'Ahlan wa sahlan' means
'welcome' in Arabic and
goes to show the great
hospitality of the
Jordanian people. 'Ahlan
wa sahlan', you shall
hear it many times when
visiting Jordan. When
people are just making
friendly conversation
and welcome you to their
country or when they
offer you a nice cup of
mint-flavoured tea.
Jordan Experience
invites you to immerse
yourself in the
colourful traditions of
Arab culture, and at the
same time enjoy the
convenient life of the
modern metropolis.
Imagine how this will
be: taking a walk in the
tiny allies of the local
suq (market), drinking
some mint tea or smoking
a hubbly-bubbly (water
pipe) in one of the many
coffee houses.
Jordan Experience
Jordan Experience
organizes trips
primarily to Jordan.
Next to that we can also
organize overland trips
to Jordan's neighbouring
countries in the
Middle-East. We have
extended knowledge of
the region. We know our
way around Jordan from
our own experience for
years on end. As a
result Jordan Experience
can compose nearly every
program possible,
meeting the customers'
individual needs and
wishes. Travelling to
Jordan with Jordan
Experience will give
travellers an
opportunity to see the
real colourful Jordan.
We take pride in making
every trip we organize a
unique experience for
our clients. We stand
for offering a travel
experience beyond
belief.
Day
1: arrival to Amman, meet and assist at
the airport, transfer to the hotel, o/n
in Amman
Amman is the capital of
Jordan, was built on several of
mountains. In the centre you can find a
6000 seats Roman Theatre and the
Citadel, from which you can have a
beautiful panorama for the ancient
downtown. On the other mountains you
found luxury houses, hotels,
restaurants.
Day 2: visit Jerash, Ajloun, Umm
Qais, o/n in Amman
Jerash,
the Pompei of the East. Jerash has been
covered by sand for centuries, the main
reason why it is still so
well-preserved. You will enter Jerash
through the monumental South Gate and
find yourself wandering around in a
Roman city. You will walk in the Oval
Plaza surrounded by colonnades, visit
the Roman theatre and Byzantine churches
with mosaic-covered floors. Enjoy a
stroll along Jerash' main road the Cardo
and pass by the Nymphaeum. You may
experience the marvellous acoustics of
the theatre, the stage of the Jerash
music festival which takes place every
year. And see for yourself how the
Romans built the earthquake-proof
columns of the colonnaded streets.
Ajloun,
is an
Islamic military castle was used by the
Islamic armies of Saladin to protect the
region against the crusaders.
Umm Qais
was built mainly out of black basalt.
Here you can enjoy the impressive view
over Lake Tiberias and the Golan
Heights.
Day 3: Madaba, Mt Nebo, Dead Sea
swimming, transfer to Petra, o/n in
Petra
Madaba is famous for the unique
mosaic map of the Holy Land, which can
be found in Saint George’s church
floor.
Mount Nebo,
is the place where Moses looked over the
Holy Land and the Dead Sea. That is the
place where Moses was seen for the last
time, therefore we consider this place
as burial place for Moses. You can visit
here the memorial church of Moses. If
the sky is clear Jerusalem, Jericho and
Bethlehem will meet your eye at the
other side of the Dead Sea.
Dead
Sea
is one of the most spectacular natural
and spiritual landscapes on earth. It
lies on the western frontier of Jordan
and is well-known to be the lowest spot
on earth, 400 meters below sea level.
The unusually salty and mineral rich
water, the rich black mud along the
shoreline, the thermal mineral springs
are healing both for your body and your
soul. They have attracted kings,
emperors, traders and prophets since
antiquity.
Day 4: visit full day Petra, o/n
in Petra
No
visit of Jordan will be complete without
having seen the capital of the ancient
Nabatean kingdom, Petra. The
long-lost city of Petra, carved entirely
by man into the rose-red sandstone
rocks, puts your imagination to the
test. It's a mystic and glorious place,
an eternal tribute to a lost
civilization. Petra was the central
meeting point of the Nabatean spice
routes which originated from the Persian
Gulf, Western Arabia and the Red Sea.
About two thousand years ago Petra
became the capital of the Nabatean
empire. The city was so renowned that
one of its kings, Aretas IV, is even
mentioned in the Bible. The natural
richness of the mountainous area
combines in a superb way with the
refined culture and massive architecture
of the Nabateans, who carved their
theatre, temples, façades, tombs,
monasteries, houses and roads entirely
into the rose-red sandstone rocks. No
wonder Unesco placed Petra on its World
Heritage List.
One
enters Petra by passing the Siq, a deep
and narrow gorge, at the end of which
all of a sudden dramatically appears the
most famous monument in Petra: al-Khazneh
or the Treasury. Maybe you will
recognize it as the stage of the final
sequence of the movie 'Indiana Jones and
the Last Crusade'. But the Treasury is
just the start. Walking and climbing in
Petra hundreds of buildings carved in
stone and eroded through the centuries
into fabulous multi-coloured walls will
be revealed to you.
Day 5: transfer to Wadi rum, jeep
tour of Wadi Rum, transfer to Aqaba, o/n
in Aqaba
Visit to Wadi Rum is a journey to
another world, a silent and timeless
place where you will be dwarfed to
insignificance. 'Vast, echoing and
Godlike', that's how Lawrence of
Arabia described the uniquely shaped
massive mountains rise out of the
rose-red desert sand. This desert is the
home for the local Bedouin tribes.
Day 6 - 7: free program in Aqaba,
o/n in Aqaba
Aqaba
lies at the Red sea. Jordan's only port
is the place to be. The waters of the
Red Sea are crystal clear and have an
abundant marine life. Aqaba offers a
wide variety of opportunities to explore
this amazing underwater world, such as
scuba diving and snorkelling. The Red
Sea is home to more than 140 species of
coral and countless species of brightly
coloured fish. And if you are lucky you
may also experience close encounters
with friendly sea animals like turtles
and dolphins. The weather near the Gulf
of Aqaba is splendid all year around.
Even in the midst of winter the
temperature hovers steadily around 20ºC.
The water temperature averages from
22.5ºC in winter to 26ºC in summer
