Author: tofra

Day at Leisure in Tel Aviv. Overnight in Tel Aviv.

After breakfast, leave the hotel and drive to the border. Cross the Jordan River and drive back to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.

After breakfast drive south to the towering mountains and rock formations of Wadi Rum, which  known for the activity of Lawrence of Arabia.  Drive through the stunning landscapes on a desert jeep safari, visiting the Lawrence Spring and Khazali Canyon. Continue north to Madaba to visit the remains of the Byzantine church with its ancient mosaic floor map, the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the mosaic map of the Holy Land and Jerusalem. overnight at hotel in Amman.

After breakfast drive north to Madaba to visit the remains of the Byzantine church with its ancient mosaic floor map, the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the mosaic map of the Holy Land and Jerusalem. Continue to Mt.Nebo where Moses viewed the Promised Land, enjoy the view of Jericho, the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, visit the ancient Byzantine church with its mosaic floor and then drive to the border and transfer back to  Tel Aviv for overnight.

 After breakfast drive south along the Desert Highway to Wadi Musa, the modern village of Petra.  Enter the site of Petra and walk, or ride on horseback to the “Siq” (Canyon). Walk through the “Siq” to the red rock city, the ancient capital of the Nabateans from 3rd Century BC to 2nd Century AD.  Visit the most interesting carved monuments such as the Treasury (El Khazneh – a tomb of a Nabatean king) then the field of tombs, obelisks and the altar. From this point you can view the whole of the rock city.  After the visit, return to Wadi Musa for overnight.  Overnight in Petra.

Drive from Jerusalem to the Sheikh Hussein border crossing for procedures to enter Jordan.  Proceed to Jerash – city of the Decapolis, located about 45km north of Amman in the fertile heights of the Gilad. The history of Jerash is a blend of the Greco-Roman world of the Mediterranean basin and the ancient traditions of the Arab Orient. Visit the ancient Roman city with colonnaded streets, the baths and the hill of the top Temple,  Drive to Amman for a panoramic city tour of the Jordanian capital. Overnight in Amman.