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Petra/Jordan Packages.
All with 5-star accommodations; 3-star and 4-star accommodations available upon request.
All tours begin and end at Queen Alia Airport, Amman.

Petra Explorer - 3 nights...5 star accommodations.
Day 1 Amman-Petra	Meet/assist at Queen Alia airport, with Jordanian visas on arrival. Visit Mt. Nebo and Madaba, proceeding to Petra for overnight with breakfast.
Day 2 Petra	Full day exploring the ancient Nabataean capital, with entry by the Siq and visits to the Khazneh, Theater, Colonnaded Street, Museum and ad-Deir, Petra’s largest carved façade. Overnight Petra with breakfast.
Day 3 Petra	Second visit to Petra, with visits to High Place of Sacrifice, Wadi Farasa, Great Temple and Royal Tombs. Overnight Petra with breakfast.
Day 4 Amman Depart	Transfer to Queen Alia Airport for departure.
	US$1410 per person, double occupancy. Minimum 2 guests, discounts available for larger parties. Single supplement US$500.

Petra Explorer - 4 nights...5 star accommodations.
Day 1 Amman-Petra	Meet/assist at Queen Alia airport, with Jordanian visas on arrival. Visit Mt. Nebo and Madaba, proceeding to Petra for overnight with breakfast.
Day 2 Petra	Full day exploring the ancient Nabataean capital, with entry by the Siq and visits to the Khazneh, Theater, Colonnaded Street, Museum and ad-Deir, Petra’s largest carved façade. Overnight Petra with breakfast.
Day 3 Petra	Second visit to Petra, with visits to High Place of Sacrifice, Wadi Farasa, Great Temple and Royal Tombs. Overnight Petra with breakfast.
Day 4 Petra-Amman	Transfer to Amman for city tour including Citadel, Archaeological Museum, Theater, Folklore Museum, souks and modern city. Overnight Amman with breakfast.
Day 5 Amman Depart	Transfer to Queen Alia Airport for departure.
	US$1575 per person, double occupancy. Minimum 2 guests, discounts available for larger parties. Single supplement US$625.

Jordan Survey - 5 nights...5 star accommodations.
Day 1 Amman-Petra	Meet/assist at Queen Alia airport, with Jordanian visas on arrival. Transfer to Petra for overnight with breakfast.
Day 2 Petra	Full day touring in Petra, with entry by Siq and visits to Khazneh, Theater, Colonnaded Street, Museums and ad-Deir. Overnight Petra with breakfast.
Day 3 Petra	Second full day in Petra, with alternate entry by al-Madras “secret road” and visits to High Place of Sacrifice, Wadi Farasa, Great Temple, Byzantine Church and Royal Tombs. Overnight Petra with breakfast.
Day 4 Shobak-Dhana Old Village-Karak-Dead Sea	Tour the Mont Real Crusader Castle in Shobak. Continue north along the scenic King’s Highway, with a stop to enjoy the spectacular scenery at the Dhana Guest House, overlooking Wadi Finan and the Dhana Nature Reserve. Drive through Wadi Hasa to visit the massive Karak Crusader Castle, towering high above the southern end of the Dead Sea. Descend to Wadi Araba, route of the ancient spice caravans, and drive north through the floor of the Great Rift Valley along the eastern shoreline of the Dead Sea, lowest point on the earth’s surface. Arrive early afternoon to your Dead Sea resort for leisure time and overnight with breakfast.
Day 5 Mt. Nebo-Madaba-Jerash-Amman	Drive up to Mt. Nebo, the site from which it is believed that Moses saw the Promised Land. The contemporary Nebo church displays the restored mosaics from a succession of pilgrimage churches which have occupied this venerated spot. Nearby Madaba, an archbishopric during the Byzantine era, is home to the world’s largest collection of ancient mosaics. See the famous 6^th Century mosaic map of the Holy Land in the St. George Church. Transfer to Jerash to tour the world’s best-preserved Roman provincial city, including visits to the Southern Theater, Cardo, Forum, Temple of Artemis and Byzantine church. Finish your visit in a truly Roman fashion—join the crowd in the actual Roman Hippodrome to watch the RACE performance (Roman Army and Chariot Experience)—a demonstration of Roman Army weapons and tactics, gladiator contests and an exciting 7-lap chariot race in the Hippodrome. Overnight Amman with breakfast.
Day 6 Amman Depart	Transfer to Queen Alia Airport for departure.
	US$1955 per person, double occupancy. Minimum 2 guests, discounts available for larger parties. Single supplement US$795.

Baidha Voluntourism - 7 nights
	About 600 members of the Amareen Bedouin tribe live in a small government-built village called Baidha Housing, which sits about 12 km north of Wadi Musa on the edge of the Petra National Park. Because this tribe traditionally herded in areas outside the bounds of Petra, relatively few members of the tribe have become involved in the financially rewarding benefits of tourism in the way that other local residents of Um Sehun village and Wadi Musa have done. Members of the Amareen tribe, many of whom lived in the black hand-woven Bedouin tents until little more than a decade ago, lack the resources and the expertise to make some of the basic repairs and improvements that would greatly enhance the quality of their lives.
Day 1	Meet/ assist at the Amman airport. Transfer to Petra for overnight.
Day 2	Petra Tour. You have a full day to spend exploring the remarkable Petra site. Voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, it's a dazzling and extensive array of carved facades, partially excavated civic building, roadways and water channels. The Petra National Park covers a bit more than 40 square miles, with antiquities reaching far beyond the designated park preserves. You will have a full day touring the highlights of the site including a daylight trip through the Siq and visits to the Khazneh, Street of Facades, Theater, Colonnaded Street, Great Temple, Byzantine Cathedral and an afternoon climb to ad-Deir, Petra’s largest carved facade. Overnight Petra.
Day 3	First Volunteering Day. After having the breakfast at the hotel, drive 15 minutes to the north-west of Petra, to a near village called Baidha. Baidha is a small village and its residents are Bedouins who were formerly nomadic herders. They have since settled into government-built housing, although some of the villagers move into their traditional Bedouin tents seasonally to follow the pastures. The first thing you are going to do this day is to meet the local Bedouins you will work with; your orientation will include the culture, religion, customs and traditions that the Bedouins have. We want you to feel comfortable in working in this new environment, with all respect to the people and their culture. We will send you a list of the current available projects about 6 weeks prior to arrival, indicating a 1-10 degree of physical challenge and any special skills that are required for the project, and then ask you to rank your preferences for the project you will spend three days working on. (See examples of the volunteering projects). You will have some time with the locals you are going to be working with. They will probably kick things off by offering you the first of hundreds of glasses of the special tea which is a staple of life in the village, and you will have the chance to start getting acquainted. You’ll look over the work site, rough out the plan for the week and each day you will share lunch with your local co-workers. After you finish your first volunteering day on the project you selected, you will go back to the hotel for free evening and overnight.
Day 4	Second Volunteering Day. Breakfast at the hotel, drive to Baidha for continue working on your project. Back to your hotel in Petra for a rest before spending the evening at The Petra Kitchen. Here, under the direction of a local chef and assisted by local women who are expert in the traditional dishes you'll prepare an evening meal. The dinner will include soup, cold and hot mezza and salads, and a main course--all typical local cuisine Jordanian dishes. After dinner you’ll receive printed recipes for everything prepared, so you can go home and invite your friends and family to a tasty Jordanian dinner. Overnight Petra.
Day 5	Third Volunteering Day. After breakfast, drive to Baidha for the last day of working on your project. In the afternoon you’ll be able to show off your finished task, and check out what your fellow travelers have been up to. Stay in the village for a grand feast to celebrate the completion of a job well done and make your good-byes to your Bedouin co-workers. Overnight Petra.
Day 6	*Petra—Shobak—Dhana—Karak—Dead Sea* Today you will follow the Kings Highway, the north–south trade road through the old Kingdoms of Edom and Moab and the route the Nabateans used to transport all their luxury goods from Petra north to Damascus. Your first stop will be at Shobak Crusader Castle; the castle was built in 1115, and was strategically located on a hill on the plain of Edom, along the pilgrimage and caravan routes from Syria to Arabia. This ancient road will take you to your second destination, which is Dhana Nature Reserve, exploring Dhana Old Village where you will be able to imagine how the local people lived there as well as to over view the mountains of Dhana and Wadi Araba as well. Keep following this route to Karaka Crusader Castle for a visit. Transfer to Dead Sea for overnight.
Day 7	Dead Sea—Mt. Nebo—Madaba—Dead Sea Free morning to relax and swim at the healthy mineral water of Dead Sea. Drive up to visit Mt. Nebo, from which Moses viewed the Promised Land, take in the view of the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jericho and (if it's clear) the distant spires and domes of the Mount of Olives, and visit the contemporary church with its display of mosaics from the succession of pilgrimage churches on this venerated spot. Continue to Madaba, home to the world’s largest collection of ancient mosaics, to visit the St. George Church with its famous 6th Century map of the Holy Land, as well as the many restored Byzantine and Herodian mosaics in the Madaba Archaeological Park, Apostles' Church and Madaba Museum. Return to Dead Sea for overnight.
Day 8	Dead Sea—Queen Alia Airport Transfer to the airport for departure.
	US$2400 per person in 2009, double occupancy. Minimum 2 guests. Single supplement US$350. Prices lower in 2010 (call).

All prices are per person, double occupancy.
Prices good through 31 October 2010 (slight peak season increases apply for Christmas/New Years, Easter and throughout October 2010).

Not Included: Meals not mentioned; International airfare; ferry to Aqaba (US$55 per person); Jordan visa (US$16 per person for US citizens); Jordan departure taxes; Extras and items of a personal nature; Tips for your escort, driver and guides.

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