After an unimaginable 7 days in Jordan – climbing, strolling, swimming, driving, floating, magical sunsets and dawn, tenting in bubble, witnessing lovely deserts, and lots of magical different experiences – I’ve acquired to say Jordan completely stunned us.
From deserts to mountains, forests, and canyons, Jordan is a powerful splendour. The nation is endowed with distinctive landscapes, historic and archaeological marvels, dazzling rose-red sandstone rock facades, purple & lifeless sea, and wonderful seaside motels with nice hospitality. Driving is simple and top-of-the-line methods to discover this lovely nation.
Our Jordan itinerary: The place to go in Jordan?
Amman, Petra, Aqaba, and Wadi Rum are must-visits if you find yourself in Jordan. Your journey should embrace atleast one evening in one of many lifeless sea resorts. Additionally, in case you are planning a visit to Jordan for greater than 3 days, getting a Jordan Cross is a good suggestion (extra about it under).
Our journey to Jordan began from Amman the place we stayed for 2 nights earlier than driving all the way down to Petra. “The Misplaced Metropolis” of Petra is a UNESCO World Heritage Web site and is only a two-hour drive from Amman.
Our keep in Petra was within the Luxotel Bubble Lodge in Wadi Musa. It was an attention-grabbing expertise for my pals who have been staying in a bubble resort for the primary time. For me, I’d say I’ve seen higher bubble choices. It was an expansive room, however it had actually tiny inconvenient bogs. Nevertheless, the service was good and the residing chef was wonderful – he ready vegan and even Jain meals on request.
On the day we arrived, we loved the sundown view from our resort and took a dip within the jacuzzi, gazing the celebrities. Subsequent day, we began the day early to discover the marvel of the world!
There are two methods to enter Petra:
- The entrance entrance – about 4.5 kms to get to the Treasury and additional forward 2-3 kms for extra websites
- The again entrance from Little Petra – about 13 kms whole. An extended hike however an unimaginable solution to see Petra
Be ready for a protracted stroll to discover the traditional metropolis of Petra. Make sure that to put on snug footwear and carry your individual water. Please don’t have interaction in animal cruelty by taking camel or donkey rides.
We couldn’t take the Petra by evening expertise, which seems magnificent as a result of they do not have evening excursions on weekends. So in case you are planning Petra, you should know that Petra By Night time runs solely on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and begins at 8:30pm, so plan your journey accordingly.
After two nights in Petra, we drove to the gorgeous coastal city of Aqaba. We stayed in Al Manara Saraya Aqaba resort by Marriott and cherished every little thing in regards to the keep. Set on the purple sea, it was a stupendous luxurious resort with expansive rooms and attentive workers. The service was wonderful and their workers was very heat and pleasant.
We did a day journey to Wadi Rum from Aqaba, which was the best solution to journey. It took us somewhat over an hour (75 km). Nevertheless, we booked a Jeep tour with an area information from Wadi Rum, which is the easiest way to discover this lovely mysterious desert with spectacular panorama of dramatic sandstone cliffs.
With its reddish sand and rose-red mountains Wadi Rum seems just like the arid and purple floor of Mars. No marvel Wadi Rum is a Hollywood favourite for movies set on the purple planet. In truth, many widespread Hollywood movies have been shot right here together with The Martian (2015), The Final Days on Mars (2013), Pink Planet (2000), Mission to Mars (2000), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Aladdin (2019).
Whereas we selected to do a day journey to Wadi Rum, you too can select to remain an evening or two in one of many desert bubble motels or glamp-tents. Star gazing is actually widespread in Wadi Rum and if you happen to love climbing you may like it!.
Issues you should do in Jordan
- 🏝We floated within the Useless Sea (an epic expertise), slathered ourselves with black mud masks,
- 🏜explored the traditional metropolis of Petra (a part of 7 new wonders of the world),
- 🐪 skilled the unimaginable landscapes of Wadi Rum
- 🌱 loved the scrumptious vegan meals customised by resort cooks and
- 🌴 had a blast within the ocean metropolis of Aqaba and picked some Jordanian dates and the brown Jordanian Zaatar from the native market.
What’s Jordan Cross and Do You Want It?
A part of the Jordan authorities tourism scheme, the Jordan Cross bundle combines a vacationer visa with admission to about 40 vacationer websites throughout the nation for a reduced worth.
It exempts you from paying vacationer visa charges (however doesn’t exempt you from a visa) and is a no brainer in case you are touring for greater than 3 days. The move must be bought on-line prematurely of your arrival in Jordan in an effort to realise the financial savings accessible. When you make the fee and buy the move, you’ll obtain your downloadable Jordan Cross by way of e-mail. Take a print-out of the move; that is all you have to present to enter every included vacationer attraction.
Is Jordan vegan-friendly?
Amman surprisingly has just a few 100% vegan eating places and one can be situated within the dead-sea space. Our lunch in Amman was on the vegan restaurant Bayt Sara run by Sara who’s a vegan activist within the metropolis and is actually pleasant and heat. Our dinner was at V-Spectrum Kicthen, a tiny cute cafe with a small menu. The salad was a miss right here, however you’ll be able to strive different scorching meals. In the event you’re within the temper for hummus and falafel you need to go to Al Quds Falafel (vegetarian).
We couldn’t discover any vegan locations outdoors of Amman. Nevertheless, in case you are staying in good resort chains, all of them cater to vegan and even Jain vegan meals on request. You simply want to offer them a heads-up prematurely.
If you cannot discover something, they’ve actually wonderful recent produce in Jordan. This together with their scrumptious olives and zaatar and you may make your individual salads!
What is an efficient time to journey to Jordan
We went in first week of October and it was barely heat. Scorching sunny days however with cool breeze. If you wish to keep away from the solar, the second week of October is an efficient time to journey. Spring time, i.e. March-Could can be time to journey right here.
June and August are summer season months in Jordan and are insanely scorching and dry. The temperature can simply rise as much as 40 levels, so keep away from journey throughout this era.
From November to February, the nation receives an excessive amount of chilly and cloudy days. It even rains, snows, and has sleet and hail every now and then. They even shut down Petra if there may be any threat of flood, so test climate circumstances and warnings in case you are planning in winter.
Listed here are just a few key takeaways from the journey:
✨ Shrouded in thriller and intrigue, the rose metropolis of Petra was really a delight. This spectacular rock-carved historical metropolis with its archaeological treasures can be one of many seven wonders of the brand new world that you need to go to mindfully.
🐫 Don’t be part of animal cruelty, which is a part of the journey experiences of Jordan. Be ready for walks and trails to discover Petra.
🌇The capital metropolis of Amman is ready on mountains, making the uphill-downhill drive within the metropolis actually enjoyable. Make a journey to Rome from Amman by visiting the Citadel (Roman ruins) and Roman Theater- its nice for historical past buffs and excellent backdrop for footage for Instagrammers. This is your information to spending 24hrs in Amman.
♻️Carry your individual reusable filtration water bottle as faucet water shouldn’t be drinkable in Jordan. We requested at each resort to offer us the filtered water however they may solely give us bottled water. Environmental schooling and recycling services are scarce in Jordan, so you’ll have to journey mindfully with somewhat additional effort. I carried my very own reusable straw and cutlery happily and requested to refill my water bottle from the 16-liter refillable mineral water dispenser wherever potential.
🏜 Watching the sundown within the lovely Wadi Rum desert is magical. A day journey with a Bedouin information is extremely really useful. Even tenting there in a single day is a good suggestion.
🗯️ Bubble resort within the desert is a really distinctive expertise that we loved, together with the star gazing from our mattress. They’ve nice choices in Petra and Wadi Rum. We stayed at Petra Bubble Luxotel Lodge.
🏝 Make sure that to go to the gorgeous coastal Aqaba metropolis with the Pink Sea. This hidden gem with lovely seashores and wonderful motels is ideal to unplug & chill! 
🌊 When in Jordan you should go to the Useless Sea with its miraculous therapeutic properties! Floating within the lifeless sea is a novel expertise that I extremely suggest (atleast as soon as in a lifetime). However do you know the DeadSea is depleting? So, make it occur now!
🌱Touring vegan in Jordan is simple. Amman & Useless Sea have #vegan eating places, and elsewhere most cooks perceive and cater to vegan diets (they did Jain and vegan for us). Veganising many Jordanian dishes is fairly straightforward too!
🌵Load up on the yummy zaatar powder from Jordan earlier than you permit (and their scrumptious medjool dates).
