LAST UPDATED: October 23, 2022
It was on the year of 2015 at the month of September when we took a flight and travel to Jordan. A group of four friends that came up with the same passion – travel and adventure! All were first time in the country and together. It was a short trip, we’ve booked with a travel agency for our accommodation and provided with a driver for a long distance travel between the visited places.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was the best choice for my first trip abroad. Jordan is included in my favorite list of few countries I visited. It is blessed with ancient history (biblical) and also where you can find one of the Seven Wonders of the World “PETRA”!
Jordan is an Arab kingdom bordered by Syria to the north; Iraq to the north-east; Saudi Arabia to the east and south; Israel, Palestine to the west. It’s capital city is Amman which is the most populous city and the cultural centre of Jordan.
‘Jerash – the Oval Forum’
The ancient ruins of Greco-Roman city of Gerasa located at the north of Jordan 48 kilometres (30 miles) north of the capital Amman towards Syria. You can click here to watch the video Jerash: ruins of once great Greco-Roman city of Gerasa .
2. AMMAN
Amman is the capital city and the most populous city of Jordan. In history it is name “Philadelphia” by a Macedonian ruler. These are the few of historic sites can be found in Amman: Temple of Hercules, Amman Citadel and Roman Theatre.
Note that this destination was not included in our tour from the agency, we visited this site by our own as we drove with the driver we met in Amman Citadel.
3. DEAD SEA
Also known as “the Sea of Death” located between Jordan in the east and Israel, Palestine in the west. It is a lake of salt where no living creatures can live there. The world’s saltiest body of water and has a density of of 1.24 kg/litre, which makes swimming similar to floating.
This is one of the river in Jordan that enters to the ‘Dead Sea’, it is also known as ‘River Arnon’ in the Hebrew Bible. It’s blessed with beautiful canyon inside and waterfall, good for canyoning. You can click here to watch the video Wadi Mujib Canyoning – the River Arnon
Wadi Musa means the “Valley of Moses” also nicknamed as the “Gardian of Petra” is a spring located at southern part of Jordan and near to Petra.
6. PETRA
Petra is listed one of the New7Wonders of the World in 2007 and has been the UNESCOWorld Heritage Site since 1985. It is famous for it’s beautifully rock carved structures and also known as the “Rose City” because of it’s stone color.
Wadi Rum is the largest wadi in Jordan, also known as “the Valley of the Moon”. It is also listed as one of UNESCOWorld Heritage Site. The above photo are five star hotel in camp style located in the desert.
It was a great trip, beautiful places we’ve visited, delicious food we’ve ate and beautiful people we’ve met. All in all we are thankful for our experiences in Jordan. Beautiful country!
Here is a map from google that shows our destination and visited places for three days trip in Jordan. It was a long drive most of the time, but it’s a joyride! 🙂
First, we were very thankful for our colleague who lives in Jordan who referred us to a travel agency that caters our accommodation, and the requested sites we’ve visited. We were contented for their service especially to Mr. Reefki our driver. You can check Hasweh Corporation – Vision Tours if you like to visit to Jordan. We paid our tour about AED 1,561.875 (places includes: Jerash, Dead Sea, Wadi Mujib, Wadi Musa, Petra and Wadi Rum). That prices also includes 2 hotels (all in 3 stars): Red Rose Hotel at Amman and Edom Hotel at Petra. Our breakfast and dinner was free too and tourists sites entrance fees as well except in Wadi Mujib which is about 21 dinar.
We checked our flights at www.skyscanner.ae (click the skyscanner link below for bookings), we got Royal Jordanian airline and directed to Gotogate to booked our ticket. At that time, we paid for our flight (return ticket) about AED 1,666.45. This was not a cheap flight as we booked the date near for our schedule and it was EID holiday as well. Check flights earlier or later some airlines have sales earlier or later on scheduled date. My advise to those who cannot decide the place yet, try to check flights in SkyScanner and type the destination as everywhere. You will see destinations with lowest rates and that time you can decide where to go. Enjoy your booking! 😉
For Jordanian visa, for Philippine passport holder (with UAE residence) you can get it on arrival with the assistance from the travel agency so no worries. But make it really sure with the travel agency you have with. Or if you don’t have an agency you can directly go to Jordanian Consulate. In Dubai it is located at Bur Dubai near Burjuman and UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The visa costs about AED 250.00 during our time. Please take note that this trip was in 2015, so you should inquire the visa rules of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the present day. Maybe there are some new rules or requirements that is not listed here.
In my case and one of my friend because we’re super excited – mistakenly we got our visa directly to the Consulate earlier than we booked our accommodation. So we paid twice for our visa! Before doing so, you should decide first whether you will go to an agency or by yourself.
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Day 4:
JORDAN TRIP BUDGET | JORDANIAN DINAR (JOD) | USD | AED | PHP |
Flights fare (via Jordanian airlines) | 316.63 | 446.44 | 1,666.45 | 23,078.83 |
Tour Package Includes: | 296.76 | 418.43 | 1,561.88 | 21,630.56 |
– Jerash and entrance fee | ||||
– Dead Sea and entrance fee | ||||
– – Wadi Mujib (entrance fee not included) | ||||
– – Wadu Musa (no entrance fee) | ||||
– – Petra and entrance fee | ||||
– – Wadi Rum and entrance fee | ||||
– – Red Rose Hotel (first and third night) at Amman | ||||
– – Breakfast and dinner included | ||||
– – Edom Hotel (second night) at Petra | ||||
– – Breakfast and dinner included | ||||
Wadi Mujib entrance fee | 21.00 | 29.61 | 108.78 | 1,530.69 |
Amman tour – taxi payment (sorry I forgot but I think all in all maybe by JOD 50.00 divided by 4 people) | 12.50 | 17.63 | 64.75 | 911.13 |
Estimated lunch more/less (for 3 days) and some snacks | 40.00 | 56.40 | 207.20 | 2,915.60 |
Estimated budget for souveniers & etc I bought (more/less) | 50.00 | 70.50 | 259.00 | 3,644.50 |
(Note: I did have a pocket money of about AED 1,000.00) | ||||
– We gave some tips too to our driver and in Petra for our horse ride | ||||
TOTAL | 736.88 | 1,039.00 | 3,868.06 | 53,711.31 |
(Please note that all information found in this post is subject to change, please double check current details for payments, visa rules and others at Jordanian Embassy or Consulate).
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Written: 31st of October 2022; Edited: 16th of December 2022; Posted: 17th of August 2023…
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wow thanks for sharing. We hope to get there.
Thank you! All the best with your travels. :)
Very informative and a pleasure to see such beautiful ruins. Thank you.
Cheryl Batavia
Hi Cheryl,
Thank you for visiting and for the feedback - this matters a lot. You are welcome. ♥
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