Dinners are included at the Wadi Rum camp and Hilton Dead Sea Resort & Spa. In Amman, we include a welcome dinner at a restaurant known for its excellent Jordanian food. Dinner on the first night in Petra is included at our hotel.

In Aqaba, we include sundowners from the private beach overlooking the Red Sea.

When not on half board, we usually eat in local restaurants and the leader arranges bookings for those in the group who would like to join. We suggest you budget around 20 Jordanian dinars per person (US$28) per non-included meals.

If you are vegetarian, please note that main meals are limited in choice; however, meze is almost always available in restaurants and is a good, filling vegetarian choice. There is a good choice of seafood available when at the Red Sea. At the Wadi Rum camp, we enjoy a traditional dinner called zarb, which is cooked underground. This consists of rice with a selection including chicken, lamb and vegetables. Vegetables are cooked separately to the meat.

Alcoholic drinks: Alcohol is available in Jordan, but not widely. Many hotels do not sell alcohol and do not allow it to be brought in from elsewhere. It is best to plan if you’ll want a drink, your tour leader can tell you what’s possible and may be able to arrange a stop at a supermarket or liquor store (depending on location). In Petra, the unique Cave Bar in Petra Guesthouse is open to the public. A less expensive option is the bar in the Petra Palace Hotel, which is also open to all.

Journey the storied King’s Highway, cresting desert ridges and deep wadis to visit Mount Nebo, the biblical lookout across the Jordan Valley. Continue to Madaba to admire the famed sixth-century Madaba Map in St George’s Church, a mosaic that charts the Holy Land in shimmering tesserae.

Conclude at the imposing Kerak Crusader Castle, a 12th-century fortress of vaulted halls and arrow slits. The route blends sacred panoramas, Byzantine artistry and crusader engineering with superb high-plateau scenery.

Join a challenging guided hike up rock-hewn steps to the clifftop High Place of Sacrifice, a ritual platform with sweeping panoramic views across Petra’s valleys and tomb-studded cliffs.

Learn from a local Bedouin guide about ancient ceremonies, water channels and hidden trails as you traverse the sandstone. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour and recommended for confident hikers.

Explore the hilltop Amman Citadel (Jabal al-Qal’a) for broad views over the “white city” before stepping inside the monumental Roman Theatre. Trace layers of history among the Temple of Hercules columns and the domed hall of the Umayyad Palace.

Encounter artefacts that chart Amman’s story from Roman to Umayyad times, and absorb the city’s lively rhythm in the older quarters nearby. This curated visit blends skyline panoramas with tactile ruins that place Jordan’s modern capital in its ancient context.

Enter Petra through the narrow, wind-sculpted Siq, a sandstone chasm whose rose and amber walls glow in shifting light. Emerge before the ornate facade of The Treasury (Al-Khazneh), where Nabataean craftsmanship meets Hellenistic flourish in a masterpiece carved straight from the cliff.

Learn how this caravan-city thrived by taxing incense routes and harvesting water in a desert. Your leader brings the site’s trade wealth, rituals and rediscovery in 1812 to life amid echoing canyon walls and intricate rock reliefs.

Explore Petra’s main valley, tracing the Street of Facades toward the grand Royal Tombs, where swirling sandstone bands front monumental chambers. Stand before the rock-hewn Roman Theatre and stroll the Colonnaded Street, once the commercial spine of the Nabataean metropolis.

Absorb the blend of Arab-Nabataean and Greco-Roman influences in capitals, niches and water channels that sustained city life. Vantage points reveal shifting colors across cliffs and tombs, offering photographers and history lovers ample time to linger and interpret.

Join a four-hour 4WD adventure through the Wadi Rum Protected Area, where red-sand plains meet towering sandstone and granite massifs. Cruise beneath buttes, tackle soft dunes, and visit desert highlights such as Khazali Canyon and natural rock bridges like Umm Fruth.

Hear tales of T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt as wind shapes the landscape into fins and domes. The desert’s grand scale, silence and copper-pink light create a cinematic backdrop for photography and quiet contemplation.

Taste an authentic zarb dinner, meat and vegetables slow-cooked in an underground sand oven, perfuming the air with cardamom and smoke. Share plates of mezze as hosts extend warm Bedouin hospitality at the desert camp.

Gather by the flames for traditional rhythms and stories, then step away to stargaze beneath exceptionally dark skies. The desert’s hush and crystalline constellations provide a soulful counterpoint to the day’s explorations.

Float effortlessly in the Dead Sea, the Earth’s lowest land elevation, as dense, mineral-rich waters buoy every limb. Smooth on restorative black mud along the shore, letting the desert sun work its alchemy on skin and senses.

Take in views across the Jordan Rift while learning how extreme salinity—over eight times that of the ocean—creates this surreal experience. Rinse off and relax by the pools, savoring a rare blend of geology, wellness and stillness.

Savor a hosted welcome dinner at a local favorite where traditional Jordanian cuisine takes center stage. Share mezze plates—hummus, mutabal, tabbouleh—followed by mains such as mansaf, the national dish of lamb with jameed yogurt, alongside charcoal-grilled specialities.

Discuss the journey ahead with your group as your leader introduces regional foodways and dining customs. The atmosphere sets a warm tone for the trip, balancing convivial conversation with the fragrant spice notes of Levantine cooking.

Toast the day with sundowner drinks on a private white-sand beach by the Red Sea. Watch the Gulf of Aqaba turn copper and violet as mountains on the Sinai and Arabian shores glow with after-light.

Feel sea breezes and the hush of lapping water while your leader shares tips on Aqaba’s coral gardens and maritime heritage. It’s an easygoing moment of coastal elegance woven into your premium Red Sea stay.

Gather for a celebratory farewell dinner at the Dead Sea, pairing sunset colors with Jordanian and wider Levantine dishes. Expect bright salads with sumac, oven-baked breads and grilled meats, complemented by regional sweets.

Share favorite moments from Petra’s canyons to Wadi Rum’s dunes as you dine with views across the mirror-still waters. It’s a reflective, flavor-rich close to your Jordan journey.

Explore Little Petra (Siq al-Barid) on a guided visit through a narrow canyon opening to rock-cut facades, dining rooms and painted niches. Sense the quieter rhythms of a Nabataean suburb and caravan stop linked to Petra’s trade network.

Hear about the site’s carved triclinia and traces of ancient frescoes as your guide reveals daily life beyond the main city. This is an optional experience at additional cost, bookable on tour with your leader.

Discover the ruined Greco-Roman city of Jerash (Gerasa) on a guided tour along the colonnaded Cardo Maximus to the sweeping Oval Plaza. Marvel at soaring columns, limestone temples and theatres that reveal a city once famed across the Decapolis for prosperity and style.

Hear how Jerash lay preserved for centuries beneath desert sands. Pause by Hadrian’s Arch and the Nymphaeum, and picture chariots rattling over original paving stones as your leader animates daily life in one of Rome’s best-kept provincial cities.