Christian Trip to Jordan

Day 1: Arrival to Queen Alia International Airport.

Guests to be met by our Representative with sign right on the arrival gate. Meet and Assist Services will be provided.

After arrival, passengers heading to the passport control, once immigration formalities are settled with the help of our Airport Representative; guests walk out to luggage hall.

Our company representative and guide will meet & greet outside the customs zone escorting guests to the waiting transport that is parked outdoor and take you to Amman Hotel. Check-In at Hotel. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight.

Day 2: Breakfast at the hotel.

After breakfast departure to Umm Qais situated on the hilltop with panoramic views of Tiberius Lake, The Golan Heights and The Jordan Valley. After visiting Umm Qais – transfer to Mar Elias. Archaeologists discovered one of the largest Byzantine churches in Jordan at Tell Mar Elias. The church dates back to the 7Th century, 622 AD is the most probable year. What distinguished this church is its cross-shape structure; which is a very rare style.

Also known as (Khirbet al Wahadneh), located at few kilometers away from the Zarqa River, small natural hill, outside of Ajloun city, it is believed to be hometown and the birthplace of Prophet Elijah, an ancient site of pilgrimage, it has one of the largest Byzantine churches in Jordan and with series of tombs beneath.

After Mar Elias - drive north to Jerash (Gerasa), one of the Roman Decapolis the best-preserved city outside Roman and visit its theaters, temples, churches and colonnaded streets.

Drive to Amman Hotel. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight

Day 3: Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, drive to Shobak.

In the middle of the deserts of Jordan, Shobak castle stands tall on a mountain. Shobak or Montreal Castle played a role in the Crusades and the subsequent conquest by Saladin, hundreds of years ago. Shobak was built by the Crusader king Baldwin I in 1115. Its defenders withstood numerous attacks from the armies of Saladin (Salah ad Din) before succumbing in 1189 (a year after Karak), after an 18-month siege. It was later occupied in the 14th century by the Mamluks, who built over many of the Crusader buildings. Transfer to Little Petra. Little Petra, also known as Siq al-Barid is an archaeological site located north of Petra and the town of Wadi Musa in the Ma'an Governorate of Jordan. Like Petra, it is a Nabataean site, with buildings carved into the walls of the sandstone canyons.

After trip – transfer to Petra Hotel. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight.

Day 4: Breakfast at Petra Hotel.

After breakfast – transfer to Petra tour.

Visit Petra, one of the masterpieces of world cultural heritage. Petra is considered a priceless treasure of the Kingdom and its symbol. After a long journey through a narrow, rocky gorge will take you to the famous "Pink City", keeping its former glory and grandeur of the ancient Nabataeans. Numerous temples and tombs of great rulers, carved into the pink rocks, dazzling, changing its color depending on the time of day. Wander with the guide among the temples, tombs, water cisterns, caves, monuments, Street of Facades, the Roman Theatre, the massive Courthouse or the Urn Tomb, the Royal Tombs and finally ending at Qasr Al-Bint.

After tour – transfer to Amman Hotel. Dinner Overnight.

Day 5: Breakfast at Amman Hotel.

After breakfast transfer to Mt Nebo and Madaba. The Madaba of the Bible is today the small town of Madaba, only 30 kilometers south of Amman. Remains of the Roman road and civic architecture can still be seen in the midst of the modern town, but it is the Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics for which Madaba is best known. At the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George visitors may view the earliest surviving original map of the Holy Land, which was made around

A.D. 560. In addition, there are other mosaic floors preserved throughout the town, as well as a fine local museum. Less than 40 kilometers south of Madaba lay Mukawir, ancient Machaerus. Mount Nebo is believed to be the tomb of Moses. It is a lonely, windswept hill. Protecting the ruins of a 4th and 6th Century church whose floor is still covered with marvelous mosaics, is a building constructed by the Franciscans who started excavating the site in 1933.

Transfer to Dead Sea Hotel. Dinner. Overnight

Day 6: Breakfast at Dead Sea Hotel.

After breakfast transfer to Bethany. The Baptism site was called in the Biblical time as Bethany beyond the Jordan. Located at or around the natural hill at Tell el Kharrar where John the Baptist lived, preached and baptized, the village of Bethany beyond the Jordan was explicitly mentioned in the Bible, John 1:28. Visiting the Russian church.

“And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry” (Mark 11:12).

“And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there” (Matthew 21:17).

“Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead” (John 12:1).

“And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve” (Mark 11:11).

After Bethany – transfer to Dead Sea Hotel. Dinner. Overnight

Day 7: Breakfast at Dead Sea Hotel.

After breakfast free time, then transfer to Lot’s Cave.

South of the Dead Sea and near the village of Safi is a steep slope which is the location of a monastery, a Byzantine basilica from the 7th century A.D. and the Cave of Lot. The entrance to the cave is directly behind the basilica. The Byzantine basilica, which is also depicted on the Madaba Map, has three aisles with three apses, and its floor is decorated with a mosaic. A doorway at the back of the left northern aisle provides access to the cave of Lot.

In the southern part of the church is a cistern with a depth of 7 m. A series of rooms north of the church were probably part of a monastery and pilgrims’ accommodations.

After trip – transfer to Aqaba Hotel. Free time. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight

Day 8: Breakfast at Aqaba Hotel.

Transfer to Aqaba Airport.