We visit the fortress-like Qasr Kharanah, the UNESCO World Heritage Site Amra with early Islamic fresco paintings and the black basalt fort at Azraq. Return to Amman hotel.

In the morning we drive two hours to Umm Qais, member of the famous Decapolis, a union of 10 cities, founded by Alexander the Great. Here you have an overwhelming view over the north Jordan Valley, the Golan Heights and the Sea of Galilee. We leave to Jerash, the best example of a Roman provincial city in the whole Middle East. Visit here the Cardo, the Nymphaeum and the Temple of Artemis. Back to Amman for overnight.

After breakfast drive to Madaba popular for Byzantine mosaic art, as an example, we will see the famous 6th-century map of Palestine in St. George’s church. You visit the old monastery and overlook the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and parts of Israel. Continue to Petra hotel.

Today explore the breathtaking rock city Petra, the biggest attraction of Jordan. Around the 6th century B.C. the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe, settled in the area and founded a commercial empire choosing Petra as capital. Here they carved magnificent monuments in the sandstone. From here you walk along the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs and Pharaoh’s Castle. In the afternoon you drive 1.5 hrs to Wadi Rum desert, where you have dinner and spend the night in a camp in tents.

Wadi Rum, the wild desert landscape, already fascinated the British liaison officer Lawrence of Arabia describing it as “vast, echoing and god-like”. By a two hours Bedouin Jeep tour you get an idea of the area with its canyons, sand dunes, and Nabatean rock inscriptions.

The Gulf of Aqaba offers one of the most beautiful Red Sea Diving sites worldwide with 500 different fish species and 158 living coral species. Today you will have two dives taking place at the southern part of the coast. Discover more of the well preserved coral reefs home to parrotfish, angelfish, butterfly fish, moray eels, lionfish and sea anemones, the clownfish and turtles. Overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast, the fun and adventure continue. You can enjoy in the calm, clear waters in the Gulf of Aqaba two times more the colorful marine life, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast relax at the beach, stroll in the souq or visit Aqaba Mamluk Fort. In the afternoon drive ca. 4 hrs back to your Amman hotel.

Dependent from departure time transfer to Amman Airport to say farewell and board your flight. The end of Red Sea Diving Tour.