Day 1 • Departure 
Our life-changing journey begins this evening as we board our overnight flight to  Jordan.

Day 2 • Arrival Jordan, Petra
We arrive in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and transfer southward to our lodging for the evening in Petra.

Day 3 • Petra 
This morning we visit the amazing mountain fortress of Petra, known to be inhabited by the Edomites - the descendents of Esau. Begin the tour with a walk through the "Siq," an immense crack in the Nubian sandstone, to the city of Petra carved out of the rose red rock. The Treasury, El Khazneh, is one of the most elegant remains of antiquity. Beyond El Khazneh we are surrounded on both sides by hundreds of Petra's carved and built structures. Departing Petra, we travel northward on the King's Highway through the land of the Moab to our lodging for the next 4 nights in Amman.

Day 4 • Mt Nebo, Mabada 
Mt. Nebo, believed to be the site of the tomb of Moses, commands a spectacular view across the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea. The drive continues to the town of Madaba, the biblical Medeba, 30 kilometers south of Amman. Madaba is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics and at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George we may view the earliest surveying original map of the Holy land. Looking to the northwest we view the Plains of Moab, the area where the tribes of Israel camped before crossing the Jordan. We enjoy a city tour of Amman to conclude the sightseeing today.

Day 5 • Jerash, Ajloun Castle
We travel to Jerash, one of the best preserved and most complete provincial Roman cities. Jerash, Gerasa of Roman Times, was one of the cities of the Decapolis, a confederation of 10 Graeco-Roman cities dating from the 1st century BC situated in Jordan, Syria and Israel. Known as the Pompeii of the East for its extraordinary state of preservation, the ruins indicate human occupations at this location for more than 2,500 years. The most well known monuments include the colonnaded street, the Temple of Zeus, the Forum, and Hadrian’s Arch.  This afternoon we visit Ajloun Castle, one of the best preserved and most complete examples of medieval Arab-Islamic military architecture.

Day 6 • Dead Sea, Machaerus, Bethany on the Jordan
This morning we transfer to a lovely resort at the Dead Sea for free time and lunch. This afternoon we visit the hilltop palace/fortress of Machaerus, the place where John the Baptist was beheaded.  Before returning to the hotel, we stop at the newly opened site of Bethany Beyond the Jordan, the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, where Elijah and Elisha crossed the Jordan as well as the area where the children of Israel led by Joshua entered the Promised land.

Day 7 • Homeward
Transfer to the airport for your flight home.