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| Arrival at Queen Alia International Airport. Meet and Assist the guests through formalities and passport control. Later on, Transfer to hotel in Amman for over night stay |
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Breakfast at hotel. Then proceed for a city tour (2-3 hour) of the capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, in fact, hold a few items of interest to the traveler. The city is generally well-appointed for the traveler and the people are very friendly. This city built of white stone, Amman's growth has skyrocketed since it was made the capital of Trans-Jordan in the early 1920s.Continue to Jerash, Located some 48 km (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, Jerash is known for the ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa, also referred to as Antioch on the Golden River.
After the visit, proceed back to Amman for over night at hotel. (B) |
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| After breakfast, proceed to the lowest point on earth to the Dead Sea where you can enjoy a swim (2-Hours) at the Dead Sea Spa hotel’s beach. Due to the hypersalination of the water, one can float with ease in the Dead Sea. The mud along the shore of the Dead Sea contains many minerals and is believe to have medicinal and therapeutic benefits. The water of the Dead Sea has a greasy feel to it. Later on, proceed to the South to Petra. En route visit to Madaba church, Mount Nebo, the historic Mount Nebo provides a panoramic of the holy land, and to the north, a more limited one of the Jordan river valley. The excavated remains of a church and a monument commemorating the biblical story of Moses and the bronze serpent stand a top the mountain. Then proceed to Kerak, the site of a magnificently-situated Crusader castle, now an evocative ruin on the skyline above the city. Then continue the trip to south to Petra. Up on arrival at Petra, direct check in to hotel. Overnight at hotel in Petra. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then proceed for a full Day visit of Petra, including 800-meters horse ride (4-hour English-speaking local guide would be available on site). Petra was the impressive capital of the Nabataean kingdom from around the 6th century BC. The ruins remained hidden to most of the world until the Swiss explorer, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, disguised as an Arab scholar, infiltrated the Bedouin-occupied city in 1812. The first real excavations of the site were in 1929 after the forming of Trans-Jordan. Since that time, Petra has become by far Jordan's largest tourist attraction, partially due to the exposure by the Steven Spielberg movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in 1989. This archaeological site was chosen in July 2007 as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Over night at Hotel in Petra. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then guests would be transferred to Wadi Rum (Home of Lawrence of Arabia) for 1.5-hour Bedouin jeep ride inside the moonlike landscape of the desert. Lawrence of Arabia spent a significant amount of time here during the course of the British-inspired Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The area is quite isolated and largely inhospitable to settled life. The only permanent inhabitants are several thousand Bedouin nomads and a few villagers. Later on, we would proceed back to Amman via the desert way for over night at the hotel in Amman. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Later on check out from the hotel and transfer to Queen Alia International Airport for departure with full assistance. (B) |
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