Jordan 7-Day Private Tour: Petra, Wadi Rum & Dead Sea

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Duration7d

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · DE +13

PickupAt your hotel

Red rock canyons, desert sunsets, and floating in the lowest point on Earth

You travel with a private driver for seven days, moving from Amman through Ajloun and Jerash in the north, then south through Madaba, Mount Nebo, and the Baptism Site to the Dead Sea for a full relaxation day. After that comes Petra and Wadi Rum, where you sleep in a desert tent before returning to the airport. All transportation, meals, hotels, and water are included; you pack one standard bag and arrange your own passport and travel documents.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival and transfer to Amman hotel

Meet representative at Queen Alia Airport
Transfer to Amman hotel
Check in and overnight stay

Day 2 — Ajloun and Jerash day tour

Visit Ajloun Castle and pine forests
Explore Jerash ancient city
Return to Amman hotel for overnight

Day 3 — Madaba, Mount Nebo, Baptism, Dead Sea

Visit Madaba mosaics
Drive to Mount Nebo and view surroundings
Visit Baptism Site (Al-Maghtas)
Arrive at Dead Sea hotel
Enjoy rest of day at hotel

Day 4 — Leisure day at Dead Sea

Use hotel facilities and relax
Enjoy massage, flotation, swimming

Day 5 — Travel to Petra and explore

Drive to Petra
Explore Petra archaeological site
Overnight stay in Petra hotel

Day 6 — Petra to Wadi Rum adventure

Travel to Wadi Rum
Experience Wadi Rum desert and sunset
Overnight in luxury tent at Wadi Rum

Day 7 — Return to airport from Wadi Rum

Drive 3.5 hours to Queen Alia Airport
End of tour and farewell

The Experience

Picture yourself standing at the edge of a canyon so vast the horizon seems to curve, then imagine doing that three times over the course of a week. This seven-day private tour of Jordan moves through the country's most recognizable landmarks—Petra, Wadi Rum, the Dead Sea—but the rhythm is what matters. You're not rushing between sites in a coach with thirty strangers; instead, a private driver picks you up from Queen Alia Airport (about 30 minutes south of Amman) and stays with you for the entire week, which changes how the trip feels. You actually have time to sit with a place instead of photographing it from a moving bus.

The first two days set the pace. After checking into your Amman hotel, you head north to Ajloun Castle—a twelfth-century fortress built by the Ayyubids to hold back the Crusaders, now sitting in pine forests that locals use to escape the city heat. Then Jerash, which is less a single monument and more a whole Roman city laid out across rolling hills, with theaters and colonnades and a rhythm that feels almost alive when you walk through it slowly. By day three, you're driving south toward Madaba, known for Byzantine mosaics, then up Mount Nebo (almost 1,000 meters high) where on a clear day you can see the Dead Sea, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem all at once. The Baptism Site at Yardenit comes next, and then you arrive at the Dead Sea itself—the lowest point on Earth, about 1,410 feet below sea level—where you have a full leisure day to float, use the hotel spa, or just sit by the water.

Day five is the long drive south to Petra, the carved-stone city that's been on every traveler's list since the 1800s. You'll have time to walk the Siq (the narrow canyon approach) and see the Treasury facade and the Monastery, though the site is large enough that you won't feel crowded even in peak season. That night you sleep in Petra. The next morning, you drive to Wadi Rum—the "Moon Valley"—where the landscape turns into something that looks like another planet: rust-colored rock formations, sand dunes, silence. You stay overnight in a Martian tent (the name is literal; the domes are designed to look like Martian habitats), and the sunset from the desert floor is the kind of thing you think about for years afterward. On day seven, it's a 3.5-hour drive back to the airport.

What makes this different from a group tour is the flexibility and the continuity. Your driver knows the route, knows which stops matter, and isn't watching a clock. Hotel pickups are included, all meals are included, bottled water is in the vehicle, and the air conditioning works. One standard bag per traveler is allowed; if you have extra luggage, there's an additional charge. Check-in is at 2 p.m. on day one and checkout at 10 a.m. on the final day, though early or late times can be arranged if you ask ahead. The hotels range from three-star to five-star luxury depending on which package you book, and the driver speaks English (though the company will try to match your preferred language if you request it in advance).

What’s included

Your seven days include private transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver, hotel accommodation (ranging from 3-star to 5-star luxury depending on your package choice), all dinners, bottled water throughout the tour, airport pickup from Queen Alia Airport, and overnight stays in Amman, the Dead Sea, Petra, and a Martian tent in Wadi Rum. Specialized infant seats and wheelchair accessibility are available upon request.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats available

Operated by Tour Experts

Is this one for you?This tour suits travelers who want to see Jordan's main sites—Petra, Wadi Rum, the Dead Sea—without arranging their own transport, hotels, or meals, and who prefer a private driver to a group coach. The fixed seven-day itinerary and included accommodations mean you book once and move through the country without daily logistics.