14 Day Trekking Tour: Itinerary #1

14 Day Trekking Tour: Itinerary #1

Amman - Al Balad - Jebel Al Qala'a – Umm Qais (Gadara) – Ajlun (Ar Rabad Castle) - Jerash – Madaba - Greek Orthodox Church of St. George- Mount Nebo – Dana Nature Reserve - Petra - Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) – Al Beidha - Wadi Rum - Dead Sea

Day 1
Queen Alia International Airport – Amman – Al Balad - Jebel Al Qala'a

Upon arrival at the airport and we will transfer to take a short city tour then to the hotel in Amman to check in dinner, and overnight.

Day 2
Amman - Umm Qais (Gadara) – Ajlun (Ar Rabad Castle) - Jerash – Madaba

Then after breakfast we will visit Umm Qais (Gadara) a spectacular city, established by the Greeks, and re-used by the Romans. It has a stunning black basalt theatre, a colonnaded main street and spectacular views of the Jordan Valley, the Sea of Galilee, and the Golan Heights.

A 45 minute drive takes us to Ajlun , a forested area where we visit the castle of Ajlun (Ar Rabad Castle) .

Though looking like a Crusader fortress, Ajlun (Ar Rabad Castle) was actually built by Muslims in 1184 as a military fort and buffer to protect the region from invading Crusader forces.

We continue to Jerash , Jerash is one of the best preserved Roman cities in the world; it offers extensive and breathtaking ruins of colonnaded streets, arches, temples and baths in a remarkable state of preservation and completeness.

After this we drive you to the Madaba for dinner and overnight.



Day 3
Greek Orthodox Church of St. George- Mount Nebo – Dana Nature Reserve

After breakfast in Madaba we well see the 6th century mosaic map at Saint George’s Church. And then we will visit Mount Nebo , the memorial or the Prophet Moses and the place where he viewed the promise land, after Madaba we drive via King’s way to the Dana Natural Reserve for dinner and overnight.

Day 4
Dana Nature Reserve – Petra

We will spend a full day hiking in the Dana Natural Reserve , then to Petra for dinner and overnight.

Day 5
Petra

After breakfast you start your first full day exploration of the red-rose city of Petra . It is the legacy of the Nabataeans , an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago.

Admired then for its refined culture, massive architecture and ingenious complex of dams and water channels, Petra is a UNESCO world heritage site and this year it was voted one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

You enter the site through the narrow (Siq), or canyon and the exploration of the site will take in many of the over 800 individual monuments, including buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, and colonnaded streets. That was mostly carved from the kaleidoscopic sandstone by the inhabitant's centuries ago. The first 2 hours of your visit a local guide will tell you about the history of the ancient city.

In the late afternoon return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 6

Petra

We will spend another full day in Petra , here you can go to the site by your own to walk in and shoot photos, then have dinner and stay overnight at the same hotel.

Day 7

Petra - Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) – Al Beidha - Wadi Rum

After breakfast at the hotel we will drive for around: 10 minutes from the main gate of Petra to Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) the suburbs of the ancient city and stop at the Neolithic settlement of Al Beidha .

One of the earliest human settlement in the world, then to Wadi Rum to discover the area of the Moon Valley hiking for the rest of the day tracing Lawrence of Arabia foot steps then have dinner and stay overnight.

In this day we use the jeep; to transfer to Wadi Rum , as we need it to be with us during the hiking to carry the camping equipment (sleeping bags, tents, food) and also for any emergency, so it is necessary that the jeep be in use and we can drop it near the camp site while trekking in case we need it.


Day 8 - 10
Wadi Rum

We will spend a full three days trekking in Wadi Rum around the camp and discover the area, dinner and camping in the openness.

Day 11
Wadi Rum - Dead Sea

In this day, after breakfast we will do you a morning trekking around the campsite, then we drive to the Dead Sea the lowest point in the world for floating and leisurely time, dinner and overnight at the Dead Sea .

Day 12
Dead Sea - Amman

We will spend a full day in the Dead Sea for leisure and floating, drive you to Amman for dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 13
Amman

We will spend a full day in Amman then have dinner and stay overnight at the same hotel.

Day 14
Amman – Queen Alia International Airport

After breakfast we will then transfer from Amman to the airport for departure with farewell.

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