JORDAN GRAND CIRCULAR TOUR 9 DAYS / 8 NIGHTS Amman – Aqaba

ARRIVE AMMAN AIRPORT Meet at the gate by our friendly Airport staff who
 shall provide full assistance through immigration & customs. Transfer to
 hotel in Amman for dinner & overnight.

CITY TOUR OF AMMAN / DESERT CASTLES / AMMAN Breakfast.
 Sightseeing tour through Amman, the ancient and modern capital of Jordan,
 originally built on seven hills and from the top of the citadel, one of the
 highest hills, you can have a splendid view of the old city. Visit the Citadel,
 Roman Theater, Archeological, Folklore Museums, and King Abdullah
 Mosque. Continue to the Desert Castles, built by the Omayyad Caliphs of
 Damascus in the 8^th century A.D. as hunting lodges. Wildly varied in
 architectural style: Qasr Al-Kharraneh, Qasr Amra and Qasr Al-Azraq..
 Back to Amman for dinner and overnight.

AMMAN / MADABA / MOUNT NEBO / BETHANY / DEAD SEA / AMMAN
 Breakfast, Visit  Madaba, home of the most famous Byzantine Mosaics and
 most of all the 6^th century map of the holy places in the biblical world.
 Continue to Mount Nebo, with its spectacular view of the Holy Land. Then to
  Bethany, beyond the Jordan, opposite Jericho which has long been
 identified as the spot, where Jesus Christ was baptized by John the
 Baptist. It is called Al-Maghtas in Arabic. Less than two kilometers East of
 the river is another important place associated with the lives of Jesus and
 John the Baptist, the settlement of Bethany, where John lived and baptized.
 Proceed to the Dead Sea – the lowest spot on earth. Time for bathing and
 relaxing. Back to Amman for dinner and overnight.

AMMAN / JERASH / UM QEIS / AMMAN Breakfast. Drive north of Amman
 to visit Jerash, the most beautiful and preserved Roman city in existence.
 Continue to Um Qeis, the ancient Greco-Roman city of Gadara, with its
 panoramic view overlooking the lake of Tiberias, the Jordan Valley and Golan
 Heights. Dinner and overnight-Amman.

AMMAN / KINGS’ HIGHWAY / KERAK / PETRA Breakfast, Drive through
 King’s Highway, the ancient Silk Road; stop in Kerak to visit the Crusader
 Castle from the 12^th century. Proceed to Petra for dinner and overnight.

PETRA Breakfast. Full day sightseeing of the unique “rose-red” city of Petra,
 half as old as time, built by the Arab Nabateans who hewed their
 monumental tombs, palaces, temples and treasury from the desert rock’s
 sandstone in its’ natural hues of rose and gold. Dinner and overnight in
 Petra.

PETRA / WADI RUM / AQABA Breakfast. Drive to Wadi Rum the valley of
 the moon, with a visit by Bedouin Jeeps for 2 hours. Continue to Aqaba.
 Dinner and overnight in Aqaba.
Option: Night under tent in the desert of Wadi Rum

AQABA Breakfast. Free day in Aqaba. Dinner and overnight in Aqaba.

TRANSFER TO AQABA AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE Breakfast. Transfer to
 Aqaba Airport including our assistance during departure formalities.