
Tour · 8 nights · with Explore Worldwide
An escorted small-group tour with Explore Worldwide that takes you from Amman’s Roman roots to Petra’s rock-hewn city and the desert dunes of Wadi Rum, finishing with a float in the Dead Sea and downtime on the Red Sea coast.
Highlights
Roman ruins in Amman and Jerash
Ajloun Castle hilltop views
Two nights in Petra and Bedouin cookery demonstration
4WD tour of Wadi Rum desert dunes
Relaxing time in Aqaba and floating in the Dead Sea
This compact, eight-night tour with Explore Worldwide opens in Amman, where Roman ruins and lively souks sit side by side in a city built on hills. Heading north on day two, you take in the medieval defence of Ajloun Castle and the partially excavated Roman city of Jerash, where the colonnaded streets give a real sense of life under the empire.
Journeys
Then it is on to Petra, a Nabatean city carved from steep red rock, introduced by a visit to Crusader-era Kerak Castle. The tour includes a quiet evening event with a Bedouin meal and an optional candlelit walk to see Petra by night. After a 4WD tour among the towering sandstone and granite of Wadi Rum’s desert, the trip winds down with free time in Aqaba by the Red Sea’s coral reefs before a final plunge in the salt-heavy Dead Sea.
The itinerary is brisk, with early starts and a packed schedule, but the surroundings are compelling all along the route and the camp in Wadi Rum is more comfortable than you might expect for a desert night.
Itinerary
Amman
Petra
Wadi Rum
Aqaba
Dead Sea
When to go
Lowest price each month, per person.
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Need to know
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The operator
Small-group adventures, walking and wildlife
Small groups with local leaders, and a fondness for the places at the end of the road. Trips are graded so you know how active they are.
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Jerash
These are the places the trip visits, in order. Explore Worldwide publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.