National Geographic Journeys: Explore Jordan

• Visit ancient ruins with a local expert
• Watch a cooking demonstration and taste local specialities
• Float in the Dead Sea
• Learn about the stars during a night walk in Wadi Rum with a Bedouin guide, enjoy a lecture from an archaeologist

• Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Women’s Cooking Class & lunch, Jerash Governorate
• Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Petra Archaeologist Talk, Wādī Mūsá
• Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Wadi Rum Night Walk, Wadi Rum
• Your G for Good Moment: Beit Khayrat Souf women-run cafe, Jerash Governorate
• Your G for Good Moment: Numeira Community Cafe Lunch, Jordan Valley
• Arrival transfer
• Visit to the Amman Citadel and the National Archaeological Museum
• Guided visit to Jerash
• Guided tour to the Madaba mosaics
• Visit Mount Nebo
• Petra guided tour
• Wadi Rum desert 4×4 jeep excursion
• Guided visit to Bethany
• All transport between destinations and to/from included activities

Day 1 Amman

Arrive in Amman at any time, there are no planned activities. Meet your CEO this evening for a welcome meeting to learn more about the tour and plans for the following day, choose to head out for an optional dinner at a local restaurant with your CEO and the group.

Amman is a very big city and there is not one central area to stay – hotels are spread out across various neighbourhoods within the city, often on busy streets without pedestrian walkways – getting around the city, for visitors and locals, is done by car. For this reason, to move around the city in your free time, you will have to take a taxi, please feel free to ask your CEO for recommendations and assistance.

Day 2 Amman

Explore Jerash, one of the largest and most well-preserved Roman ruins outside of Italy. After, visit a local café run by women, an activity exclusive to Journeys travellers and part of G Adventures for Good. Here, take a cooking class and enjoy a local lunch. After, return to Amman and visit the National Museum and archaeological site of the Citadel.

Day 3 Amman/ Wadi Musa

Visit the ancient town of Madaba, famous for its mosaics and churches. Continue to Mt Nebo where you are rewarded with stunning views from the summit. In the evening, enjoy a lecture with a local archaeologist to discuss the importance of Petra and ongoing excavations at this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Depart early today for the long but very interesting drive by way of the King’s Highway to Petra. The first stop is Mount Nebo, which is believed by many to be the site of Moses’ death and has thus been a centre for pilgrimage since the earliest Christian times.

Visit the town of Madaba, which has some of the finest Byzantine mosaics in the world. Arrive in the early evening at Wadi Musa, your base for exploring Petra.

Day 4 Wadi Musa

Rise early to visit iconic Petra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Enjoy a guided walking tour with your expert CEO, then opt to hike up for magnificent views from the top of the treasury or enjoy free time to explore the site on your own. In the evening, opt to return to visit Petra by candlelight.

The site is large so please be prepared for a lot of walking over sand and rocks for the entire day. Pace yourself, stay hydrated and be sure to have proper walking/hiking shoes.

Day 5 Petra/ Wadi Rum 

Continue to Wadi Rum in the heart of Jordan’s desertscape. Enjoy lunch at your camp and an exciting 4×4 excursion into the desert where you pick the perfect spot to watch the sunset. Return to camp for a traditional Bedouin feast and after, take a walk in the desert admiring the night sky with a local Bedouin guide.

After breakfast, drive to Wadi Rum, a vast, silent landscape of ancient riverbeds and the largest and most magnificent of Jordan’s desert landscapes. Spend the night in a simple, but comfortable desert camp; The authentic goat-wool tent provides a glimpse into traditional Bedouin living.

Day 6 Wadi Rum/ Dead Sea

Opt to take an early morning camel trek across the desert. Later, visit a G Adventures-supported community café for a local lunch in a stunning green farming area surrounded by the desert. Continue to the famed Dead Sea. Opt to swim and use natural sea salts and mud as your own personal spa.

At 423m (1,388 ft) below sea level, the shores of the Dead Sea are at the lowest land elevation on Earth. The sea is named because its salinity is so high (up to nine times that of the world’s oceans) that only a few microorganisms can live in its waters.

The Dead Sea is a resort area, with chain hotels whose sole purpose are to allow access to the Dead Sea. This allows time to relax, float in the sea or opt to visit a spa. Dinner is in the hotel, as there are no local restaurants within the resort area.

Day 7 Dead Sea

Enjoy a visit to the archaeological site of Bethany, thought to be the site where Jesus was baptized. Continue back to Amman and join your CEO for an optional farewell dinner.

Day 8 Amman

Depart at any time.

6 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners

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Please note, prices listed are guide prices only and are based on 2 people sharing and don’t include any additional supplements. Holiday prices are fluid and dynamic and may be changed at a moment’s notice, prior to booking, at which point they are confirmed. Please call the team free on 0800 707 6229 for more departure dates available and a quote.