Petra and the King’s Highway in Jordan

Allenby Bridge / Petra / King’s Highway / Dead Sea

Day One:

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Early this morning, we will drive to the Allenby Bridge and cross into Jordan.
• After picking up our Jordanian bus and guide, we will proceed to Petra in the heart of the Seir Mountains, where Aaron brother of Moses was buried
• Lunch, on own
  We will walk through the main entrance of Petra past the Treasury and see other tombs and burial chambers. We will then walk uphill to the Royal Tombs for a view of the lower part of Petra and its Roman remains
• Late afternoon hotel check-in
• Evening dinner and overnight

Day Two:

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Continue on the Exodus route along the historic King’s Highway, passing by the well-conserved Crusader city of Kerak. We will drive through Wadi Mujeb to Umm al Rassas, whose churches offer fantastic examples of Mosaic art
• Lunch, on own
• Visit Madaba, with its 6th-century mosaic map depicting the Holy Land
• Continue to Mt. Nebo, from which God showed Moses the Promised Land
• Drive to the salty Dead Sea to float and relax
• Evening dinner and overnight

Day Three

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Enjoy a leisurely morning to relax and float in the waters of the Dead Sea
• Lunch, on own
  Visit a recently discovered baptismal site of “Bethany beyond Jordan” nearby.
• We will then cross the Jordan near the place where Elijah and Elisha crossed at Beth Abara and proceed to Ben Gurion airport for departure
• Return to the USA