New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

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New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

8 Days Starting in Amman and ending in Dead Sea

Visiting: Amman, Jerash & Umm Qais, Mt Nebo & Umm ar Rasas, Petra, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea

Tour operator:

On The Go Tours

Tour code:

204/NYWR

Specialist Group:

Family/Kids

Guide Type:

Fully Guided

Group size:

2 - 24

Age range:

18 years or 16 years with an accompanying adult

Special diets catered:

Vegetarians, Please contact On The Go Tours with specific dietary requests

Tour operated in:

English

Trip Styles:

Small Group, Special Events

From: $1575

NB: Prices correct on 24-Nov-2024 but subject to change.

This tour is no longer available, please see similar tours below or send an enquiry

Tour Overview

NEW YEAR TOUR: Celebrate a festive Bedouin New Year’s Eve in the heart of the Wadi Rum Desert. Add the fascinating Lost City of Petra, bobbing in the Dead Sea, exploring Roman ruins, and you'll be kicking off your New Year in style pm this 8-day tour of Jordan!

Highlights

  • Amman - Explore this Ancient hilltop citadel with its fascinating Archaeological Museum and the bustling souqs

  • Jerash - Roam the ruins of the ancient Roman city

  • Umm ar-Rasas - Visit this ancient city and important stop on the caravan route between east and west with breathtaking views

  • Umm Qais - See the Roman Decapolis City, once a cultural centre and home to poets and great philosophers

  • Mt Nebo - Stand at one of the most sacred sites in Jordan with views across the Promised Land

  • Madaba - Stop into the Christian market town, Church of St George and Jordan’s finest Byzantine mosaics

  • Petra - Say hello to the UNESCO-listed Nabataean city that was all but lost to the modern world until its rediscovery in 1812

  • Wadi Rum - Witness this vast red desert landscape with rolling dunes and dramatic rock formations

  • Shobak Crusader Castle - Explore this magnificent castle perched dramatically on a hill top

  • Dead Sea - Float in the warm and buoyant mineral-rich waters

Places You'll See

Amman

Itinerary

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Day 1: Amman

Location: Amman

27 December. Once you arrive in Amman you are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to spend at your leisure.

Day 2: Jerash & Umm Qais

Location: Jerash & Umm Qais

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Amman - Jerash - Umm Qais - Amman. Today we tour Jerash, arguably the world’s best-preserved Roman provincial city with whisper-perfect acoustics in the South Theatre, chariot-wheel marks in the paving stones of the Cardo and an exciting chariot race in the 2,000-year-old Hippodrome. Drive to Umm Qais (Biblical Gadara) to visit a dramatic black-basalt Roman Decapolis city, featuring great views over the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights. Later this evening, we head out for a meal and a stroll along Rainbow Street to experience modern Amman with its hip bars, rooftop restaurants, art studios, bookshops and curious.

Day 3: Mt Nebo & Umm Ar Rasas

Location: Mt Nebo & Umm ar Rasas

Meals Included: Breakfast

Amman - Madaba - Mount Nebo - Umm ar Rasas - Petra. Today we tour the citadel and Archaeological Museum of Amman before we take a walk through the bustling local souk to enjoy typical Jordanian street treats of falafel and hummus at the country’s most popular local street stand. As the pictures on the wall will prove, the unglamorous food stand was a great favourite of the late King Hussein.





Leaving Amman we’ll stop first at Mt. Nebo, the site from which Moses saw the Promised Land. Having led the Israelites for 40 years through the wilderness, Moses finally saw them from this impressive vantage point. This amazing panorama includes the Jordan River Valley, the Dead Sea, Jericho and the spires and domes of the Mt. of Olives and Bethlehem on the Judean Hills just across the wide valley. Later, we visit Madaba en route to Petra where we see the Church of St George, the Madaba Archaeological Park, Apostles Church and Madaba Museum.





Our next port of call is Um ar-Rasas, one of Jordan’s World Heritage sites and once an important stop on the busy caravan routes. The impressive mosaic floor of the St. Stephen Church features medallions commemorating all the early Christian pilgrimage sites of the region, and the extensive ruins also include one of the area’s earliest Stylite towers, where a Byzantine hermit lived atop the tower and preached to the pilgrimage visitors.





Day 4: Petra

Location: Petra

Meals Included: Breakfast

Begin the day with a walk through the mysterious mile-long Siq, the narrow gorge with towering sandstone walls which leads into the ancient capital city of the Nabatean trading empire. Explore the Khazneh (the temple of Indiana Jones fame), Theatre, colonnaded street and museum. After lunch, climb to ad-Deir (the Monastery), Petra’s largest carved façade.



Travelling in 2024? Consider the Petra by Night excursion available to book locally (approx. USD$25), for a tantalizing candlelight stroll through Petra’s Siq.

NOTE: Not available on our 2023 New Year tour

Day 5: Wadi Rum

Location: Wadi Rum

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Petra - Wadi Rum. This morning we have the opportunity to join our guide for a return visit to Petra, along the “secret way” of al-Madras, with visits to the High Place of Sacrifice and Wadi Farasa. At mid-day we’ll make a stop in the Wadi Musa souk to pick up shawarma sandwiches and fruit and veggie snacks from the local produce souk before making the scenic drive to Wadi Rum. We board our after 4x4 jeeps and tour the moonscape desert terrain, arriving to our remote camp site, deep in the heart of the Wadi Rum Protected Area.





See out the old year at a Bedouin NY party featuring folkloric dancing, Bedouin musicians, hands-on demonstrations of traditional Bedouin coffee and bread making, fireworks and more….along with a lavish buffet dinner and champagne toast at midnight.

Day 6-7: Dead Sea

Location: Dead Sea

Meals Included: Breakfast

Wadi Rum - Shobak - Dead Sea. Happy New Year! After breakfast at our campsite on day 6, we head north along the Desert Highway to visit Shobak Castle, which is perched dramatically on a hill top and was built by the Crusader King Baldwin I in 1115. After exploring the castle we descend some 1300 meters to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the earth’s surface. More than 400 meters below sea level, the mineral-rich Dead Sea is the world’s original health and beauty spa. Bob in the waters and slap on some of the famous black Dead Sea mud to give your skin an invigorating boost.





Day 7 is free to further relax and pamper yourself at the Dead Sea. Enjoy this natural phenomena, whiling away the time bobbing in the mineral rich buoyant waters and lathering up with a detoxifying mud bath.

Day 8: Dead Sea

Location: Dead Sea

Meals Included: Breakfast

03 January. Dead Sea - Amman Airport. Hotel check out and included onward transfer to the airport in Amman. Departure transfers are offered on day 8 at 23:00 (evening of day 7), 04:00, 07:00, 09:00, 12:00 and 16:00. If you would like a departure transfer at any other time or a transfer with post tour accommodation this can be arranged, please enquire.





If you have extra time and wish to head back to Amman, why not book our 2 day end in Amman add on? Perfect for those who wish to spend more time in Jordan's ancient capital, Amman.



For information about visas, top travel tips and much more, take a look through our [[travel guide|126583]].



What's Included

  • Accommodation
    4 star hotels & 1 night deluxe desert camp in Wadi Rum

  • Breakfast daily and 2 dinners, plus New Year’s Bedouin Party at the Wadi Rum Desert Camp

  • 6 nights 4 star hotels

  • 1 night Wadi Rum desert camp - en suite tents with beds and bedding

  • Wadi Rum - 4x4 desert safari through the sand dunes

  • Dead Sea - Free time to swim and detox

  • Touring - Amman, Jerash, Dead Sea, Petra, Wadi Rum, Shobak, Umm ar-Rasas, Mt Nebo and Madaba

  • Escorted by a licensed Jordanian tour guide and English speaking specialist guides at some local sights

  • Airport arrival transfer on day 1 and departure transfer is offered on day 8 at 23:00 (day 7), 04:00, 07:00, 09:00, 12:00 and 16:00 only

  • All relevant transfers and transportation in private modern air-conditioned vehicles

What's Not Included

  • International flights and visa (see Trip Notes for further information about visas)

  • Tip for your tour guide. We recommend you allow USD$5-7 per day, per traveller. Tipping your guide is an entirely personal gesture

  • Entrance Fees: USD$140-160pp, paid in local currency

Age Policy

18 years or 15 years with an accompanying adult

Check out our Q&As

  • What is the standard of the hotels on this tour?

    4 star hotels & 1 night deluxe desert camp in Wadi Rum

  • What is the maximum group size?

    24

  • Are the local guides on the tour English speaking?

    Yes

  • What Ethical Travel credentials does the tour company have?

    Ensuring our footprint is light and that the benefits of travelling reach the local communities you visit is paramount to us. We’re proud to say that when travelling with us, the large majority of your holiday funds remain within the countries you visit, supporting local economies at a grass roots level.

  • How long has the tour company been trading?

    Since 1998

  • Who will be my travelling companions on the tour?

    With English-speaking tours, it's not a huge surprise that most on our travellers are from English-speaking countries or have English as their second language. Our group tours cater for everyone from 18 years old to 70+

  • Will the accommodation included meet local health and safety regulations?

    Yes

Reviews from travellers on this tour

Edwina Bezuidenhout  

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

09-Jan-2015

The tour and the tour guide were exceptional. I cannot rave more about both the tour and the tour guide. Ogla was always ready with advice of where to go after hours, what to eat and advice on the optional extras. He also showed the cuisine of his country. he went out of his way to always include everyone and was always helpful. Great tour had had a great time. 5 stars for Ogla.

Jana Cieskova  

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

05-Jan-2017

Another excellent trip from On the Go. Always impressive logistics management, very warm welcome from all the personnel involved. Felt well looked after, the tour guide Ogla had a great approach to interact with everyone in the group and it was a very big group, but he mastered to remember everybody's name. He gave his personal touch to the sights we were visiting with background information for better understanding.

Carol Tagg  

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

23-Jan-2018

Mohammed was excellent. His historical knowledge of the sites that we visited was extensive and detailed. He went above and beyond to cater for the wishes and needs of individual members of the party in terms of the itinerary and was very open and informative in terms of answering questions of a general nature about Jordan and Islam. All our accommodation was excellent and the facilities and hospitality at the 'Rainbow camp' at Wadi Rum were excellent. My only slight disappointment regarding the itinerary would be that there was not more emphasis on visiting sites relevant to the culture and history of Islam....you can only do so much in 8 days tho I guess. It was slightly odd having a day at the Dead Sea at the end of the tour without a guide...but it worked out fine....our group had bonded and we continued to meet in the evenings and we organised our own excursion from the hotel to the baptism of Jesus site. A really excellent experience.

Krassimir Vassilev  

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

04-Jan-2015

Greatest ever holiday I had. Touring around Jordan and celebrating New Year in Wadi Rum desert in Bedouin camp. We visited many places - Umm Qays, Jerash, Karak, Petra and Amman. We had the greatest tour guide - Ogla Nawafleh. Would highly recommend to anyone who wants to visit Jordan.

Peter Traverna  

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

20-Apr-2020

Incredible Jordan discovery! The New Year in Petra tour was a wonderful discovery of the extraordinary Ancient and Biblical history of this region. Our guide was exceptional in the way he delivered his extensive knowledge. Highly recommended!

Anjela Vassileva  

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

05-Jan-2015

Dear Go on Tour! That was the most incredible week in my life. Perfect hotels, everything organised extremely well - transfers, food etc. Most of it was the tour guide Ogla. Wonderful person, knowledgeable, carry, funny and entertaining the same time. He has a remarkable knowledge about the history and the culture of Jordan and Middle East. He made my stay in Jordan like living a dream. All the time he goes far beyond just doing his job, it is his passion being a tour guide. Everybody felt looked after all the time. Constantly he was on a full alert for our comfort. wellbeing and safety. Five stars are just nor enough to rate him. The best tour guide ever!

Samantha Cook  

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

12-Jan-2019

Lovely new year break, hits all the 'must see' sights - Jerash, Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea. Fireworks in the desert on New Years Eve will live long in my memory. Would only wish for less mosaic stops on the way down to Petra on day two, there was 4 of them! I'd prefer to skip one and arrive at the beautiful Old Village resort in Petra earlier in the day. I learnt a lot from our guide, He's very knowledgeable about the history each of each site and about his country in general. He also has a very clear and memorable way of presenting all this information, I retained a great deal.

Matthew Hand  

New Year's in Wadi Rum - 8 Days

07-Jan-2015

Was a good trip, guide was well informed and knowledgeable. made the trip fun adn enjoyable. was able to help out in the time of need. and had good contacts to make it efficient. enjoyable part of the trip was seeing petra by candle light and by day and soaking in the dead sea. tour of petra, guide should have indicated about some of the other possible routes that could have been taken to see petra from alternative routes. was only aware of these different routes on the morning before we left to the next destination. flyer that was handed out did not have this information on it. so did not manage to get to those locations. pickup and dropoff transfers were great. one less thing to worry about when arriving in a new country. transfers went smoothly.

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