Jordan Classical 9 Days / 8 Nights

Arrive at Amman airport, where a Highlands Travel representative meets you and assists with arrival formalities. Transfer to your hotel in Amman for dinner and overnight.

Drive north to Jerash, ancient Gerasa, one of the best-preserved Roman cities in the Middle East, with Hadrian’s Arch, the Oval Plaza, the colonnaded street and the Temple of Artemis. Continue to Ajloun Castle, built in 1184 by a commander of Salah ad-Din to watch over the Jordan Valley. Return to Amman for a tour of the Citadel, with the Temple of Hercules and the Umayyad Palace, the Roman Theatre and the old markets of downtown. Dinner and overnight in Amman.

Drive to Madaba, the “City of Mosaics”, to see the 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land in the Church of St. George. Continue to Mount Nebo, where Moses viewed the Promised Land; on a clear day the view reaches the Jordan Valley, Jericho and Jerusalem. Follow the King’s Highway to Kerak Castle, one of the largest Crusader castles in the region, set on a hilltop above the Dead Sea valley. Continue to Petra for dinner and overnight.

A full day in Petra, the rose-red city of the Nabataeans and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Ride a short way on horseback, then walk through the Siq to the Treasury and continue past the Street of Facades, the Theatre and the Royal Tombs. The light is at its best in the early morning and late afternoon. In the afternoon, visit Little Petra (Siq al-Barid), a smaller Nabataean settlement with carved façades and a painted ceiling. Continue to a desert camp in Wadi Rum for a Bedouin-style dinner, an evening of traditional music and an overnight under the desert sky.

Breakfast at the camp, then explore Wadi Rum, the “Valley of the Moon”, on a 2-hour 4x4 jeep tour among sandstone and granite mountains, red dunes, natural arches and ancient rock inscriptions left by the Nabataeans and earlier peoples. Continue to Aqaba on the Red Sea for dinner and overnight.

Drive north along the Dead Sea Highway to the Baptism Site, Bethany Beyond the Jordan, where John the Baptist lived and baptised Jesus (John 1:28). The site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most important Christian pilgrimage places in Jordan. Continue to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth at more than 400 metres below sea level, where the salty water lets you float with ease and the mineral-rich mud is famous for its benefits. Dinner and overnight at the Dead Sea.

A free day at the Dead Sea to relax, float in the water and enjoy the resort’s facilities. Dinner and overnight at the Dead Sea.

Drive to As-Salt, a hill town of honey-coloured limestone houses, inscribed by UNESCO in 2021 as a place of tolerance and urban hospitality. Continue to Amman with free time for shopping. Dinner and overnight in Amman.

Breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to Amman airport, where our representative assists you with departure formalities.