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Overview
Highlights
- Get an exclusive, insider perspective on Jordan and her people
- Learn to cook authentic Jordanian meals in local homes
- Hike, scramble and camp in Wadi Rum with trained local Bedouin
- Benefit communities by staying locally
- See the major sites of Jordan without being rushed
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Trip includes
- Meet and assist upon arrival and departure
- Accommodation at above mentioned hotels (based 2 people sharing a double room and
- availability at time of booking)
- Transportation to all above locations in a private car or minivan with English speaking driver
- Professional English speaking tour guide
- Above listed experiences
- Entrance fees to all the sites mentioned
- Above listed meals
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Itinerary
Your personal driver will meet you at the airport and escort you to a local Bed and Breakfast owned and operated by an Italian-Jordanian couple and located in the artistic center of Amman.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
This morning you will tour Jerash, one of the best-preserved Roman cities outside of Rome. After visiting Jerash, your driver will take you to the village of Orjan for a locally prepared lunch in a home. After relaxing over te...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After a traditional homemade breakfast, Mohammad will take you on a hike through the village and the surrounding area. Stop for lunch in another local home. This evening Mohammad and his wife will teach you how to cook another Jordanian meal.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
After breakfast you’ll head south to Wadi Rum and take in the Mars-like landscape on a desert jeep tour. Your Bedouin host, Mosalem, will take you to visit his uncle and family who still live a traditional Bedouin life style in a goat hair tent.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Set out to scale Wadi Rum’s namesake; Rum Mountain. Mosalem has been climbing Rum Mountain since he was young and will take you on the traditional Bedouin routes that lead all the way to the top. Tonight you’ll camp atop the m...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast you’ll begin your descent. You’ll reach the bottom in time for lunch and a relaxing afteroon. Then overnight in a Bedouin camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Set out toward Petra, one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. This is a huge site, so be ready to walk. After your visit, your driver will take you to the Ammarin Bedouin camp, located within the Petra archeological reserve. Sp...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
This morning your camels await you. Mount up and aim your caravan towards the ancient city of Petra. After an hour ride, your camels will reach the foot of a mountain. There, you’ll begin your hike with a Bedouin escort to Petra’s Mo...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Today you will learn traditional skills from locals in Ghor al Mazra’a, a village on the southern shore of the Dead Sea. In one of Jordan’s most impoverished areas, locals will teach you how to make traditional eye-liner, bread over a...
Meals: Breakfast
Return to the Queen Alia International Airport for your departure.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Visa fees ($60/person)
- Tips (guide and driver tips are customary at around $15 per day)
- Personal expenses
- Meals when not listed
- Travel insurance (If you are interested in purchasing travel insurance, just let us know)
- Flights
- Anything not listed in the “included” section
Refund or Cancellations Fees
The following scale of charges will apply when cancellation is notified.
- If Number of days prior to departure is 20 days or more, then the Cancellation fee is full refund (minus processing fee)
- If Number of days prior to departure is 19-1 days, then the Cancellation fee is 50%
- Day of departure, then the Cancellation fee is 100%
Cancellation Policy for groups of 10 or more people
Because hotels and transportation providers require a non-refundable deposit for large groups, once you pay for your trip, that payment cannot be refunded. For a group of 10 or more people we require the following:
- 25% of the total trip cost due 60 days prior to trip start date.
- 50% of the total trip cost due 30 days prior to trip start date.
- Remainder of total trip cost due 15 days prior to trip start date.
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