Mount Nebo

Mount Nebo, Jordan Drive along the same route prophet Moses (pbuh) was forbidden to travel on by the King of Edom (Numbers 20), and picture yourself standing where Moses was laid to rest, and where the late Pope John Paul II tread on his first pilgrimage of the millennium. Visit the Sanctuary at Nebo: the memorial of Moses (pbuh), the presumed site...

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City Of Madaba

City Of Madaba The town of Madaba, located 30 kilometers s outhwest of Amman, is most famous for its exquisite 6th-century mosaics. Its history dates back at least 3500 years, however. Madaba, which was known in the Bible as the Moabite town of Medaba, is mentioned in the Old Testament account of Moses and the Exodus (Numbers 21: 30). David also vanquished an Ammonite...

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Hammamat Mae’n Hot Springs

Hammamat mae’n Hammamat mae’n: Is a series of hot mineral springs and waterfalls located between madaba and the dead sea Jordan The springs still run hot today and the site provides a full range of spa services there is an day-use fee to enter the complex The main waterfall ranges in temperature from 40 to 60 c , its always full of families and young people enjoying...

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Wadi Rum

Wadi Rum If you like adventure, you'll love Wadi Rum. Here you can hire a camel and follow in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia, climb the highest peaks, or take a safari trip across the rolling sand dunes in a 4x4 vehicle. You can explore by foot the hidden canyons and discover the secret messages carved in the walls over four thousand years ago, or take a hot air balloon...

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Jerash

Jerash Ancient Jerash was an open city of freestanding structures richly embellished with marble and granite. Its engineering was so advanced that large parts of the city still survive today. Much more has been painstakingly restored by archeological teams from around the world.   Hippodrome This massive arena was 245m long and 52m wide and could seat 15,000...

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Dead Sea

Dead Sea The Jordan Valley is part of the Great Rift Valley that runs from Turkey to east Africa, formed by a series of geological upheavals millions of years ago. The Dead Sea originally stretched the entire 360 kilometres, from Aqaba, in the south, to Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee) in the north. The therapeutic water of the Dead Sea, combined with the valley’s fertile...

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Petra

Petra By the 2nd century BC, Petra had become a huge city encompassing around 10 kms, and was the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom.Primarily, the Nabataeans were farmers. They cultivated vines and olive trees and bred camels, sheep, goats and horses. They were skilled at water management and built a complex network of channels and cisterns to bring water from a plentiful...

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