomes you with a signage inside the Jordan Terminal of the Arava Border. Travel to the protected area of Wadi Rum, one of the most impressing desert landscapes in the world. Meet your camel guide and the camel. Start to ride towards the red sand dunes through Rum and Um Ishrin valleys. On the way, you will have a stop at Lawrence's spring. After looking at the Nabatean inscriptions in Anfashiyeh you leave camels to cross a sand dune, where a jeep will join you for a lunch and rest in the shade of the mountain. In the afternoon, by jeep you visit natural rock bridges in Jebel Burdah and Um Fruth. You have the opportunity to climb the latter if you wish so. Then walk through Abu Khasheba canyon. The Bedouin guide will wait you at the end of the canyon and drive you to the sunset place before going to our camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Wadi Rum Camp – Petra Visit – Petra Hotel (B)
After breakfast at camp, drive to the red rose city Petra, the biggest attraction of Jordan. First established around 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundation of a commercial empire that extended into Syria. With the guide, pass the canyon, the so-called Siq, to see the most beautiful monument: the Treasury. Continue via the Street of Facades to the Royal Tombs and Pharaoh's Castle. The guide says farewell to you at the restaurant area; free time to explore Petra on your own. Overnight in Petra
Day 3: Petra Hotel – Little Petra – Shobak Castle – Dana Hotel (B)
Breakfast, first stop to the bizarre landscape of Little Petra, visit Siq el-Barid, a miniature Petra with its modest gorge (Siq) that leads into an area of carved tombs and monuments then to the Crusader castle in Shobak built by king Baldwin I. of Jerusalem. Stop at Dana Village, which is characterized by a chain of valleys and mountains, which extend from the top of the Jordan Rift Valley down to the desert lowlands of Wadi Araba. Hike about 2 hours at Dana Nature Reserve to show you the beauty and various nature of the area, with a diverse flora and fauna, consisting of mountains and wadis. Dinner and overnight at Dana
Day 4: Dana Hotel – Arava Border (B)
Breakfast, latest check out 12:00, transfer to Arava Border to say farewell. |
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