Nine days, discover the red rose city of Petra, follow the King’s Road and visit the stunning Kerak crusader castle, float in the Dead Sea or bathe with colourful fishes in the Red Sea and make your escape from modern life for 4 days, riding camels in the Wadi Rum desert, camping with Bedouins at different spots every night, in the nomadic “mode”.
Departure specifications
- Departures guaranteed for a minimum of 4 participants.
- Departures guaranteed from 2 participants with overnight in our fixed bedouin camp during the trail and adapted itinerary.
Arrival at the airport, where your driver will meet you.
Then we will drive you to your 3* hotel in Amman/Madaba in a 3* hotel.
Day 2 – Madaba – Dead sea and King’s road – Kerac
From Madaba we will travel to the Dead Sea where you will bathe and enjoy the famous floating experience in the lowest point of the earth, then we will drive you to Mount Nebo where you will have a magnificent view of the Jordan valley and the Holy Land. You will take lunch in Kerak where you will also visit the crusader castle. We continue along the King’s Road to reach Petra at the end of the afternoon. Dinner and overnight in your 3* hotel by the entrance to the site.
Day 3 – Petra
You will have a full day to discover the red rose city of Petra, built by the Nabateans, including a private four hour guided tour with an English-speaking guide. You will also have free time to explore Petra, for example you can walk further along through the sit to climb to the monastery. There are cafes within the site for your choice of lunch. After the tour of Petra you will sleep another night in your hotel in Petra before transferring to Wadi Rum to begin your camel trek.
Day 4 – Wadi Rum
You will leave Petra after breakfast and after one and a half hour driving, you will arrive in Wadi Rum village where we will meet you at Jordan Tracks office for tea and introductions with your Bedouin guide. After you have said hello to your camel, you will begin riding from the village and we cross the red sand dunes, stopping to look at the ancient Nabatean inscriptions in Umfashieh. After a relaxing lunch in the sand dunes, you will cross Um Ischreen valley, arriving at Barragh canyon. You will spend the night in the bivouac camp at the entrance of the canyon.
Day 5 – Wadi Rum
After breakfast, cross Barragh canyon with a stop at the ancient Nabatean well, where you can listen to its extraordinary echo feature! Lunch will be with a panoramic vue of Schgaig mountains. In the afternoon you will travel through a smaller mountain range, passing the special mushroom shaped rock. You will spend the night in bivouac at the foot of Jebel Burdah.
Day 6 – Wadi Rum
Today we head south to Um Umgur valley and the white sandy valleys that characterise the southern desert. Lunch is in the shade of Um Umgur mountain., and you will have a full afternoon to explore this wild area and stop at a Bedouin dam still in use by our families. In the evening we will stop in the valley of Umsabatah, famous for its beautiful sunset views, for our last night in this special place.
Day 7 – Wadi Rum – Aqaba
For our last day our caravan rides through Saabata valley, crossing in the direction of the spring area where you will visit Qatar and Lawrence springs, where Bedouin families still to this day come to their goats and camels. Indeed it is the presence of this water that permitted the ancient Nabateans to live in the valley, and thanks to this the area became an essential element for the passage of caravans on the trade route to Aqaba.
In the afternoon you will transfer from Wadi Rum to Aqaba, the southernmost point of Jordan on the shores of the Red Sea. Dinner in Aqaba will be taken in the well-known Ali Baba restaurant, famous for its special local dish sayadiyah, prepared with fresh fish from the Red Sea, and rice. Overnight you will stay in central Aqaba in a 3 star hotel with its own swimming pool.
Day 8 – Aqaba- Amman/ Madaba
You are free to spend the morning at leisure – take your time to go shopping or spend the morning at the beach. In the afternoon we will transfer you from your Aqaba hotel to Amman.
Day 9
Today we will transfer you to the airport at a convenient time for your flight back home. .
Our prices for this tour are :
1 person | 1625 JOD |
2-3 pax | 1165 JOD/person |
4 and up | 1060 JOD/person |
Included :
- Meet & assist upon arrival and departure
- All transfers in private a/c car/minivan with driver-guide
- Accomodation B&B basis
- All the entrance fees of the visited sites
- 3 hours guided tour in Petra
- full-board trek in Wadi Rum
Not included:
- Visa on arrival (40 JD at Amman airport)
- Lunchs, dinners and drinks outside Wadi Rum
- tips, personnal expenses
Suggested 3* hotels ( 5* hotels available for a fee )
Our bedouin camp
Our camp is located deep inside the protected area of Wadi Rum.
You will never be with a lot of people at the same time, as we want to offer you a desert experience with its silence and its charm.
We can also offer accomodation for bigger group on request and on a private basis.
Our bedouin camp is situated 10 km away from Wadi Rum village in the valley of Abu Hassaran. We provide all the accomodations to spend an unforgettable night in the desert.