Petra & the Pyramids from Israel – Not to be missed while you are around
Customized Private tour departs from Eilat (South Israel) and ends at Allenby bridge (Jordan – Israel border terminal next to Jericho)
The tour including the major highlights of Jordan such as Petra, Madaba & Mount Nebo as well the amazing sites of Egypt such as the Egyptian Museum, The Pyramids and more.
As the tour is operated as a customized Private tour, the itinerary can be modified AP client’s request!
Day 1
From the Eilat airport/ hotel area, you will be collected and taken to the Arava border crossing, where our representative will assist you with the border crossing procedure on the Israeli side. Once on the Jordanian side, again collected by your Jordanian tour guide and driven the approximate two hour drive through the beautiful desert to Petra, The Rose Red City. Your local Jordanian guide will escort you into Petra and show you the highlights of the Nabatean city. You will enter the city through the Siq and be rewarded with the most astonishing and dramatic monument in Jordan: the Treasury. You will also visit the theatre, the tombs and façades, and the colonnaded street. After the guided tour your guide will leave you time to wander through your favorite parts for picture taking etc. Taken for lunch and then driven to Amman.
Overnight in Amman on a half board basis (breakfast and evening meal).
Day 2
After breakfast your guide will take you to Madaba, the city of Mosaics, to show you the archeological treasures. From there a short drive to Mount Nebo, the point where Moses viewed the promised land, where you can see the view of the Holy Land. The final part of your Jordanian tour is a city tour of Amman, the capital and largest city in Jordan. On to the airport where you will be assisted with your check-in for your flight to Cairo.
Arrive in Cairo, and greeted by your Egyptian driver and taken to your hotel in Cairo for overnight.
Overnight in Cairo, on a half board basis (breakfast and evening meal).
Day 3
After breakfast, collected by your Egyptian guide who will take you on a guided tour of the Pyramids of Giza, (entrance to the Great Pyramids not included – time permitting entry on clients account), including the famous Sphinx and Papyrus Institute. A break for lunch at a local restaurant, and then a short drive South to Memphis, once considered the capital of Egypt in the Old Kingdom. On to Saqqara, where you can see the stepped pyramid of Djoser. Returned to Cairo for overnight.
Overnight in Cairo, on a half board basis (breakfast and evening meal).
Day 4
After breakfast your guide will take you to The Egyptian Museum, to see the extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the tomb of King Tutankhamun, and the mummies room. Lunch in a local restaurant, after which your guide will take you to see Old Cairo, and the Saladin Citadel.
Return to your hotel in Cairo for overnight, with evening meal and breakfast.
Day 5
Transferred to the airport in Cairo, where you will receive assistance with the check-in procedure for your return flight to Amman.
Greeted in Amman and taken to the Allenby Bridge border crossing, where you will be assisted with the procedures in Jordan, and then to cross over into Israel. Your driver will collect you and transfer you to Jerusalem, where our service ends.