Petra Private Day Tour from Aqaba: Discover the Marvel of Rose-Red City
4.6
21 Ratings
Aqaba
Embark on a private day tour from Aqaba to the magnificent city of Petra. Discover the ancient architecture and rich history of this red-rose city, crafted by the Arab Nabataeans 2000 years ago.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
Tour Itinerary:-
- Picking up from Aqaba, driving for about 2 hours by the kings highway including a short break looking over the view of Petra mountain and Araba desert behind
- Arriving Petra visitors center using the facilities there
- The guided tour in the site down the roman street
- Free time making more hike around and heading back to the visitor center
- Driving to the restaurant to have lunch as open buffet style.
The Tour include:-
- Meet and assisance at the meeting point
- Transportation by air conditioned car , van or bus
- A tour guide escorting the tour
- Entrance fees
- Open buffet lunch meal
Not including :-
- Tips
- Drinks
- Self expenses
Points of Interest
- Hyatt Regency Aqaba Ayla
What's Included
- Lunch included
- Complimentary hotel/port pickup
- Guided by a professional
- Experienced driver/guide
What's Not Included
- Drinks
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Additional Information
Visit the world wonder - the red-rose city of Petra, curved out of the red-rose sand stones by Arab Nabataeans 2000 years ago. Those brilliant traders controlled the most important trade routes in their time, which made them wealthy and open to the most known civilizations, all reflected in their architecture, their temples and funeral tombs curved by their own hands as a harmonic mixture of these great civilizations.
No more than 2 hour drive from Aqaba will take you to that wonder. Jordan Echo Tours offer one day guided tour by modern air conditioned cars and vans and professional guides who speak different languages.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise atq time of booking if required
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
Location
Hyatt Regency Aqaba Ayla
Marina Village, Ayla
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(21 Ratings)
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Dansr6215dm
Nov 5, 2023
A delightful day at Petra - We had an awesome day at Petra with Jordan Echo Tours. Our driver, Kalid, was knowledgeable, knew the area well, was able to give us a better experience by taking shortcuts and using back roads that got us to Petra quicker while connecting us with interesting people and sites along the way. Petra was amazing as promised. We were thankful for the EV golf cart ride to the main section of the expansive site and the local guide who gave us so much great information, took pictures for us, and enhanced our time immensely with his knowledge and understanding. The meal, that was part of the tour, was a delightful culinary experience. I highly recommend using Tripadvisor and their local subsidiaries. We will look for their services in other locations as we travel.
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Alaskatravelers4073
May 26, 2023
Jordan Echo Tours gave us the perfect Petra Experience - We booked a private tour for 10 to Petra. It was perfect! Our guide was friendly and knowledgeable and it was way better than going on a huge bus with 40 other folks. Mohamed was the perfect guide and our driver was excellent. We even stopped to buy fresh watermelon along the way and shared it with fellow travelers at the rest stop. A perfect day and we recommend Jordan Echo Tours to everyone!
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Fearless57925609134
May 18, 2023
Excellent day trip from Aqaba port to Petra - Excellent day tour to Petra from Aqaba. Easy and efficient booking process, comfortable mini van for our group of 4 to complete the 3 hour journey each way. We got to Petra before the big crowds and our guide was waiting for us. Amazing place and worth paying for a private guide to get a much more personalised experience. Highly recommend Jordan Echo Tours.
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Manuelc58
Mar 1, 2023
Aqaba shore excrusion to Petra... it couldn't be better - No words to all the work but most of all ''love'' that Eslam and Ali gave t us.
We could not ask for a better tour organizer , Eslam, or a better guide Ali, we were so lucky to find you two.
They make our viit to Petra the best tour of our lives, Petra is really amazing, but I'm sure it is even better with this tour.
If you need a tour to Petra go with them you won't regret.
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Michael
Jan 5, 2023
New Year holiday in Jordan - We were picked up by taxi from our Hyatt hotel in Aquaba by Khalid from Echo tours and taken to Petra. The tour was brilliant, Khalid our driver was fantastic and a very safe and competent driver. The roads in Jordan are pretty poor and the other road users are lunatics, so to be driven around by a competent (ex-police) driver was a relief and very reassuring. Khalid was funny, considerate and helpful, and we really enjoyed his company while travelling to and from the destinations. We would recommend this tour and the Wadi-Rum tour as well run by Echo tours.
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Ronh2421
Nov 15, 2021
Perta, Wadi Rum and aqaba - Muhammad is an excellent guide, he took care of everything we needed. The trip was wonderful. In addition he took us for another walk in Wadi Ram and a walk around Aqaba and the markets.
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Ksa111
Jan 1, 2020
Wadi Rum private tour and excellent service - We found Echo Tours office during looking map of Jordan in Aqaba city, and we found there perfect service. They offered us map, advised us how to get by rental car to Wadi Rum, where to buy a Jordan internet SIM card, they arranged for us perfect and professional Wadi Rum tour guide and were so nice and friendly with perfect English 👍🏻 I can really recommend Echo Tours in Aqaba 😊
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Stephen_n
Dec 30, 2019
Great day at Petra - Our driver met us at the cruise ship port and took us to Petra. He turned us over to the local guide who showed us everything in Petra. He had detailed in depth knowledge of the site and shared it all with us. He took many photos of us during or tour. We walked about 9 miles by the time we walked back up to the top. What fantastic memories. Beware of the horse carriages and the horse back rides are not FREE.
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Mihnea_o
Feb 12, 2023
quite a story - It was a memorable experience, we enjoyed it a lot. The van was quite old and the driver quite in a rush, but nevertheless the guide Maze made it to be fun.
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Alex_d
Apr 21, 2023
Terrible - We are not happy at all and are requesting a partial refund of the $850 we paid. For starters the driver didn’t turn up on time and we had to put our phone on roaming and ring the Amman office to ask where our driver was. Another driver there at the port felt sorry for us and spoke to the Amman office on our behalf. On the way back out of Petra He made us wait in the heat while he was in the car talking to some friends. He wanted us to pay for lunch even though that was included in the deal. He stopped at two souvenir shops one on the way back even though I didn’t want to stop at that time. Hi English was very limited. I couldn’t recommend Viator to anyone else and don’t plan to book any more Viator tours because of this experience
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