• 3 Dinner (D)
• 7 Breakfast (B)
• 4 Lunch (L)

• Amman: Explore Amman with a Local Guide, taking in the Citadel and Archaeological Museum before stepping inside the city’s ancient Amphitheatre and Folklore Museum. A solid intro to the layers, stories, and everyday rhythm of Jordan’s capital.
• Amman: Visit the TreadRight-supported Iraq Al-Amir Women’s Co-operative Society to see the work they are doing to make local women financially independent. Plus, you’ll enjoy a delicious lunch of local specialties. 
• Jerash: Get your Indiana Jones hat on and tour this ancient city. See the 2nd Century Hadrian’s Arch, Corinthian Columns at Temple of Artemis and the Oval Forum Colonnade.  
• Jerash: Sit down to a home-style Jordanian meal featuring dishes like maglouba, mansaf, kabsah, and imsakhan made with locally grown sumac, all served family-style. The restored stone house dates back to 1881 and once brought the local community together. Today, it’s a women-led social enterprise supporting local women and young people through food and community collaboration. Expect generous flavours, shared stories, and a setting rooted in heritage, empowerment, and connection.
• Dana Nature Reserve: Head out on an easy hike through the Dana Nature Reserve, following the Shaq Al-Reesh Trail for a few relaxed hours. Expect winding paths through rocky canyons, wide valley views, and plenty of chances to slow down and take it all in. Easygoing, scenic, and well worth the steps.
• Petra: Hike from Little Petra into Petra via the quieter backdoor route, following desert paths framed by sandstone cliffs and wide-open views. A slower, more scenic approach that builds the anticipation before stepping into the main site.
• Petra: It’s an archaeology treasure trove! Grab your camera and get to know the ‘rose city’: one of the seven Wonders of the World. 
• Wadi Rum: Settle in for a desert stay with proper comfort at Amber Camp. Think: spacious rooms with aircon, private bathrooms and your very own balcony for those mountain-and-sand views. Plus, there’s a sun terrace and garden space.
• Wadi Rum: Explore Wadi Rum by 4×4 on a two-hour Bedouin-led jeep ride, weaving through desert landscapes and stopping at places like Siq Um Tawaqi, ancient rock inscriptions, and iconic viewpoints along the way. Big spaces, deep history, and desert scenes that don’t need a filter.
• Dead Sea: We’ll stop at the Holiday Inn Dead Sea for lunch and time to float in the salty water. No swimming skills required — just lean back, relax, and enjoy one of the strangest, most relaxing dips out there.

Contiki

Meet your travel group over dinner at a local restaurant in Amman. It is a relaxed introduction to the people who will share your journey through Jordan, with time to exchange stories and settle into the capital.

Amman’s dining scene reflects the city’s place at the crossroads of Jordanian traditions and contemporary urban life. Sharing a table makes this welcome gathering more than a routine meal.

Explore Amman with a Local Guide, visiting the hilltop Citadel and Archaeological Museum before stepping inside the ancient Roman Theatre and Folklore Museum. Together, these sites reveal the capital’s long history and the traditions that remain part of everyday life.

Amman’s layers stretch from antiquity to the present. The theatre, carved into a hillside in the Roman period, offers a striking contrast with the busy streets of the modern city below.

Visit the Iraq Al-Amir Women’s Co-operative Society for a hands-on local activity and a lunch of Jordanian specialties. Meet the women behind this TreadRight-supported initiative and learn how their work creates opportunities for financial independence.

Set outside Amman, the visit offers a personal connection to a community-led enterprise rather than a conventional sightseeing stop. Share food and conversation while discovering how local skills and collaboration support the women involved.

Explore the Roman ruins of Jerash, walking among colonnaded streets and monumental public spaces. See Hadrian’s Arch, the Oval Forum and the Temple of Artemis, where Corinthian columns still mark one of the ancient city’s grandest sanctuaries.

Jerash flourished under Roman rule, and its surviving streets make the scale of that city unusually tangible. Stone paving, formal plazas and carved architectural details offer a vivid sense of how public life once unfolded here.

Share a home-style Jordanian meal at Bait Al-Khairat in Jerash, with family-style dishes that may include mansaf, maqluba or recipes seasoned with locally grown sumac. The setting is a restored stone house dating to 1881.

Today, Bait Al-Khairat operates as a women-led social enterprise supporting local women and young people. The meal pairs generous regional cooking with a place rooted in community history and contemporary collaboration.

Walk the Shaq Al-Reesh Trail on an easygoing hike through Dana Nature Reserve. Follow winding paths between rocky canyon walls, with open views across valleys and time to take in the changing shapes and colours of the landscape.

Dana protects a varied stretch of Jordanian wilderness, where rugged terrain gives the walk its character. This is a chance to experience the reserve at a human pace, away from the streets and monuments of the country’s historic cities.

Share a Bedouin-style dinner at Ammarine Camp near Little Petra, gathering around the table for local flavours in a desert setting. An overnight stay brings the experience beyond the meal, with quiet surroundings and a chance to take in the night sky.

Hospitality and shared food have a strong place in Bedouin culture. Here, the simple rhythm of a communal evening offers a distinctive contrast to Jordan’s busy capital and archaeological sites.

Hike into Petra from Little Petra on a quieter backdoor route, following desert paths framed by sandstone cliffs. Wide views and naturally sculpted rock give this approach a different perspective from Petra’s main visitor entrance.

The walk builds a sense of the landscape surrounding the ancient Nabataean city, not just its most photographed monuments. Watch the sandstone shift in colour as the route draws closer to one of Jordan’s most significant archaeological sites.

Explore Petra’s rose-coloured archaeological site, taking time to appreciate the rock-cut architecture and sandstone landscape that make it one of Jordan’s defining landmarks. This is an opportunity to experience the ancient city beyond the approach on foot.

The Nabataeans developed Petra into a major trading centre, carving monumental facades into the cliffs. Its surviving structures and dramatic natural setting explain why the site is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

Explore Wadi Rum by 4×4 on a two-hour, Bedouin-led jeep ride through broad stretches of red sand and towering rock formations. Stops include places such as Siq Um Tawaqi and ancient rock inscriptions, alongside viewpoints across the desert.

Wadi Rum’s sandstone massifs and open valleys have long shaped travel through this region. A local driver’s perspective connects the scenery with traces of the people who have passed through it.

Spend a night in Wadi Rum’s desert landscape at Amber Camp, with mountain-and-sand views from the camp’s accommodation and shared outdoor spaces. The stay includes a desert-camp dinner and time to absorb the stillness beyond the busier sightseeing routes.

Amber Camp offers comforts including private bathrooms and air conditioning, while its sun terrace and garden provide places to enjoy the setting. Look out across the desert after dark for a different sense of Wadi Rum’s scale.

Float in the Dead Sea during a visit to the Holiday Inn Dead Sea, with lunch included at the resort. The exceptionally salty water makes floating feel nearly effortless; there is time to relax by the shore as well as enter the water.

Set in a deep rift valley, the Dead Sea is known for its mineral-rich waters and stark surrounding landscape. This hands-on stop offers a memorable way to experience a natural feature unlike Jordan’s deserts and ancient cities.