8 Day Horse Riding Tour

of Wadi Rum

Amman – Al Balad - Jebel Al Qala'a – Madaba – Greek Orthodox Church of St. George – Mount Nebo – Dead Sea – King’s Way – Petra – Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) – Al Beidha - Wadi Rum - Wadi Umm Ishreen - Siq Al Barrah - Aqaba

Day 1

Queen Alia International Airport – Amman – Al Balad - Jebel Al Qala'a

Welcome to Jordan!

You will be met on arrival and transferred to your hotel in time for a city tour then have dinner, and stay overnight in Amman.

Day 2

Amman – Madaba – Greek Orthodox Church of St. George – Mount Nebo – Dead Sea

After breakfast at our hotel we drive via the King's Way to the Dead Sea, stopping at Madaba, and Mount Nebo.

Madaba is a Christian city, home to a number of beautiful old mosaics the most spectacular of which is a 6th Century map of the Holy Land residing in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George and comprising two million pieces of stone.

Mount Nebo is the place from which Prophet Moses viewed the Holy Land, having led his people from Sinai. It is said that he also died and was buried here.

The West Bank city of Jericho is usually visible from the summit of Mount Nebo, as is Jerusalem on a very clear day.

 Upon reaching the Dead Sea we will have plenty of time to float in the mineral-rich water and to relax on the private beach. Perhaps we will take a therapeutic black mud bath?

We take our dinner and stay overnight in a hotel overlooking the Dead Sea.

Day 3

Dead Sea – King’s Way – Petra

Today we have the morning free to spend at our leisure at the Dead Sea resort.

After lunch, we travel down the scenic King's Way to Petra, stopping en-route to view the great canyon that holds the Dana Nature Reserve.

We will have dinner and overnight in a hotel in Petra.

Day 4

Petra

Petra is a treasure of the ancient world and definitely a highlight of any trip to Jordan.

It is hidden behind an almost impenetrable barrier of rugged mountains and boasts incomparable scenes making it perhaps the most majestic and imposing ancient site still standing today.

It is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago and who carved their new capital out of the rose-red Sharah Mountains.

The site contains refined culture, massive architecture and an ingenious complex of dams and water channels.

For our first hours in Petra we will have an English speaking guide who will show us round the numerous highlights including the Treasury (El-Khazneh) which has an intricately carved façade glows in the sun, the amphitheatre, and the Royal Tombs.

For the remainder of the day you will be able to wander at your leisure; one monument leading to the next for kilometer after kilometer.

The sheer size of the city and quality of the beautifully carved facades at Petra is staggering, almost overwhelming and there are over 800 individual monuments in total, including buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, gateways, and colonnaded streets to admire, mostly carved from the kaleidoscopic sandstone by the technical and artistic genius of its inhabitants.

At the end of the day you will walk back past gift shops where you can buy a souvenir or gift to accompany your treasured memories. We will drive to a hotel in Petra for our dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 5

Petra – Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) – Al Beidha - Wadi Rum

We have a free morning in Petra to either rest and recuperate or else re-visit the ancient site.

We can then visit Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) and Al Beidha.

After this we will transfer to Wadi Rum for a day of horse riding on its enchanting pink and white desert sands.

Travel in Wadi Rum is a journey to another world, where one can escape the worries of everyday life and return to nature and the simple life. In this immense space, man is dwarfed into insignificance.

Vast, silent and timeless, Wadi Rum possesses one of the most beautiful desertscapes in the world.

Our Jeep safari will take in Thamudic inscriptions, burial mounds, ancient megaliths, and ruined buildings; Nabataean rock carved stairways, dams, and temples all seen within a unique and surreal moonscape environment.

This night, we will camp with local Bedouin in a deluxe campsite and eat the traditional, freshly prepared, Jordanian food provided by our genial hosts.

Day 6

Wadi Rum - Wadi Umm Ishreen - Siq Al Barrah

Today, we have a hearty buffet breakfast at our campsite to prepare us for a full-day of horse riding.

Riding in the footsteps of the enigmatic British Officer Lawrence of Arabia we head towards the village of Wadi Rum, taking in Wadi Umm Ishreen and Siq Al Barrah.

With a professional horse guide we discover the delights of the Moon Valley and horse ride through some of the most beautiful of all Jordan's landscapes.

We will have dinner at our camp and sleep out under the clear, star-studded sky.

Day 7

Wadi Rum - Aqaba

After breakfast we enjoy another half day of horse riding.

After lunch, we transfer to jeep to drive to Aqaba to enjoy this port city with its clear water, coral reefs and colorful fish.

Snorkeling and diving facilities will be available. We will have dinner and stay the night in an hotel in Aqaba.

Day 8

Aqaba – Queen Alia International Airport

After breakfast we will transfer you to the airport in good time for your departure from Jordan.