Jordan Diving Tour

Upon arrival at Amman Airport, our representative welcomes you with a sign after passing the customs. Then transfer to your hotel in Amman where the rest of the day is free.

After breakfast start the day with a city tour in Jordan’s capital: visit the Citadel with Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic remains and the excellent Archaeological Museum. We stroll via the Souq to the Roman Theatre from the 2nd century before we continue to the Desert castles in eastern Jordan. We visit the fortress-like Qasr Kharanah, the UNESCO World Heritage Site Amra with early Islamic fresco paintings, and the black basalt fort at Azraq. Return to Amman hotel.

After breakfast, we drive two hours to Umm Qais, a member of the famous Decapolis, a union of 10 cities, founded by Alexander the Great. Here you have an overwhelming view over the north Jordan Valley, the Golan Heights, and the Sea of Galilee. We leave to Jerash, the best example of a Roman provincial city in the Middle East. Visit here the Cardo, the Nymphaeum, and the Temple of Artemis, and back to Amman overnight.

After breakfast drive to Madaba popular for Byzantine mosaic art, as an example, we will see the famous 6th-century map of Palestine in St. George’s church. We head for Mount Nebo, the place where Prophet Moses gazed at the promised land before he died and his alleged burial place. You visit the old monastery and overlook the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and parts of Israel. Then we drive to the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea, where you have leisure time and the chance to float on water. Continue to Petra Hotel.

After breakfast, explore the breathtaking rock city of Petra, the biggest attraction of Jordan. Around the 6th century B.C. the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe, settled in the area and founded a commercial empire choosing Petra as its capital. Here they carved magnificent monuments in the sandstone. On horseback or foot, you reach the canyon, the so-called Siq, and continue from here to the most beautiful monument: The Treasury. From here you walk along the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs, and Pharaoh’s Castle. In the afternoon you drive 1.5 hours to the Wadi Rum desert, where   you   have   dinner   and   spend   the   night   in   a   camp   in   tents.

After breakfast, explore Wadi Rum, the wild desert landscape, already fascinating the British liaison officer Lawrence of Arabia described it as “vast, echoing and god-like”. By a two-hour Bedouin Jeep tour, you get an idea of the area with its canyons, dunes, and Nabatean rock inscriptions. Then onto Aqaba   hotel,   the   remainder   of   the   day   free,   overnight   in   Aqaba.

After breakfast, enjoy the Gulf of Aqaba offers one of the most beautiful diving sites worldwide with 500 different fish species and 158 living coral species. Today you will have two dives taking place at the southern part of the coast. Discover more of the well-preserved coral reefs home to parrotfish, angelfish, butterflyfish, moray eels, lionfish sea anemones, clownfish, and turtles. Overnight at hotel.

After breakfast, the fun and adventure continue on the Red Sea. You can enjoy in the calm, clear waters in the Gulf of Aqaba two times more colorful marine life, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Overnight at hotel.

After breakfast relax at the beach, stroll in the Souq, or visit Aqaba Mamluk Fort. In the afternoon drive ca. 4 hours back to your Amman hotel.

Dependent on departure time transfer to Amman Airport to say farewell and board your flight.