1 Day Petra Bedouin Culture Tour: Option # 1

Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) - Al Beidha

Day 1

Queen Alia International Airport - Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) - Al Beidha – Queen Alia International Airport or Borders or Wadi Rum

Welcome to Jordan!

We will meet and assist you at Queen Alia international Airport (QAIA). Then transfer the group to Siq Al Barid (Little Petra), a suburb of the main ancient city.

Little Petra provides an atmospheric summary of Nabataean architecture.

The area was once a caravanserai stop for the capital and comes complete with its own mini-Siq, a 350 meter fissure in the rock crammed with tombs, triclinums, water channels, and cisterns.

It is still easy to imagine the sounds and smells of the old days when traders, caravan masters and drovers lived and traded here.

We will drive a short distance on to Al Beidha, or 'the white one' on account of the color of its rock.

Al Beidha contains the remains of a Neolithic site, dating back to 7,500 BC which makes it one of the earliest known co-operative villages on earth.

Mediterranean trees such as Oak, Juniper, Carob, and Pistachio thrive in this small sandy valley.

Then we will enjoy Al Beidha where we arrange the traditional, freshly prepared, Jordanian dinner provided by our genial Bedouin hosts and spending a very nice night there.

Local Bedouin tribes have now inhabited this area for a number of generations.

After this great experience in Petra your group will go to Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) or borders with a farewell for your departure.

Otherwise we will take you to the bus station for your transfer to Wadi Rum for the rest of the tour of Jordan.