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Sands and Seas: Adventure in Jordan and Egypt
12 Days
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What’s Included
- Wadi Rum
- Khazali Canyon
- Petra
- Amman
- Jerash
- Arch of Hadrian
- Temple of Artemis
- Ajloun
- Ajloun Castle
- Quseir Amra
- Azraq Castle
- Qasr al-Kharrana
- Madaba
- Mount Nebo
- Baptism site
- Machaerus
- Dead Sea
- Giza Pyramids
- Memphis
- Egyptian Museum
- Mohammed Ali Mosque
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
- Hanging Church
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Wed 13.11.2024 - Sun 24.11.2024
Accommodation in 4*
10 £ 1 831
Twin Room: 1 Person, Twin Bed in a Shared Room
£ 1 831
Double Room: 2 Persons, Double Bed
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About
Itinerary
Included
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Included in the price
- Hotels with breakfast
- Insurance
- Transportation
- Deaf Guide services
Not included in the price
- Lunches and dinners
- International Flight to Aqaba and back
- Souvenirs, entertainment
- Visa
- Flight from Aqaba to Cairo
Day 1. Aqaba
Arrival and acquaintance day. Meeting at the airport, check-in at the hotel. Getting to know the company of travelers in an informal atmosphere, acquaintance with the tour program, entertainment options, and group rules during the tour.
No meals
Day 2. Aqaba - Wadi Rum
Transfer to Wadi Rum. You will enjoy the fantastic "Martian" landscapes of the desert during a 2-hour jeep ride. At the entrance to the desert, you will be greeted by a rocky ridge called the "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", mentioned in the book by the British Thomas Lawrence, who fought in the ranks of the Bedouins. Nearby is the Khazali Canyon with rock paintings. Equally impressive are the natural arches formed by rain and wind. There are several Bedouin settlements in Wadi Rum. Famous movies like "Lawrence of Arabia," winner of seven Oscars, "Transformers," "Indiana Jones," "Red Planet," "The Martian," "Mad Max," and others were filmed in Wadi Rum. Transfer to Petra. Accommodation in a hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay in a hotel in Petra.
Breakfast
Day 3. Visit to Petra - Amman
Breakfast. Check-out from the hotel. Transfer to Petra. Arriving in Petra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, you will feel like great travelers who discovered this ancient city in the 18th century. Petra is surrounded by cliffs, and you can only get here through a small passage, which can be seen in one of the Indiana Jones movies. According to legends, Moses passed through these lands when leading his people out of Egyptian slavery. Here he struck his staff, which led to the formation of the gorge. There is much to see in the city, about 800 attractions await you: temples, tombs, columns, an amphitheater, palaces, canals, and much more. And all of this is carved out of stone. One clergyman said that Petra is a city of red roses, as ancient as time itself. That's why visiting the ruins of the city of Petra is like traveling into the past. Transfer to Amman. Dinner. Overnight stay in a hotel in Amman.
Breakfast
Day 4. Amman. City tour
Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Amman (2 hours), the modern and ancient capital of Jordan, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Here, modern buildings coexist harmoniously with monuments of ancient civilizations. The abundance of white houses, kebab shops with grilled meat, and small cafes, where it's pleasant to drink Arabic coffee after noon, creates an atmosphere straight out of "One Thousand and One Nights." Amman is a city on seven hills, one of which preserves the ruins of the ancient citadel. You will see both new and old Amman, the ancient Citadel, the Roman amphitheater, archaeological and folklore museums, business districts, and souks - the traditional Eastern market. Free time. Dinner. Overnight stay in a hotel in Amman.
Breakfast
Day 5. Amman - Jerash - Ajloun - Amman
Breakfast. Excursion to the city of Jerash, known as the "Pompeii of the East". Jerash is located in a quiet valley among the mountains of Gilead and is one of the best-preserved provincial Roman cities in the world outside Italy. During the tour, you will see the Arch of Hadrian, built in 130 AD in honor of Emperor Hadrian, visit the hippodrome, accommodating up to 15,000 spectators, the stunning forum, the Temple of Artemis with 12-meter-high columns and drums weighing 20-40 tons each. Among other attractions, it is worth noting the Column Street and the Nymphaeum - an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to nymphs. Then transfer through a beautiful pine forest and olive groves to the city of Ajloun, where you will visit the Ajloun Castle ("Qal'at ar-Rabad"), located on top of a mountain, built in 1184 by one of Saladin's generals in the campaign against the Crusaders. During the inspection of the castle, you will see a drawbridge, gates decorated with decorative stone pigeons, the southern tower, inside the castle - mazes of passages with high vaults, numerous spiral staircases, and much more interesting. Return to Amman. Dinner. Overnight stay in a hotel in Amman.
Breakfast
Day 6. Amman - Desert Castles - Amman
Breakfast. Moving east from Amman, you will get acquainted with another attraction of this multifaceted country - the Umayyad desert castles.
Quseir Amra - a desert fortress of the early 8th century is one of the best-preserved castles included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Its inner walls and ceilings are covered with unique frescoes depicting zodiac signs, musicians, dancers, craftsmen, camels, hunting scenes, several rooms are decorated with colorful mosaics. Built of black basalt, the Azraq Castle (Qasr Azraq) - the farthest of the desert palaces, is located 103 km from Amman, it is often called the Blue Castle because it is built of basalt, which gives it such a color. It was built on the road connecting Azraq with Damascus and Palmyra. At one time, there was an Eastern military base of the Byzantine Empire, and later it was used for the same purposes during World War I. Inside is a museum room of the British spy Lawrence of Arabia, who founded a military headquarters here in 1917. Qasr al-Kharrana is one of the most famous "desert castles", located in eastern Jordan, 60 km from Amman. Based on graffiti found in the castle, it is confirmed that it was built in the 8th century and is one of the first examples of Islamic architecture. Return to Amman. Dinner. Overnight stay in a hotel in Amman.
Breakfast
Day 7. Amman - Madaba - Mount Nebo - Dead Sea
Breakfast. Check-out from the hotel. You will visit Madaba - one of the most vivid and memorable cities of the Holy Land. It is often called the "city of mosaics" - it is here that stunning Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics

are located. The most popular mosaic is the map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land of the 4th century, located in the Church of St. George. Over two million colored fragments of local stone depict hills and valleys to the Nile Delta. The second point of the route will be Mount Nebo, from the top of which the people of Israel saw the Promised Land after forty years of wandering in the desert, and which is considered the burial place of the prophet Moses. In good weather, you can see almost half of Jordan, almost all of Israel, almost all of the Dead Sea, and part of the Jordan River valley from this peak. Transfer to the Dead Sea. Accommodation in a hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay in a hotel on the Dead Sea
Breakfast
Day 8. Dead Sea - Bethany - Machaerus - Aqaba
Breakfast. Check-out from the hotel. Transfer to the place of the Lord Jesus Christ's baptism. This great event took place in Bethany (other names - Bethavar, Wadi Harar, Baptism site) - a sacred place for all Christians on the banks of the Jordan River. The Holy Gospel tells us that the Baptism took place on the eastern bank of the Jordan River. Studies by scientists and excavations, which discovered the foundations and mosaics of ancient temples and chapels, confirm this. Now it is one of the three most important pilgrimage sites for Christians. Here you can bathe in the waters of the sacred river. Then you will continue your journey to Machaerus (Machaerus), the former citadel of Herod Antipas. This is the place where Herod ordered the execution of John the Baptist after Salome's fatal dance. From the ruins of the fortress on the top of a 700-meter mountain, there is a stunning panorama of the Dead Sea and the hills around Jerusalem. Transfer to Aqaba. Dinner. Overnight stay in a hotel in Aqaba.
Breakfast
Day 9. Departure to Cairo
After a delicious breakfast, you will be taken to the airport for a flight to Cairo (Egypt) and the start of your tour in Egypt. Overnight at a Cairo hotel after assistance upon arrival.
Breakfast
Day 10. Giza Pyramids. Memphis
You will experience an event that happens once in a lifetime, you will witness the cradle of civilizations, the most iconic place, starting with a tour of the Giza Pyramids and the Great Sphinx. Three great pyramids built for the kings of the 4th dynasty, Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. You will have lunch and continue our tour to see the Saqqara complex with its step pyramid belonging to King Djoser, which is the first pyramid in history, and see the capital of
Breakfast
Day 11. Cairo
After breakfast, you will have a tour of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, where you will learn more about the daily life of the great pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, see more than 120,000 exhibits, especially those belonging to the golden king Tutankhamun. After a delicious lunch, we will continue our tour, visiting the Saladin Citadel in Old Cairo together with the Mohammed Ali Mosque inside it, and then go to Coptic Cairo to see the Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Hanging Church. At the end of the day, we will have the opportunity to shop in downtown Cairo.
Breakfast
Day 12. Departure from Cairo.
Conclusion of the tour. Departure from Cairo.
Breakfast
Tour information
Region
Jordan and Egypt,
Tour duration
12 Days
Group size
10-14
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