From the Roman cities of the north to the coral reefs of the Red Sea, Jordan packs extraordinary variety into a country you can drive across in five hours. Choose a destination to read about it and see the tours that go there.
North Jordan
Umm Qais (Gadara)
A Greco-Roman city of black basalt on a ridge above the Sea of Galilee, the Golan Heights and the Yarmouk gorge.
3 tours
Pella (Tabaqat Fahl)
One of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the region, above the green Jordan Valley.
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Anjara & Tell Mar Elias
Two Christian pilgrimage sites in the Ajloun hills: the shrine of Our Lady of the Mountain and the hill of the Prophet Elijah.
2 tours
Ajloun
A hilltop castle built by a commander of Saladin, surrounded by the greenest forests in Jordan.
5 tours
Shrines of the Companions (Jordan Valley)
The resting places of Abu Ubaidah, Mu'adh ibn Jabal and other Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, many of whom died in the plague of Amwas.
2 tours
Jerash
One of the best-preserved Roman cities outside Italy – temples, theatres and a colonnaded street almost a kilometre long.
10 tours
Amman & surroundings
As-Salt
A UNESCO-listed hill town of honey-coloured Ottoman houses, where Muslim and Christian families have lived side by side for centuries.
2 tours
Iraq al-Amir & Qasr al-Abd
A rare Hellenistic palace in a green valley just west of Amman, with caves and a women's crafts cooperative.
1 tour
Amman
Jordan's white-stone capital on seven hills: a Roman theatre, the Citadel, lively downtown souks and modern cafés.
15 tours
Eastern desert
Umm al-Jimal
The "black oasis": a whole town of black basalt houses, churches and water cisterns near the Syrian border, inscribed by UNESCO in 2024.
1 tour
Desert Castles
Umayyad palaces, baths and caravan stations in the eastern desert – including the painted bathhouse of Qusayr Amra, a UNESCO site.
3 tours
Azraq Oasis
A desert oasis with a wetland boardwalk for birdwatching and a reserve bringing back the Arabian oryx.
1 tour
Dead Sea & King's Highway
Baptism Site (Bethany beyond the Jordan)
The place on the Jordan River where John baptised Jesus – a UNESCO World Heritage site visited by popes and pilgrims.
4 tours
Mount Nebo
The summit from which Moses looked over the Promised Land, with Byzantine mosaics and views to Jericho and Jerusalem.
8 tours
Madaba
The City of Mosaics, home of the 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land in St George's Church.
11 tours
The Dead Sea
The lowest point on Earth, more than 430 metres below sea level – float effortlessly and cover yourself in mineral mud.
14 tours
Ma'in Hot Springs
Hot mineral waterfalls in a desert canyon between Madaba and the Dead Sea.
2 tours
Mukawir (Machaerus)
Herod's hilltop fortress where, according to Josephus, John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded.
2 tours
Umm ar-Rasas
UNESCO-listed Kastron Mefa'a, with a 15-metre stylite tower and the mosaic floor of St Stephen's Church.
1 tour
Wadi Mujib
Wade and swim up a narrow sandstone canyon to a waterfall in the lowest nature reserve in the world.
1 tour
Kerak Castle
A vast Crusader fortress on the King's Highway, later strengthened by Saladin's successors and the Mamluks.
4 tours
Mu'tah & the Companions' shrines
Site of the Battle of Mu'tah (AD 629) and the shrines of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Zaid ibn Haritha and Abdullah ibn Rawaha.
2 tours
Lot's Cave & the Lowest Point Museum
A Byzantine monastery at the cave where Lot and his daughters took refuge, above the southern Dead Sea.
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Petra & the south
Dana Biosphere Reserve
Jordan's largest nature reserve: a stone village on the edge of a canyon that drops 1,500 metres to the desert.
3 tours
Feynan
A candle-lit ecolodge at the foot of Dana, among Bedouin camps and 5,000-year-old copper mines.
2 tours
Shobak Castle
Crusader "Montreal", a lonely castle on a hill between Dana and Petra with a secret stairway to a spring.
1 tour
Little Petra (Siq al-Barid)
A Nabataean suburb of Petra with a painted ceiling 2,000 years old – quiet, free and just 15 minutes from Wadi Musa.
5 tours
Petra
The rose-red Nabataean city carved into the cliffs – a UNESCO site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
21 tours
