Petra Day Tour from Sharm el Sheikh

$ 260,00

Discover and enjoy one day Trip to Petra by Ferry Boat from Sharm el Sheikh.

Day tour to Petra in Jordan to visit the rose red city. Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Maan that is known for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans. It is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourism attraction It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba).

Highlights

Vegetarian meal option available
Travel by boat and see the sights from the water

What You Can Expect

Early morning drive for approx three hours to Taba port to take the Ferry boat at 07.30am to Aqaba, arrives at 08.45am.

Drive to Petra by bus for approx. 2 hours, where a 2-3 hour guided tour begins. We enter Petra on foot, though the Siq, a narrow, winding gorge over 1 kilometer in length. We visit the Great Treasury (Al-Khazneh Farun), the Roman Theatre, the Royal Tombs (the Rainbow Tomb is a must for photographers), as well as hundreds of monuments, tricliniums, and obelisks, all carved from the multi-shaded, rose red sandstone. A walk through the colonnade of Roman Byzantine Petra brings us to the city centre for lunch.

Afterwards, we continue our tour to the hill of Al-Habis (crowned with a crusader-era fort) for a breathtaking panoramic view of deep gullies and uniquely colored rock formations.

Have lunch at a 5 star hotel restaurant, drive back to Aqaba at 6.45pm, an hour free time for shopping, and then take the ferry at 07.30pm back to Taba, drive back to Sharm

Arrive after midnight.