Children Are Our Hearts
Children Are Our Hearts
Our Children Are Our Hearts, 9 Days 8 Nights program for families with their children in the highest degree of care and safety, so you can be sure they will be in good hands during their stay in Jordan in a pleasant and complete circuit that is possible for you and your children. We adapt the schedule and pace to your children’s ages. You are always welcome.
Day 01: Amman Welcome to Jordan
Arrival in Amman at the airport to obtain the visa. Welcome by your driver at the airport (Queen Alia). Transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Amman.
Day 02: Amman (citadel) / Iraq Al Emir / Dead Sea
After the breakfast, departure for the visit of Amman towards the citadel the acropolis of the old city of Amman (Rabat Ammon or Philadelphia) with the children you admire a beautiful view on the theater and on the downtown area of ‘Amman.
Then Road to Iraq al Amir, a site located west of Amman a half hour drive from Amman, a beautiful family visit with children in a rural environment, of a typical Jordanian village with greenery, visit of the palace of the tobiades or of Hyrcanus “unfinished house, Qasr al-Abed (palace of the royal servant), today surrounded by cultivated land.
Possibility to have lunch in the region of Iraq Al Emir or at the Dead Sea
You then orient towards the Dead Sea it is the lowest point on earth at 420 meters below sea level. You enjoy the strange but delicious experience of “floating” on the surface of the waters, nine times saltier than ordinary sea water then take a mud bath or have a therapeutic experience. Installation at your hotel in the Dead Sea for dinner and overnight.
Day 03: Dead Sea (Free day) for the family
After breakfast, a free day at the Dead Sea to enjoy free personal family activities with the children (swimming pools, Dead Sea mud, spa, massage … etc.), Installation in your hotel for dinner and at night
Day 04: Dead Sea / Dana (Family walk) / Petra
After breakfast, Road to Dana via the Dead Sea Road and through the Grand Canyon of Fifah, Arrival in the village of Dana at the end of the morning (former Ottoman village), Possibility of lunch in the typical village.
An easy and accessible family walk for two hours for adults and children in the gardens of Dana and on the two banks of the plateau and in the sight of the Feynan valley (Dana is the largest nature reserve in Jordan), end of this day, Transfer to Petra, Installation for dinner and overnight.
Day 05: Petra (visit to the wonder of the world site) / Wadi Rum
After breakfast, Visit of Petra with the family with the children, a local French-speaking guide for two hours on the site to explain the history of the site to you.
This is the moving rose-red city of Petra, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since the 1980s. A city entirely carved into the rock. Petra; the “Pink City”, a unique place, built almost 2000 years ago by the Nabataeans. You will cross the magnificent Siq the famous narrow passage between two mountains and you will appreciate its magical monuments, the treasure, the theater, the stairs, the palaces, the temples carved in the mountains, the royal tombs and the large number of tombs and dirty funeral still hollow in the rock …. (Possibility to eat in a restaurant on the site during the visit). End of the day, Drive to the Wadi Rum desert (2 hours’ drive from Petra). Discover Jordan’s largest and most majestic desert landscape with its red sandstone hills, needles and ridges. “Vast, resounding, divine” are the terms used by Lawrence of Arabia to describe this landscape.
You admire the sunset in the desert then a Pickup in Jeep to your camp for a traditional Bedouin Dinner of local cuisine based on rice and meat (typical dish of Jordan the Manssaf to taste or the Bedouin dish du Zarb) for the whole family with children. Night in a Bedouin camp in well-equipped Family tents with showers and toilets in the tent.
Day 06: Wadi Rum (4×4 and camel ride for adults and children) / Aqaba
After breakfast at the camp, early departure for activities in the desert in a 4×4 Jeep for two hours and a camel ride for one hour are scheduled to admire the beauty of the Wadi Rum desert. Children have fun on the sand dunes and on the back of a camel, Possibility to organize a lunch in the desert in the open air with the Bedouins, Continuation to the city of Aqaba in the afternoon then free time at your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 07: Aqaba (free family day with children)
After Breakfast, a free family day with the children to enjoy the beach and the swimming pools Aqaba is the bilinear station of Jordan and the only maritime access to the Red Sea, a sea rich in fish and its corals. There is a possibility to organize a sea trip on a boat between 3 and 4 hours with lunch, Installation in your hotel in Aqaba for dinner and overnight.
Day 8: Aqaba – Amman (Typical dinner)
After Breakfast at the hotel. Free morning then departure on the desert road towards the capital Amman towards your hotel a free time then another outing in the evening for a typical dinner in a family restaurant in Amman of good local gastronomy, Return to your hotel for the overnight.
Day 9: Amman – Departure and flight
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for departure and return home.