Petra, Wadi Rum & Dead Sea — 2 Days
About This Tour
Day 1: Drive to Petra for a full morning of exploration through the Siq, past the Treasury, and into the ancient Nabataean city. In the afternoon, continue south to Wadi Rum where a Bedouin jeep safari awaits in the golden desert light. Overnight in Wadi Rum or a nearby hotel. Day 2: Morning in Wadi Rum, then north to the Dead Sea for an afternoon of floating and relaxation before returning to Amman.
Tour Highlights
- Full exploration of Petra (Day 1)
- Wadi Rum jeep safari (Day 1 afternoon)
- Optional Bedouin desert camp overnight
- Dead Sea float & mud treatment (Day 2)
- Private driver for both days
How the Day Runs
Early pickup, then straight into a full day at Petra, the Treasury, the Royal Tombs, and time for the Monastery hike if your group is up for it. This is the one day on the whole trip where we don't rush anything.
About two hours from Petra. Dinner is a zarb, meat and vegetables cooked underground, eaten around the fire before the desert sky takes over completely.
Most guests are up before their alarm out here anyway. A couple of hours in an open 4x4 through the red sand before breakfast back at camp.
Around three hours, with a stop along the way if anyone needs one.
A few hours by the water to actually decompress after two full days of moving. This part of the trip is deliberately unstructured.
About an hour's drive back, timed so you're not arriving at midnight after everything else.
What's Included
- Professional & Knowledgeable English-Speaking Driver
- Air-conditioned modern wide comfortable vehicle
- Private transportation
- Free Wi-Fi on board
- Bottled water on board
- Fuel charges
- Parking fees
- 2 Hours 4x4 Desert Safari Tour in Wadi Rum
Not Included
- Tips
- Entry admissions / fees
- Accommodations / Hotels
- Day pass at Dead Sea
- Any personal expenses
Available Vehicles
Questions People Actually Ask
It's enough to genuinely experience the desert camp, the stars, and a jeep safari without feeling like a box you're ticking on the way to somewhere else. You'll arrive in the afternoon light, do the safari while the sun is still up, then have the evening and full morning to actually settle into the desert rather than just passing through it. If you want more time out there specifically — an extra night, a longer safari, a sunrise hike — we can extend it, just ask when booking and we'll adjust the rest of the two days around it.
Proper beds, not sleeping bags on the sand, with shared bathroom facilities at the camp rather than en-suite bathrooms in every tent. It's comfortable without pretending to be a five-star hotel, which honestly isn't what people come to the desert for anyway — the appeal is the silence, the stars, and waking up somewhere that looks nothing like anywhere else you've stayed. If you'd prefer a more luxury camp with private bathrooms, we can arrange that at a higher cost; just tell us your priorities and we'll match the camp to what you actually want out of the night.
No — same driver and vehicle for the whole two days, from the moment you're picked up until you're dropped back at your hotel or the airport. That's the entire point of booking it as one trip instead of three separate transfers: no re-explaining your preferences to a new driver, no coordinating pickup times between different companies, and no risk of a gap between bookings leaving you stranded somewhere. Your driver also becomes a genuinely useful source of local knowledge by day two, once they know what you're after.
Petra involves a fair amount of walking — a few kilometers minimum to see the Treasury and Royal Tombs — and the Monastery hike is optional and genuinely strenuous if you choose to do it, with real elevation gain over roughly 800 steps. Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea are both far more relaxed by comparison: the jeep safari does the walking for you, and floating in the Dead Sea is about as low-effort as travel gets. If mobility is a concern for anyone in your group, tell us in advance and we can adjust how much of Petra you cover on foot versus by carriage.