Private Jordan and Syria Tour

Arrive in Amman where you will be met and assisted through immigration prior to having a private transfer to your hotel to start your Jordan adn Syria Short Break. Overnight in Amman.

Start your Jordan holiday spending the whole day exploring the King's Highway, which was once part of the ancient Silk Rd. You will visit the Christian town of Madaba - "the city of Mosaics", and visit the Monastery in Mt Nebo, one of the most revered holy sites in Jordan as Moses was buried here.

Visit the magnificent Crusader Fortress of Kerak via Wadi Al Mujib, a deep valley with one of Jordans most breathtaking views. Continue to travel onto Petra to overnight.

After breakfast your private Petra tour starts on horseback, followed by a walk through the Siq, a long narrow fissure between two overhanging cliffs.

The tour then gradually unfolds the mysteries of the Red Rose city with its spectacular Treasury, Royal Tombs, burial chambers and high places of sacrifice. Afternoon at leisure to explore upper Petra.

After morning at leisure in Petra continue your Jordan Travel with a transfer south to the enchanting desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan's largest desert and one of the most spectacular desert landscapes in the world. Spend 3 hours being driven in a 4WD vehicle through the Wadi prior to enjoying a glass of champagne at sunset.

Tonight you will stay in a desert camp in Wadi Rum. The camp takes up to 50 tents, each of which has 2 camping beds and electricity for a small beside table lamp.

After breakfast transfer to the Dead Sea in Jordan, the lowest point of earth for your afternoon at leisure. Read the newspaper whilst swimming in the Dead Sea.

Overnight at 5* Dead Sea hotel.

Today on your private Petra tour you will visit Um Qais, a city rich with basalt ruins and overlooking the Jordan Valley, Golan Heights and Lake Tiberius (the Sea of Galilee). Proceed to Jerash one of the most preserved Greco-Roman cities in the Middle East and return for the evening at the Dead Sea.

Private Transfer to Damascus in Syria. At the borders the Syrian guide will meet you and continue with you to visit Bosra.

The Roman theatre of Bosra was built in the 2nd century AD and could seat up to 15,000 people. In its heyday, the theatre was faced with marble and draped in silk hangings, and during performances a fine mist of perfumed water was sprayed over the patrons to keep them comfortable in the desert heat. A large area in front of the stage may have been used for circuses or gladiatorial shows.

Continue on afterwards to overnight in Damascus.

Start with a private tour of Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Visit the Omayyad Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world, constructed in 705 AD on a site that has been a place of worship for thousands of years.

Visit the tomb of Saladin, who was the commander in chief of the Syrian army in the 12th Century and recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders.

The Chapel of St. Paul is a modern stone chapel incorporating materials from the ancient city gate through which Paul was lowered out of a window in Acts 9:25, and at the National Museum you will gain insight into 2,000 years of history and culture.

You will visit the little Chapel of St Ananias in the Christian Quarter of the Old City and finally at night complete your Damascus tour venturing up Qasiun Mountain to see the spectacular floodlight minarets over the city.

Overnight in Damascus in your 5 star hotel.

Today continue your private tour visiting Maaloula, a scenic village situated at 1500 meters with its little houses clinging to the rock face. It is the only place in the world where Aramaic, the language spoken by Christ, is still used as a living language.

Your private visit to Crac des Chevaliers Crusader fortress, a preserved medieval military castles and Unesco World Heritage Site, will leave you filled with admiration for its scale and formidable strength.

Continue to Apamea, founded in 300 BC by one of Alexander the Greats' generals, and in a colourful history playing host to visitors such as Cleopatra, Septimus Severus and the Emperor Caracalla. The stunning main street at Apamea is 1.8 km long lined with the ruins of civil and religious buildings. In the summer visit some of the 17 huge wooden water wheels at Hama.

Continue to overnight in Aleppo.

Aleppo with its citadel, elaborately decorated hammans, ancient souqs and the nearby ruin of St Simeon, one of the world’s oldest remaining churches, is a highlight.

After your private tour transfer to Palmyra for the night.

Palmyra contains the monumental ruins of one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world, and one which served as a crucial stopover for caravans crossing the Syrian desert. From the 1st to the 2nd century the architecture married Greco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian influences. Explore the archaeological site seeing the Bel Temple, Tombs and theatre amongst others.

Continue your Syria Trip by transferring to Damascus for the night.

After breakfast transfer to airport for flight home at the end of your Cultural short break.