Pink Rock City Weekend | Petra & Dead Sea, Jordan

Name: Pink Rock City Weekend | Petra & Dead Sea, Jordan
Start: 2025-02-21T17:30:00+04:00
End: 2025-02-24T03:00:00+04:00
Location: Dubai International Airport

Schedule

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Mon, 24 Feb, 2025 at 03:00 am

UTC+04:00

Location

Dubai International Airport | Dubai, DU

Are you ready to spend your weekend away Indiana Jones style and pocket the memories of a lifetime? Here comes another chance to visit Petra with a plunge into super salty Dead Sea, but thats just the beginning! We will also take a look at the highlights of Amman, do the short hike across the gorgeous wadi with year flowing stream, and follow steps of Lawrence of Arabia in Wadi Rum. Little known 2 hours trail will lead us to the famous pink rock complex from the backside, making our way to the one of Worlds 7 Wonders directly to its highest point - Monastery. Standing alone towards ancient facades, will make you feel like Indiana Jones!! Lets go!
Petra is famous complex of rock-cut architecture, established in 312 BC as a capitol of Nabataeans Empire. It was only possible to create a city in a dessert by building a water supply system but that's not all, the area was flash flooded regularly so the system of dams was built around it too. The whole area obviously found its way to UNESCO Heritage list.
https://vimeo.com/209766786
Dead Sea is the lowest point on the planet at -429mtrs below sea level, its also one of the worlds saltiest bodies of water together with Lake Assal in Djibouti. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish, but nothing will stop us to take a floating swim in it!
Activities: sightseeing, short 3 hrs hiking and getting amazed with Nabatean City!
Grade: easy, available for everyone.
Accommodation and meals: included - dbl sharing, 3 star hotel and Bedouin camp. Single occupancy at 295 AED extra.
Cost: AED 2250 excl. flights until FEB 18th.
RSVP: Please make sure to include your email address and WhatsApp number in the related field when you join the event. This is to assure we can contact and send you all documents.
Excluded:
Jordan Pass (entrance fees) jordanpass.jo - one day pass at 70 JOD.
Lets go!!
Day 1 // Friday
Meeting at airport at 5.30pm for a direct flight at 7.20pm. Arrive at Amman 21.15, transfer to north Amman, check in to the hotel.
Day 2 // Saturday
After an early breakfast, quick look at Amman highlights - Citadel, Ummayyad Palace and Roman Amphitheatre before we hit the road to Dead Sea.
At the Beach Resort we’ll have lunch and time for a swim in this incredibly salty lake before travelling further south to Petra.
On the way, we stop by Wadi Numira or Dana Nature Reserve to stretch the legs before head down south. We will arrive to Little Petra at about 6-7pm, in time for sunset and dinner at luxury Bedouin Camp, which is a wonder on its own.
Day 3 // Sunday
Half day in Petra. An early start at 6.30am, then jeeps take us at 6.30am through the desert to the start of the backway trail to the Monastery. This is ‘the backdoor’ to Petra, with fantastic views over Wadi Araba, and few steps, it’s the perfect way to enter Petra.
Once we’ve reached the Monastery – the largest of Petra’s temples, we will go down the stairs and walk through the Roman area, visit the Royal Tombs and stop for picnic lunch. Next it’s past the Street of Facades and finally arriving at The Treasury – the most famous of Petra’s sights. A walk through the Siq takes us to the entrance where we will jump on the bus and head to Wadi Rum before drive back to airport.
https://vimeo.com/217694073
See yah in Petra x
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