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Day
1: Arrival Amman
Upon arrival at Queen
Alia Airport our
representative welcomes
you, assists you through
immigration procedures
and matches with your
tour leader. Then
transfer to your hotel
in Amman.
Day 2: Amman Jerash
Anjara Umm Qais
Amman overnight
In the north of Amman
you visit the best
preserved example of a
Roman provincial city,
Jerash with its
theaters, churches,
temples, a Nymphaeum and
colonnaded streets. We
go on to Anjara to visit
the Shrine of Our Lady
of the Mountain. Here
Virgin Mary and Jesus
had a rest during a
journey. We head on
further north to Umm
Qais, the antic Gadara,
with its
Hellenistic-Roman
remains. According to
the Bible Jesus healed
here demoniacs and the
demons runing as swines
into the Sea of Galilee.
From Gadara you have a
magnificent view over
this Sea, the Jordan
Valley and the Golan
Heights. Return to your
hotel in Amman.
Day 3: Amman -
Baptism Site Elijah's
Hill Mt. Nebo - Madaba
After breakfast we drive
to the Jordan Valley, to
Bethany at the Jordan
River. This is the place
where the baptism of
Jesus Christ by John the
Baptist took place. We
also have a look at
Elijah's Hill where
Prophet Elijah ascended
to heaven. From here we
journey to Mt. Nebo, the
burial site of Prophet
Moses overlooking the
Jordan Valley and the
Dead Sea. Here you view
4th and 6th century
Byzantine churches with
wonderful mosaics. Then
we visit the mosaic city
of Madaba, where the
oldest map of the Holy
Land exists on the floor
of St. George's Church.
More mosaics can be seen
in the Archaeological
Park, which houses some
masterpieces from
Byzantine churches.
Overnight in Madaba.
Day 4: Madaba -
Mukawir King's Way
Kerak Noah's Tomb
Petra
On the 700 meter high
hill Mukawir, in
biblical times known as
Machaerus, had been a
great palace, where
Herod Antipas imprisoned
and killed John the
Baptist. We reach the
hilltop over a path.
Still to see are towers,
walls and baths. Along
the King's Way, where
already Prophet Moses
walked, we drive through
the land of Edom and
Moab to Kerak. We visit
here the great Crusader
castle and the tomb of
Prophet Noah. Afterwards
we head on further to
the south to Petra for
overnight.
Day 5: Petra
The red-rose city of
Petra is a unique
destination. More than
2000 years ago the area
was settled by the
Nabataeans who carved
magnificent buildings in
the sandstone. We walk
through the Siq, an
immense crack in the
stone, to see at the end
Petra's most impressive
monument: the Treasury.
You walk along the
Street of Facades, see
the Royal Tombs, Qasr al
Bint and the young at
heart climb up the 800
stairs to the Monastery
El Deir. Overnight in
hotel.
Day 6: Petra Wadi
Rum
Today we drive 1.5 hours
to the dramatic Wadi
Rum, one of the most
impressing dert
landscapes in the world.
By 4x4 jeep we drive to
sand dunes, spectacular
rock formations, canyons
and Nabatean rock
inscriptions. Dinner
will be served at a
Bedouin camp in the
desert where we also
spend the night. And
maybe you have the same
feeling like Lawrence of
Arabia who described
Wadi Rum as god-like.
Day 7: Wadi Araba
Lot's Cave Dead Sea
Amman Overnight
In the morning we drive
from the desert to the
Dead Sea. En route we
visit Lot's Cave near
the town of Safi. Here
Prophet Lot lived
together with his
daughters after he fled
the sinful cities Sodom
and Gomorrah. We head on
to the beach at the Dead
Sea where you can relax
the rest of the day and
float in the salty
water. In the evening we
drive to Amman for
overnight.
Day 8: Amman City
Tour
Today we visit important
places in Amman. The
town has already been
mentioned in the Bible
as Rabbath-Ammon, the
capital of the
Ammonites. Our tour will
take you to the Citadel
with its remains from
the Roman to the
Byzantine period and the
Archaeological Museum
housing excellent
artifacts like the Dead
Sea Scrolls. You will
visit the Folklore
Museum and the Roman
Theater from 2nd century
as well as the Coptic
Church. The rest of the
day is for leisure or
you discover parts of
the capital on your own
account. Overnigt at
hotel in Amman.
Day 9: Departure
Transfer to the airport
to say farewell and to
board your international
flight. |