subject: Jordan Tours. The Passage To Petra [print this page] Embark on a Jordan tour, check out Roman ruins, crusader castles and the views across the holy lands, bob like a cork on the Dead Sea, range across the ruins at the Rose City of Petra and enjoy a desert safari at stunning Wadi Rum. All this in eight totally amazing days!
Starting and finishing in Amman on your Jordan tour, you will tour the citadel, Archaeological Museum and enjoy some free time in the local souq before descending from the elevation of Amman to the Dead Sea for a chance to take a dip in the mineral-rich waters. This Jordan tour is a compact tour so next youll head to Shobak castle to walk round the fantastic Crusader castle and admire the brilliant views (with Al Karak as an alternative) before continuing south to Petra.
Chief among Jordans many archaeological riches is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Rose City of Petra. On your Jordan tour youll access the hidden archaeological treasures of the Rose City on a walk through a narrow, deep siq, where the rocks finally give way to reveal the famous facade of Al-Khazneh (the Treasury).
On this Jordan tour it's also possible to ride a horse through the Siq. Continuing the walk, youll then go on to explore chunks of this fantastic once-lost city which is full of tombs, temples, an impressive amphitheatre and a Roman colonnaded street. The intrepid can ascend the hundreds of rock-cut steps to Ad-Deir. Better known as the Monastery, Ad-Deir has a similar facade to that of the Treasury, but is far bigger and the views from the nearby cliff-tops are awesome.
Next your Jordan tour will head to Wadi Rum. A vast, silent landscape of ancient riverbeds, pastel coloured stretches of sandy desert and amazing rock formations known as jebels that rise from the desert floor, the desert landscape of Wadi Rum represents some of the most stunning countryside on the planet. No Jordan tour is complete without boarding 4x4s jeeps, and taking a safari through the sand dunes of Wadi Rum!
After a fabulous desert camp its time for a few more sights such as Umm ar-Rasas, a haunted deserted city on the ancient caravan routes and Mt Nebo, the single most important biblical sight in Jordan. Your Jordan tour concludes in Madaba where it is time to bid Jordan good-bye!
by: M. Carden-Edwards
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