Pilgrimage & Faith · Culture & History
Biblical Jordan & Petra
Stand where Moses saw the Promised Land and where John baptized, see the Madaba map and Herod's Machaerus, then spend a full day in Petra and a night under the Wadi Rum sky.
8 days / 7 nights Jordan
RouteAmman – Jerash – Bethany Beyond the Jordan – Mount Nebo – Madaba – Machaerus – Petra – Wadi Rum – Dead Sea
- The Baptism Site at Bethany Beyond the Jordan
- Mount Nebo and the Madaba mosaic map
- Machaerus and the story of John the Baptist
- Roman Jerash
- A full day in Petra
- Wadi Rum by jeep and the Dead Sea
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Amman
- Meet on arrival at Queen Alia International Airport
- Transfer to your hotel in Amman, about 45 minutes
- Overnight in Amman
Day 2: Jerash – Amman
- Jerash, ancient Gerasa of the Decapolis (Mark 7:31), about 1 hour north of Amman
- Hadrian's Arch, the Oval Plaza, the colonnaded main street and the Temple of Artemis
- The Amman Citadel on the hill of biblical Rabbah (2 Samuel 12:26) and the Roman Theater below it
- Overnight in Amman
Day 3: Bethany Beyond the Jordan – Mount Nebo – Madaba
- Bethany Beyond the Jordan, where John baptized (John 1:28): the baptism area and Byzantine church remains
- The edge of the Jordan River, where visitors may touch the water
- Mount Nebo, where Moses saw the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 34:1–4), and the Memorial Church with its Byzantine mosaics
- Madaba: the sixth-century mosaic map of the Holy Land in St. George's Church
- Overnight in Madaba
Day 4: Machaerus – King's Highway – Petra
- Machaerus at Mukawir, Herod's hilltop fortress, where Josephus places the death of John the Baptist (Mark 6:17–29)
- A short, steep climb to views over the Dead Sea
- South on the King's Highway (Numbers 20:17) across Wadi Mujib, the biblical Arnon (Numbers 21:13)
- Overnight in Petra
Day 5: Petra
- Through the Siq, the winding rock canyon that opens onto the Treasury (Al-Khazneh)
- The Street of Facades, the Theater, the Royal Tombs and the Colonnaded Street
- For those who wish, about 800 rock-cut steps up to the Monastery (Ad Deir)
- Jabal Haroun on the skyline, where tradition places the tomb of Aaron (Numbers 20:28)
- Overnight in Petra, with optional Petra by Night on the evenings it runs
Day 6: Little Petra – Wadi Rum
- Little Petra (Siq al-Barid), a Nabataean trading suburb with the rare painted ceiling of the Painted House
- Drive south to Wadi Rum, about 2 hours
- A jeep tour among red dunes, sandstone mountains, rock bridges and ancient inscriptions
- Sunset over the desert
- Overnight in a desert camp in Wadi Rum
Day 7: Wadi Rum – Dead Sea
- Sunrise over Wadi Rum for early risers
- Drive north to the Dead Sea, about 4½ hours
- Float effortlessly in the very salty water of the Dead Sea
- Overnight at the Dead Sea
Day 8: Departure
- Check out of your Dead Sea hotel
- Transfer to Queen Alia International Airport, about 1 hour
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