Spiritual Tour (Christian Program) - 7 Days

Amman Airport – Amman
Meet & assist at Amman Airport
Transfer to Amman (43 km)
Overnight at Amman hotel.

Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Umm Qays (100 km) – The modern town of Umm Qays is the site of the ancient Greco-Roman town of Gadara, according to the Bible, the place where Jesus cast out the devil from two men into a herd of pigs (Matthew 8: 28-34). A rare five-aisled basilica from the 4th century was recently discovered and excavated at Umm Qays. It has been built directly over a Roman-Byzantine tomb and has a view into the tomb from the interior of the church. Everything about this distinctive arrangement of a church above a tomb at this particular place strongly indicates that it was designed and built to commemorate the very spot where the Byzantine faithful believed that Jesus performed his miracle.

Continue to Pella (25 km) – Modern day Pella (ancient ‘Penuel’, meaning ‘the face of God’) was so named by Jacob after he wrestled there all night with God in the form of a man or angel (Genesis 32:24-30). A massive Bronze and Iron Age temple recently discovered at Pella, in the northern Jordan Valley, is thought to be the best preserved temple from Old Testament times anywhere in the Holy Land. Back to Amman (78 km) – City Tour – The Jordanian capital, Amman, and its surrounding regions is referred to in the Bible as Ammon, or the Ammonite Kingdom, and was famous for its springs and citadel. This is the place where the Biblical story of David and Goliath (Uriah the Hittite) took place. The massive fortifications, where David, an ancestor of Jesus, brought about Uriah’s death so that he could marry his widow Bathsheba, are still standing.

Overnight at Amman hotel.

Breakfast at hotel
Proceed to Bethany (57 km) – The site of John the Baptist’s settlement at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where Jesus was baptized, has long been known from the Bible (John 1:28 and 10:40) and from the Byzantine and medieval texts. The site has now been identified on the east bank of the Jordan River, and is being systematically surveyed, excavated, restored, and prepared to receive pilgrims and visitors. Continue to Mt. Nebo (64 km) – From Mount Nebo’s windswept promontory, Moses viewed the Holy Land of Canaan that he would never enter. “In the valley opposite Beth-peor”. Mount Nebo became a place of pilgrimage for early Christians from Jerusalem and a small church was built there in the 4th century to commemorate the end of Moses’ life. The church was subsequently expanded in the 5th and 6th centuries into the present-day large basilica with its stunning collection of Byzantine mosaics.

Drive to Mukawir (43 km) – One of Jordan’s undiscovered gems is Herod the Great’s ancient fortress of Machaerus, located by the village of Mukawir. There, it is said, the beautiful Salomé danced for Herod Antipas, who presented her with the head of John the Baptist to honor her wishes. According to Matthew 14: 9-12, “The king was sad, but because of the promise he had made in front of all his guests, he gave orders that her wish be granted. So he had John beheaded in prison. The head was brought in on a plate to the girl, who took it to her mother.”
Transfer to Madaba (30 km) – It was mentioned in the Old Testament. Between the 4th and 7th centuries AD, the prosperous ecclesiastical centre of Madaba produced one of the world’s finest collections of Byzantine mosaics, many fine examples of which are well preserved. Madaba’s real masterpiece, in the Orthodox Church of Saint George, is the 6th century AD mosaic map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land – the earliest religious map of the Holy Land in any form to survive from antiquity.

Arrival to Petra (213 km).
Overnight at Petra hotel

Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Petra site for full day visit – It seems to be mentioned in the Bible’s Old Testament under several possible names, including Sela and Joktheel (2 Kings 14:7), During the Exodus, Moses and the Israelites passed through the Petra area in Edom. Local tradition says that the spring at Wadi Musa (Valley of Moses), just outside Petra, is the place where Moses struck the rock and brought forth water (Numbers 20:10-11). Aaron, the brother of Moses and Miriam, was buried in Petra at Mount Hor, now called Jabal Harun in Arabic (Mount Aaron). Petra was almost certainly the last staging post of the three kings, who took frankincense, gold and myrrh to honor the baby Jesus in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-12).
Proceed to Amman (235 km) Overnight at Amman hotel

Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Amman Airport for departure (43 km) Petra is considered the most famous and gorgeous site in Jordan. It is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2000 years ago. Admired then for its refined culture, massive architecture and ingenious complex of dams and water channels, Petra is now a UNESCO world heritage site and one of The New 7 Wonders of the World that enchants visitors from all corners of the globe.
Arrival to Amman (235 km) Overnight at Amman hotel.

Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Amman Airport for departure (43 km)
Petra
Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Petra site for full day visit – The giant red mountains and vast mausoleums of a departed race have nothing in common with modern civilization, and ask nothing of it except to be appreciated at their true value – as one of the greatest wonders ever wrought by Nature and Man although much has been written about Petra, nothing really prepares you for this amazing place.

It has to be seen to be believed. Petra the world wonder is without doubt Jordan’s most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction. It is a vast, unique city, carved into the sheer rock face by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2000 years ago, turning it into an important junction for the silk, spice and other trade routes that linked China, India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome.
Overnight at Petra hotel

Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Beidha (18 km) – Little Petra was inhabited by the Nabataeans and has lots of tombs, water containers and channels, it has a small path that leads to some of the inside area, Siq al Bared, the scale of this area and the fact that it is a continuation of Petra gave it the name of Little Petra. It is literally hidden away in the center of a mountain.
Proceed to Wadi Rum (113 km) – 4×4 Jeep Tour in Wadi Rum for 2 hours – This is a stupendous, timeless place, virtually untouched by humanity and its destructive forces. Here, it is the weather and winds that have carved the imposing, towering skyscrapers, so elegantly described by T.E. Lawrence as “vast, echoing and god-like”.
Back to Amman (324 km ).
Overnight at Amman hotel.

Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to Amman Airport for departure (43 km).