Jordan Experience
Experience Overview
Travel to the ‘Rose City’ of Petra, the highlight on this Jordan trip. But there’s more to discover as you learn about Jordanian culture with the Khzoz family, have dinner with a Bedouin tribe and spend a soulful night gazing at the clear night’s sky when you stay in Wadi Rum desert.
Highlights
Dining Summary
- 5 Dinner (D)
- 5 Breakfast (B)
- 1 Lunch (L)
Be My Guest
- Amman: Embrace the genuine hospitality of your Jordanian hosts, Elias and Feryal as you are welcomed in true Jordanian fashion. Enjoy a home cooked meal while the family share stories of their life in Amman, unlocking a side of Jordan you can only discover through the eyes of locals.
Dive into Culture
- Petra: Grind beans by hand, roast them over open flames and brew traditional Bedouin coffee with your Local Specialist. As you craft each cup, hear stories passed down through generations, why it’s served in odd numbers and how it symbolises respect. A hands-on ritual that connects you to Bedouin culture, community and age-old hospitality.
Iconic Experience
- Amman: During a city tour of Amman, visit the Citadel, the grand Roman Amphitheater and the Archaeological Museum.
- Jerash: Feel like you have stepped back 2,000 years in time as your Travel Director guides you through this marvelous ancient metropolis - now the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world!
- Mount Nebo: Take in the astounding view of Moses' Promised Land, where the ruins are truly a site to behold.
- Petra: Join a Bedouin tribe and taste authentic Jordanian flavors as you experience a traditional desert dinner at a Bedouin camp.
- Petra: In the 'Rose City' of Petra, you'll see tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs and admire the 45m-high facades of Al Khazneh, the Treasury.
- Wadi Rum: Enjoy the beauty of this arid landscape as you make your way through Wadi Rum's majestic desert.
MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®
- Iraq al-Amir: Visit the Iraq al-Amir Women's Center and learn how they create soap from olive oil and greeting cards from recycled paper, followed by lunch prepared by the women. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: 5 & 10 - Gender Equality & Reduced Inequalities.
Must-see Highlights
- Explore Amman
- Visit the Greco-Roman city at Jerash, the unique ancient city at Petra, the Crusader Fortress at Shobak and Wadi Rum
- View the Roman amphitheater and Citadel in Amman, Moses' Promised Land on Mount Nebo and the mosaic map of the Holy Land at Madaba
- Scenic Drive on a jeep tour in the Wadi Rum desert
Trafalgar Difference
- Wadi Rum: Our Tented Camp in the heart of Wadi Rum offers a totally immersive experience. Wadi Rum has been home to nomadic Bedouin people and they can be identified by their handwoven traditional tents.
Trip Details
Product Code: 33174
Tour Type: Group Tour
Accommodation: Deluxe
Transport: Private
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles:
Family, 55+
Tour Operator:
Trafalgar (CA)
Supplier Code: 763.368C
Starts: Amman, Jordan
Finishes: Amman, Jordan
Duration: 6 days
Departures: Not Guaranteed
Physical Rating:
Easy
Includes
Whats Included
- An expert Travel Director and professional Driver
- Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted
- All porterage and restaurant gratuities
- All hotel tips, charges and local taxes
- Breakfast daily and up to half of your evening meals
- Must-see sightseeing
- Audio headsets for flexible sightseeing
- Luxury air-conditioned coach with Wi-Fi in most countries or alternative transportation (such as rail journeys)
- Optional Experiences and free time
- On occasion, hotels of similar standard and location may be utilized
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD $2,795 ($466 /day)
Itinerary
Tread in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia, crusading knights and Bedouin tribes, who once crossed the length and breadth of Jordan leaving their mark on its mystical desert landscapes. Our springboard to the spellbinding ancient trading history of Jordan is the white stone city of Amman, which you will have an opportunity to explore at your leisure after being transferred to your hotel from the airport. Meet your fellow travelers this evening for a Welcome Drink followed by dinner.
Accommodation: Ambassador Amman
Meals: Dinner
This morning, we embark on a city tour of Amman to see its Citadel, Archaeological Museum, Roman Amphitheater and Folklore Museum. Our next stop is to Iraq al-Amir where we’ll visit the Iraq al-Amir Women's Association for a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience. Learn first-hand how they make soap from olive oil and craft greeting cards and note books from recycled paper. Try your hand at making your own before enjoying a lunch prepared by the women. We continue to the ancient city of Jerash, a favorite city of the Roman emperor Hadrian and an important stop on the incense and spice trade route to the Mediterranean. Amble past its soaring Corinthian columns and view its almost intact city walls, before returning to the seven hills of Amman, where tonight we’ll Connect With Locals over an exclusive Be My Guest experience with the Khzouz family featuring a meal of Jordanian favorite dishes.
Accommodation: Ambassador Amman
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The rose-red facades of Petra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, are waiting. Journey along the King’s Highway to Mount Nebo, where Moses is said to have seen the Promised Land. See the 6th-century Madaba Mosaic Map and explore the crusader stronghold of Shobak Castle. Later, arrive in Petra and Dive into Culture as you learn how to make traditional Bedouin cardamom-spiced coffee before dinner with a local tribe. Under a canopy of stars, discover the warm hospitality and rich traditions of desert life.
Accommodation: Hayat Zaman
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Imagine silk and spice caravans plying their wares as we Dive Into Culture and enter this mystical trading city through the narrow Siq, flanked by towering cliffs soaring 80 meters high. Emerging from the path, the stone facade of the Treasury with its ornate decoration looms ahead – the first of many wonders to be explored. Leaving this ancient wonder behind, you’ll trek through the timeless landscapes of the Wadi Rum desert, once described by T.E. Lawrence as 'vast, echoing and god-like'. Check into your accommodation in Bedouin tents and soak up the endless desert landscapes. Watch a breath-taking sunset lighting up the surrounding sandstone mountains in brilliant golden hues, then gaze up as the day turns to night and the star-studded sky takes center stage for the rest of the evening.
Accommodation: Bedouin Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
This morning, we embark on a jeep tour through the desert watching the landscape rise almost 2,000 meters from the desert floor, amidst which you’ll find canyons, waterholes and rock paintings that span millennia. Return to Amman for your final night in Jordan, enjoying a Farewell Dinner with your travel companions. As the sun sets on this magical city, listen to the mystical call of the muezzin and reminisce over an enchanting trip into antiquity.
Accommodation: Ambassador Amman
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
This morning, we bid farewell to this extraordinary land.
Meals: Breakfast
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Reviews
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2018
Excellent tours! My husband and I went on two back-to-back trips... Egypt and then Jordan. Both tour guides were excellent. Our guide in Egypt, Akram, went way beyond his duty in 2 ways. First, he bought a birthday cake and card for my husband who celebrated his 70th birthday while we were there. Everybody on our tour had a piece of cake and they all signed the card. It was wonderful! The second thing Akram did was arrange for me to get some jewelry in Cairo at a very reasonable price. He was also very knowledgeable and I could tell that he enjoyed sharing with the group. Our guide in Jordan, Ali, was also excellent. We had one lady in the group who kept going off on her own. Ali was very patient with her. She was annoying to the rest of the group! He was very kind and quite knowledgeable too. Excellent choices of things to see. The one complaint I do have is that we were told the extra excursion to the Dead Sea was not available. However, all but one other person in our group went there. So it was available. We really wanted to do that so we were quite disappointed when others got to go and we didn't.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/15/2018
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2018
Well planned and implemented tour. Good itinerary. Helpful and well informed travel director. Good arrival and departure connecting services. Visited worthwhile locations. Good information provided about those locations. Good hotels, conveniently located.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/17/2018
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2017
Mohamed, our guide in Amman and at Petra, was quite knowledge on the history of Jordan and was easy to understand. He was always available and willing to guide us throughout our excursions. Amer, who guided us to Wadi Rum, although very friendly, was rather reticent; there would be long intervals of no commentary.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/19/2017
Trusted Customer - Traveled, October 2016
Excellent service by Trafalgar. Travel Meet at the airport by my friendly staff, Guide was very organized. Excellent Itinerary, more to see that I expected.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 10/25/2016
Trusted Customer - Traveled, September 2016
Efficient and flexible. The Trafalgar team on the ground was efficient and responsive. They managed an unwieldy group smoothly and the drivers and local guides were all very experienced. It was particularly good that they assessed our group's interests and adjusted the tour program to discard what we weren't interested in and incorporate some wonderful 'hidden gems'. A fleeting visit to a fascinating country with a guide who revealed the highlights in an efficient, flexible program, with lots of well-informed background information as we went.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 10/12/2016
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2018
My recent Trafalgar tour in Jordan was amazing! The accommodation and service within were excellent and our guide Marwan went out of his way to ensure all needs were taken care of! He was the best Guide, so knowledgeable! It was an excellent tour!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/20/2018
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2018
Good experience traveling with Trafalgar. But the schedule is too hectic. Reasonably relaxed schedule. Had good amount of time to see Petra and other historical sites.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/22/2018
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2018
The hotel was clean. Service was exceptional. Excellent guide. He was knowledgeable and extremely professional. Food was top notch. Tour of Petra was great. We were provided with ample time to explore on our own.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/19/2018
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2018
Service is excellent. Just want to know How much is the tip percent per day. Is it 5% or 7%? Because I was told by our tour guide to be 7% . He is very knowledgeable and excellent guide.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/16/2018
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2018
We loved every moment of our trip.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/20/2018
Trusted Customer - Traveled, September 2017
A positive experience in learning and empathizing. I would recommend the tour. I think what was done very well by our guide Mohammad was to help us see the Jordanian people and culture with positive outlook. Would have liked if there had been a dessert overnight in Wadi Rum.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/24/2017
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2018
Love Trafalgar! I absolutely love travelling with Trafalgar. There is never anything to worry about with Trafalgar from the time they pick you up at the airport at the beginning of your trip till the time they drop you at the airport at the end of your trip. I love that my luggage is handled throughout the trip and all details about the vacation are taken care of for me. I absolutely loved Jordan. I was a little nervous in today's political climate to travel to this region, but never felt unsafe in any way. The people were so friendly, so happy to see tourist and were never anything but helpful and friendly.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/23/2018
Trusted Customer - Traveled, August 2019
Every effort made to ensure a great holiday. My Best of Egypt Tour by Trafalgar was excellent, only marred by a couple of incidents involving hotel and restaurant staff. The company's service from their employees was beyond reproach - very helpful, very informative, cheerful and pleasant. Nothing was too much trouble and every effort was made to ensure I had an enjoyable and stress free holiday. The 2 incidents involved the laundry staff of the Hotel Heliopolis and the Sherlock Holmes Restaurant at the Ramses Hilton - both made dealing with them very difficult, with the end result being my paying the over the top bills just to not prolong the arguments. I would not recommend either of these entities. I was not terribly impressed with the Hotel Hyatt Zaman in Petra - it was like a rabbit warren....narrow stone paths , not well sign posted , and no cover of any sort for the inclement weather we experienced. Admittedly it does not rain often in Jordan but on the occasion that it does, the paths to the lower rooms are slippery with not even partial cover to access those rooms, making it a dangerous journey in the wet and dark. Also, the rooms were not up to 4* standard.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 08/22/2019
Trusted Customer - Traveled, September 2019
The 14 day tour of Turkey was better than expected. I was very impressed. Great itinerary. Tour director was fantastic. Accommodations were top notch for the areas visited. The 5 day Jordan experience tour was great in that it touched on the highlights of the country and made you feel like you want to go back and explore more of the country and culture.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/20/2019
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2016
A wonderful, and amazing experience. Generally very good, Excellent hotel location. Very knowledgeable tour director. 5 days visit is just nice . Except for Petra there is not a lot to experience in Jordan.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/23/2016
Trusted Customer - Traveled, September 2016
Even though we are a long way from home, we never feel lost with Trafalgar coordinating our arrival, activities and departure. We can just sit back and enjoy the show. We always see the best there is to see with the time available. Trafalgar keeps us busy but has always included time for personal exploring.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/17/2016
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2014
An excellent experience. As a matter of fact, all our trips with Trafalgar has been great. ( We traveled with Trafalgar to Israel, Turkey and Jordan) Highly recommend Trafalgar to all our friends. A very enjoyable holiday to Jordan. Only wish we could stayed a little longer. Excellent hotel accommodation, tour arrangement, meals and tour guide.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/18/2014
- Traveled, March 2014
All went very smoothly, we were very well looked after. Our guide was efficient and layer back manner with a sense of humor. We had a wonderful time so much to see that was amazing and our guide was great, so much knowledge. Loved the food and hotels and our coach staff were wonderful.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/22/2014
Trusted Customer - Traveled, March 2014
Trafalgar choses extra activities that are unique i.e.. Grand Canal and gondola ride in Venice. The trip was memorable. The time allotted by the company for the pursuit of one's own interests independently had great appeal for me. I could safely travel by taxi or walk the streets in Italy.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/20/2014
Eric McG - Traveled, March 2022
From the greeting at the airport to the goodbye at the airport, everything was handled smoothly and with detail. I would recommend Trafalgar to anyone. You get a lot of value for the dollars spent. No regrets!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/25/2022
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