Your Travel Experience with Travco Egypt
Day 1
Airport pick up from King Hussein International Airport (Aqaba Airport)
Arrive in Aqaba (AQJ). Meet and greet at the airport. Dinner & Overnight stay in Aqaba Dinner (as long as the arrival at the hotel is before 9 pm).
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Dinner & Overnight stay in Aqaba Dinner (as long as the arrival at the hotel is before 9 pm).
Day 2
Aqaba Hotel - Dead Sea Visit - Desert Castle Visit - Amman Hotel
After breakfast, Proceed to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth deep in the Jordan Valley and 55 km southeast of Amman, is the Dead Sea, one of the most spectacular natural and spiritual landscapes in the whole world. It is the lowest body of water on earth, the lowest point on earth, and the world's richest source of natural salts, hiding wonderful treasures that accumulated throughout thousands of years. Proceed to the Eastern Desert to visit Al Kharraneh Castle, Amra Castle (a UNESCO World Heritage site), and Al Azraq Castle where Lawrence of Arabia resided and wrote part of his book “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”.
Dinner & Overnight in Amman Hotel
Dinner & Overnight stay in Amman
Day 3
Amman Hotel - Jerash Visit - Ajloun Visit - Amman Hotel
After breakfast, we head to visit the ancient Roman city of Jerash, including the paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, theatres, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls. Proceeding to northern Jordan to visit one of the most important ecological and historical sites in the Middle East; Ajloun. Ajloun Castle (Qal’at Ar-Rabad) is a fine example of Islamic architecture as it was built by Saladin’s general in 1184 AD to control the iron mines of Ajloun, and to counter the progress of the Crusaders by dominating the three main routes leading to the Jordan valley and protecting the communication routes between Jordan and Syria.
Dinner & Overnight in Amman Hotel
Dinner & Overnight in Amman Hotel
Day 4
Amman Hotel - Madaba Visit - Nebo Visit - Shoback Visit - Petra Hotel
After breakfast, Visit Madaba, a city best known for the famous 6th century Mosaic map of Jerusalem & Holy Land and for its spectacular Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics and visit of St. George’s church. Mt. Nebo a city mentioned in the bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land that he would never enter. Just off the Kings Highway 190 km south of Amman and less than an hour north of Petra stands an impressive castle as a lonely reminder of former Crusader glory dating from the same turbulent period as Kerak, crowning a cone of rock, which rises above a wild and rugged landscape dotted with a grand sweep of fruit trees below. It is today known as Shobak, but to the Crusaders it was Mont Real (Crak de Montreal) or Mons Regalis, the Fortress of the Royal Mount. It was built in 1115 by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem to guard the road from Damascus to Egypt, and was the first of a string of similar strongholds in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Dinner & Overnight in Petra Hotel
Dinner & Overnight in Petra Hotel
Day 5
Petra Visit
After breakfast, Visit the Nabatean Red Rose city of Petra, one of the 7 world wonders and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Enter the city through 1KM long narrow gorge which is flanked either side by 80m high cliffs! Notice the dazzling colors and formations of the rocks. The site is massive, and contains hundreds of elaborated rock-cut tombs, a treasury, Roman-style theatres, temples, sacrificial altars and colonnaded streets.
Dinner & Overnight in Petra Hotel
Dinner & Overnight in Petra Hotel
Day 6
Petra Hotel - Wadi Rum Jeep Ride - Wadi Rum Camp
After breakfast, we head further down in southern Jordan to visit other significant sites including Wadi Rum. Explore Wadi Rum on 2 hours jeep ride into the Jordanian desert! Wadi Rum was best described by T.E. Lawrence as “Vast, echoing and god-like”, and by the locals as “Valley of the Moon”.
Dinner & Overnight in Wadi Rum Camp
Bedouin Dinner & Overnight stay in Wadi Rum
Day 7
Wadi Rum Camp - Aqaba Hotel
After breakfast, you will be transferred to your hotel in Aqaba.
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Day 8
Aqaba Free Day ( No Car No Guide )
Enjoy your free day in Aqaba.
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Day 9
Aqaba Free Day ( No Car No Guide )
Enjoy your free day in Aqaba.
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Day 10
Aqaba Free Day ( No Car No Guide )
Enjoy your free day in Aqaba.
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Dinner & Overnight in Aqaba Hotel
Day 11
Departure Aqaba - King Hussein International Airport ( Aqaba Airport )
After breakfast, departure from Aqaba via King Hussein International Airport, to your next destination.