Private Day Trip to Jerash, Umm Qais & Ajloun from Amman

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Duration10h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Three millennia of ruins in a single afternoon, all within reach of Amman.

This private day trip from Amman visits Jerash, Umm Qais and Ajloun Castle in one 10-hour tour by air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver and hotel pickup included. You see Roman theaters and colonnades at Jerash, the ancient city of Gadara perched above the Jordan Valley at Umm Qais, and a 12th-century fortress in the hills at Ajloun, with transport and timing arranged so the three stops fit into a single day. Entry fees to the sites are not included and you'll need moderate fitness for walking the ruins.

10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Jerash, Umm Qais, and Ajloun Castle

Travel from Amman to Jerash
Visit Jerash city and ruins
Travel to Umm Qais
Visit Umm Qais ancient ruins
Travel to Ajloun Castle
Visit Ajloun Castle
Return to Amman

The Experience

Your hotel pickup in Amman starts the day, and the private car means you move between sites without waiting for a group or following a fixed schedule within the itinerary. The driver speaks English and knows the route, so you get context about what you're walking through without the pace of a larger tour. The air-conditioned vehicle handles the driving between stops, which matters because Jerash sits about an hour north of the city and Umm Qais another hour beyond that.

Jerash is the largest Roman ruin outside Italy — a full ancient city with theaters, a hippodrome, temples and a colonnaded street that still runs straight through the site. Umm Qais sits on a ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley and the Sea of Galilee, and the ruins there are spread across the hilltop rather than concentrated in one zone, so the walk covers ground. Ajloun Castle crowns a hill in the north with views across the Jordan Valley; it's a 12th-century fortress built to control the trade routes, and the climb up to it is steeper than the other two sites. The 10-hour duration includes driving time between all three, so you're not rushing through any single stop, but you're also not spending a full day at one place.

Moderate fitness matters because each site involves walking uneven terrain and climbing — Jerash has steps and slopes throughout the ruins, Umm Qais spreads across a hillside, and Ajloun requires a climb to reach the castle itself. The driver will wait for you at each location and bring you back to your Amman hotel at the end of the day. You arrange and pay for entry to each site separately, and food and drinks are not included, so plan for a meal or bring supplies.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off from Amman.
private air-conditioned vehicle for the full day.
English-speaking driver who provides commentary at each site.

Good to know

Moderate physical level

Operated by Jordan Private Tours and Travel

Is this one for you?The English-speaking driver means you get context about what you're seeing without needing to read a guidebook or follow a group's pace — good if you want to understand the sites without the structure of a larger tour, and if you're comfortable with moderate walking across uneven terrain at each location.