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| Arrival at Queen Alia International Airport. Meet and Assist the guests through formalities and assist during passport control. Later on, Transfer to hotel in Amman for over night Stay. |
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After breakfast, guests would be transferred 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 Seawhere you can enjoy a swim. 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. It is not uncommon for visitors to cover their bodies with the dark mud. The water of the Dead Sea has a greasy feel to it.
Overnight Stay at hotel in Dead Sea. (B) |
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After breakfast, proceed towards Petra visiting en route visit Madaba, Mount Nebo, the Historic Mount Nebo provides a panorama 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 atop the mountain. Then proceeds to Kerak, the site of a magnificently-situated Crusader castle, now an evocative ruin on the skyline above the city.
After visiting this site, continue the trip to South to Petra for over night at hotel in Petra. (B) |
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After breakfast, 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 would be at Petra Hotel. (B)
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After breakfast, 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 and Transfer to Queen Alia International Airport for departure with full assistance. (B) |
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