Meteor shower special

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Meteor shower special

Adventurous ride from Petra to Wadi Rum

Meteor shower special Adventurous ride from Petra to Wadi Rum

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09 August 2013 – 16 August 2013 4 days riding from 11 August – 14 August

Including 2 nights with peak nights of Meteor shower (12& 13 August),

best seen in the desert of Wadi Rum!

Discover the breathtaking scenery of “Lawrence of Arabia”

The nature in Jordan is very diverse, breathtakingly beautiful and rugged. One of its natural won-

ders is the most impressive desert landscape in the world; Wadi Rum. This vast, echoing

and colourful desert is a true paradise for nature lovers. The ride takes you from the mountainous

area of Petra with stunning views to the vast sand plains and steep rock formations of Wadi Rum.

Special Event: METEOR SHOWERS

But what is extra special about this tour is the yearly meteor shower and this is best seen in remote

areas as Wadi Rum, no lights, no clouds this time of the year, beautiful nature and lots of shooting

stars to watch!!

This is why we have planned an extra horse tour around this special event with peak nights on 12 &

13 of August 2013. Due to the warm weather in August we adapt to this weather with early

morning & late afternoon rides and a long siesta in the shade in between! We can even offer you a

relaxing dip in the pool of Bait Ali Camp for an surcharge of transfer and entrée for the pool.

Accommodation and food & beverage:

During this unique trip by horse through Jordan's nature you will stay

overnight in dome tents with mattresses. These tents can be shared by

2 people of used as single tent and you put up and take down your own

tent every day, off course assistance is given when needed.

Since we are trekking from one place to another in the nature, the

sanitary facilities will be very basic.

Every morning and evening you can wash yourself; we have cans, tiles,

soap and water for this. Daily you will enjoy delicious Arabic dishes. For

breakfast this will be: eggs, cheese, hummus, zait and zater, cake, jam,

cucumber, tomato, fruits, bread, tea and coffee, lunch: can be warm

dishes with chicken , vegetable and rice, or different kind of salads and bread, depending on the

weather and the wishes of the guests, dinner: this will be 3 course with every night a different kind

of soup, dishes like ‘sanniya’ (warm dish with vegetables, potatoes and chicken), ‘maglouba’ (rice

with spices and chicken or meat and vegetables), barbeque, fried fish, vegetables, kofta, always

combined with fresh salads and as dessert: fresh fruit and baklava with tea. Tea will always be

served and water and soft drinks will be available at all times in the cool box.

We have catered for many vegetarians, so also this is no problem for our chef. (He will not even use

chicken stock for the soup)

Horses & riding:

You will mainly ride Arabian horses from Jordan, Syria and Iraq, some are crossbreeds. Riders must

be fit, able to trot, canter and gallop at ease and have experience in trail riding. Guests are allowed

to take care of their own horse with water, food, brushing and saddling each stop. We have a dif-

ferent range in horses, from really quiet to quite active. None of the horses are bad tempered as in

bucking or rearing up.

All saddles are English style and made from leather, every horse has a bit and English leather bridle

according to his temperament. The saddle blankets have pockets for a water bottle, camera, sun

cream, etc. So this can be taken along during riding. The jeep will take the luggage and will be

available for the guests on every lunch and dinner/camping stop.

Support team:

There will be an Arabic/ English speaking guide by horse on the tour and a support team of a chef

and a helper or more staff, depending on the amount of guests, average 1 jeep per 5 -6 guests, or a

1 cabin jeep with 8 guests, 2 jeeps with more then 6 – 9 guests. And even 2-3 jeeps & drivers with

12 – 15 riders.

With 4 days we have the same staff and jeeps in the north area of Wadi Rum, with 5 and 6 days

riding, we have to change the jeeps into jeeps from the protected area on the 4th

day in the morn-

ing. This will be no problem for the guests. The jeeps will carry the luggage, cooking & camping ma-

terials, water and food for the horses & materials for the horse, we have first Aid kit for the guests

and medicine if needed for the horses.

4 days horse riding with the 8 days tour:

Day 1: Friday 09 August 2013: Arrival day

You arrive this day at Amman Airport and will be assisted by our airport representative in

getting an individual visa, the cost is 20 JOD per passport. Transfer by car and English

speaking driver to the 3* hotel in the nice town Madaba. You check in the hotel. The hotels

we work with in Madaba are all family run hotels.

Madaba is a mostly Christian town and the centre is in walking distance of the hotels.

You can visit the St. George church and we can recommend you a very nice Jordanian din-

ner at the local and unique style restaurant: Haret Djoudna. This is located in the same

street as the church and the same street with nice souvenir and local shops.

Overnight at the 3* Mariam Hotel (this has a swimming pool, restaurant and bar) or the

3* Rumman Hotel, very nice family hotel also with restaurant or the 3* Salome hotel, also

a family run hotel, all these hotels are located in the same street and very close to each

other!



Day 2: Saturday 10 August 2013: Departure to and visit Petra

At 08.30 AM all the guests/ riders will be picked up from the hotel in Madaba, depending on the

amount of guests this will be in a car with English speaking driver or a minivan and in case of larger

groups, 2 minivans and English speaking drivers. The drive to Petra will be about 3 hours.

Upon arrival in Petra, we see if the hotel can already check in the guests with their luggage and af-

ter that the driver will walk with them to the entrance of Petra and organizes the entrée tickets and

the private guide for the group!

The guide will go for the 3 hour City tour in Petra via the Siq, treasury, façade of tombs, the colon-

naded street, until the location of the restaurants. Here he will leave the group to have free time.

The guest can choose in which restaurant they would like to eat and spend the rest of the day as

they like.

They can climb up to the monastery or even do the high place of Sacrifice.

When they come back to the hotel, close by there is a Turkish bath, great experience especially the

steam bath, body scrub and soap massage, since it will relax the muscles.

The buffet dinner in the restaurant of the hotel can be taken from 19.00 – 22.00 pm in the evening

time.

The evening before the horse tour

Tonight your host/guide will meet you in your hotel and you can ask him questions about your tour.

He will also explain the program, discuss more details, ask for special wishes and diets and about

the riding experience of each client, so he can select the correct horses suitable for each rider.

Also this evening the guide gives each rider a Jordanian scarf (Kafihe).

The meeting will be around 20.30 PM

Day 3: Sunday 11 August 2013: Start of the 4 days riding!

This morning all the guests will have a transfer at 07.15 am from the hotel in Petra to the stable of

Jessica and Rami (10 minutes drive). Please dress in horse riding outfit and take the needed things

with you for the riding (helmet, sun cream and camera). We will provide water bottles for drinking.

At arrival at the stable Rami or the guide will select a suitable horse for each rider.

The horses are already brushed and saddled.

After all the riders have a horse and got on, the tour will start from the stable around 07.45 – 08.00

am and takes you directly into the mountains with great view over Petra. The beginning is rocky

area and we always recommend wearing a riding helmet on the first day. The first part this morning

will be riding for 3 – 3.30 hours via the mountains, via the back of Taybet, through the beauti-

ful Rajev village, where will be the first lunch under Prince Hassan castle, at an area with natural

springs and tree gardens with amazing views over Petra and Wadi Araba.

The support team is already there and laid out the mattresses and the ropes/chains for the horses.

When the guests arrive; the horses receive care first with water and food and then the guests can

relax and will be served lunch and drinks.

The lunch/rest will be for about 5 hours (because of the high temperature in summer time with

daylight)

After a long lunch break the ride will start again afternoon time at 04.00 pm is about 2.5 hours via

mountain area, the viewpoint of Dlaaga and then descending down to Wadi Thugra, there will be

more possibilities for trotting and cantering and the riders will be already used to their horses by

now.

We make camp in Wadi Thugra! When we arrive, again the horses are tied first and the saddles are

taken off, the horses are given water and food, then the guests can set up their tents. Tea is already

made and by the time everyone sits down, dinner will be served on a table (small buffet style).

If there is wood, a campfire is made and the first evening under the starts can be enjoyed!


Day 4: Monday 12 August 2013:

Due to the warm weather in August, everything is more early! Breakfast is will served around

06.00- 06.30 am, the guests take down their tent, brush and saddle their horses and the riding

starts at 07.30 am for about a 3 hour ride: 10.30 am

The jeep will be loaded again and will catch up with the group later and drive towards the lunch

location where they will all meet again. The riding will be via a small Bedouin village into a desert

area, the riding will be until 10.30 am until the 3 trees for lunch, the only shady place in this area.

The rest for lunch will be about 5 hours and again, first the horses are taken care of, but of course

the mattresses and tea is ready for the guests and soon after lunch is served. Most of the time after

lunch the riders will take a short nap in the shade.

After the lunch break at 15.30 pm, everyone brushes and saddles his horses and the riding at 16.00

pm will be now via the town Humayma, here we cross the Desert High Way. We get off the horses

and take them by hand. Because of the speed bumps the traffic is slow in the area and easy to

cross. On the other side, everyone will get on and then we ride into the Kharaza area of Wadi Rum,

the north area. Here is also a nice opportunity for a trot and canter. The riding is about 2.5 - 3 hours

to the camp location.

A good tip for the hot weather, make your Jordanian scarf wet and hang it around your head and

neck with riding, really refreshing!!!

Arriving to our remote private campsite in the heart of the desert. With no lights, no noise and no

pollution, this is the ideal spot to enjoy the meteor shower, with an average of one shooting star

every 60 seconds. That's a lot of wishes! It will be the first quarter moon, you can see it rising over

the mountains and in the morning a there will be beautiful sunrise. Dinner and overnight camping

in Wadi Rum. The second night we camp in a beautiful U shape rock and sand area with bushes.

Enjoy!

We will dim the lights right after dinner, so everyone can enjoy the meteor showers, they can even

sleep under the stars tonight!!!!

Tonight you’ll see a lot of falling stars!

During the meteor shower you’ll find up

to 60 meteors per hour!

Day 5: Tuesday 13 August 2013:

06.00 – 06.30 am After breakfast, everyone brushes and saddles the horses and the third day of

riding begins in a very stunning part of the desert, also a part where it is not busy with tourism at

all.

Today we will see a small rock bridge, the "Mushroom", a nice path for cantering, then again 2 rock

bridges and inscriptions. The riding will be 3 hours until the lunch location. We have made sure this

is in the shade. Again it is time to relax, enjoy the lunch, take a nap and take your time to make pic-

tures and enjoy the scenery.

After lunch break afternoon time we cross into a sandy area with a nice long canter path. By now

everyone knows his/her horse and can enjoy a nice long canter through the desert. In this area the

sand has many colours and it is very nice for taking pictures while riding. The riding will be 2,5 - 3

hours until the camp location, this night we stay in a small canyon out of the wind and nice and

sandy for the horses and the tents.

Camp is made, the horses taken care of and then the dinner will be served and a campfire will be

made.

Tonight: you'll be able to enjoy another peak night of the meteor shower!!

For this you need to take your mattress a bit out of the canyon, 200 meters, and than you are in the

middle of the open desert, close to a nice sand dune to watch the meteor showers!



Day 6: Wednesday 14 August 2013:

Last day of riding! After breakfast we brush and saddle the horses and ride via the mudflat, where

we can do a gallop with the horses, 2 by 2. Again this is a beautiful area. We ride towards the

desert village of Disi.

There is an area with natural springs and this has made a beautiful oasis in the desert with high

trees, grass, water and a small pond for swimming if the weather is good. Where the lunch is

prepared the horses can be washed with the water hoses, they will enjoy the water after a few

days desert and the horses love to eat the grass. Most of the riders enjoy this part very much.

Since; there is a basin with water where they can take a dip as well. While the lunch is served the

horses are drying in the sun. A small heaven on earth for all! After lunch we ride via the mud flat,

where we can do a good canter! Then we ride into the last part of the desert; also with a nice

gallop before we let the horses to walk to cool down.

Today at 18.00 pm the horses will be sent back by truck to the stables in Petra and you will be

transferred to a nice 3* hotel in Aqaba. The transfer is one hour and you can check in immediately

and have a nice warm shower after 4 days of desert! Tonight we have not included dinner, since

you are in the middle of the centre of Aqaba with many nice restaurants, ideal for an a la cart din-

ner! The hotel also has a swimming pool, so you can also relax at the pool before having dinner.

Overnight at the 3* My Hotel in Aqaba or the 3* Qidra Hotel in Aqaba, their rooms are very clean

and nice.

Enjoy your evening in Aqaba; Tip: Aqaba is also nice for souvenir shopping, it is just a 10 minute

walk to the shopping centre. Good restaurants, are: Floka fishrestaurant, Captains restaurant all

close to the hotel.


Day 7: Thursday 15 August 2013:Dead Sea and Madaba

------ Breakfast is served this morning ------

The transfer for the guests will be at 08.30 Am, they will take the way to Dead Sea (the drive will be

about 3 -3.5 hours). They will arrive around 11.30-12.00 at the 4* Dead Sea Spa, and they can have

their lunch first. The Dead Sea Spa hotel offers a great buffet and we have reserved it for all the

guests, the only thing they need to pay is their own drinks. (They received their tickets in the enve-

lope upon arrival, make sure you show the tickets at the entrance and the lunch buffet.

After lunch, you walk down towards the pool and beach area. At the pool area are changing rooms,

and if the guests do not have their own towel, they can rent one for 2.5 JOD. They pay 5 JOD and

when they bring back their towel and ticket, they get 2,5 JOD back.

Transfer to Madaba around 16.00 pm or 17.00pm via the nice Mt. Nebo way, a nice scenery way in

the mountains. They can check in the same hotel again and have a free evening in Madaba. We

have not included the dinner, since the restaurant: Haret Djoudna offers great atmosphere, good

food for great prices! And this is a nice location to finish a holiday with all the riders! It is about a 5

– 10 minute walk from the hotel, ask the reception for directions.

Day 8: Friday 16 August 2013: Departure

Depending on your flight time, the driver will pick you from the hotel about 2,5 – 3 hours before

departure time of your flight, you need to check in at least 2 hours before departure and

from Madaba to Amman airport is just a 35 – 40 minutes drive.

The breakfast at the hotel will be served from: 07.00 – 09.30 Am

You can also contact us for these extra days & more nights in Jordan and we are happy to give you

the information and prices you need.

Email us to: [email protected]


Included

• All transfers during the whole tour, as described in the program.

• Day 1: Overnight in the 3* Mariam/ Rumman/ Salome Hotel in Madaba, including break

fast.

• Day 2: Visit to Petra, including entree and a short horse ride from the entrance to the Siq.

And a private English speaking guide for the 3 hours Petra City tour.

• Overnight in the 3* Petra Palace Hotel with swimming pool at a walking distance of

Petra, including dinner and breakfast.

• Day 3 t/m 6 or day 3 to 8: 4 or 6 days of horse riding from Petra to and in Wadi Rum, (aver. 5-6

hours per day), including all meals, water (bottles), tea, soft drinks, camping (tents

& mattresses) materials for the horses, guide per horse, driver/chef, luggage

transport and entrée tickets for Wadi Rum.

• Day 6 or 8: End of the afternoon, transport of the horses back to Petra.

• Day 6 or 8: End of afternoon, transfer to Aqaba

• Day 6 or 8: Overnight at the 3* My Hotel BB with swimming pool or

3* Qidra Hotel Aqaba centre, BB

• Day 7 or 9: Transfer to the Dead Sea, entrée and lunch included at the 4* Dead Sea Spa

• Day 7 or 9: Transfer to Madaba and overnight at the 3* Mariam/ Rumman/ Salome Hotel in

Madaba, including breakfast.

• Day 8 or 10: After breakfast transfer to the airport (depending on the flight details)

• Organization- and guidance fee Jezra Travel

• Part of our profit will be donated to a good cause in the village Taybet to a centre

for disabled children, named: South Taybet Society for the disabled. So thank you

for booking with us and in this way supporting our local community.

If the described hotels stated above are fully booked, we will reserve a similar hotel.

Not included:

• Visa at the airport (20 JD per person)

• Meals not mentioned in the program:

- Day 1: Dinner, mostly there are late arrivals

- Day 2: lunch in Petra

- Day 6, Dinner in Aqaba, good a la cart restaurants, close to the hotel

- Day 7: Dinner in Madaba, we recommend dinner at the restaurant Haret Djoudna

• All other beverages not mentioned in the program

• Alcoholic beverages during the horse tour upon request (Beer 3 JD, wine per bottle 15 JD)

• Tips for the guide(s)/driver, restaurants, etc.

• Travel insurance, for horse tours compulsory!

• Sleeping bag for camping during the horse tour, please bring your own.

Our General Terms are applicable for the above mentioned offer to Jordan. We also ask all riders to fill in the registration

form and the liability release form. Jezra Travel cannot be held responsible for any increase by the government for: Sales

tax of hotels and other products, entrée fees of sites visited during the tour, fuel increase for transfers. In this case it will

be charged with the last invoice.

Price indication

Meteor shower special

Adventurous ride from Petra to Wadi Rum

1495 USD per person


Single supplement

Total for the 4 nights in the hotels mentioned above: $ 135,00 per person

Optional:

Separate night in Amman:

• Overnight in Amman in the 3* Al Waleed Hotel, based on a single room BB: 65 USD in total

Overnight at the Dead Sea instead of Madaba for the last night:

• Overnight at the 4* Dead Sea Spa hotel, based on a twin room BB: 75,00 USD extra per person

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• Overnight at the 4* Dead Sea Spa Hotel, based on a single room BB: 105,00 USD extra

• Overnight at the 5* Marriott Jordan Valley, based on a twin room BB: 95 USD extra per person

• Overnight at the 5* Marriott Jordan Valley, based on a single room BB: 195 USD extra

Offered by Jezra Travel to each rider:

Arabic scarf (Kafihe) for protection against the sun (before they start the horse tour)

Other activities with our horses:

Please note that private tours are available during the whole year, please contact us.

Please note that during the whole year we can offer Little Petra horse tours of 1,5 days, 1 night

camping, all in Prices:

2 persons: 275 JOD pp



Please note that during the whole year we offer

short horse rides: 1,5 hrs - 2,5 hrs - 1 day horse tour with lunch:

1,5 hour: 30 JOD pp

2,5 hours: 50 JOD pp

1 day tour/lunch: 75 JOD pp

Our General Terms are applicable for the above mentioned offer to Jordan. We also ask all riders to fill in the registration

form and the liability release form. Jezra Travel cannot be held responsible for any increase by the government for: Sales

tax of hotels and other products, entrée fees of sites visited during the tour, fuel increase for transfers. In this case it will

be charged with the last invoice.

Ahlan wa Sahlan;

Welcome to Jordan!

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