Petra, Wadi Rum and Dead Sea 2-Day Tour from Amman

The base price of $249 per person buys two days of transport in an air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver, hotel pickup in Amman and the drives between Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea. On every option except transportation only, you also get one tent for up to 3 guests at a Bedouin camp in Wadi Rum and a 2-hour jeep tour through the desert. Petra entry is not included, and neither are local site guides, so the driver is not a guide at the rock city unless you pick the fully guided group option.

The four ways to book it

The listing splits into four option types. The private tour takes up to 7 guests with a choice of tent. The small-group tour also caps at 7, gives each booking its own tent, and has the critical 06:30 pickup.

The transportation-only option is the cheapest way in: the driver takes you between sites and you arrange your own night and activities at Wadi Rum. The mid-size guided group takes up to 17, is fully guided, adds Dead Sea resort access with lunch and an extra breakfast stop on the way to Petra, and meets at a set point because the bus leaves exactly at 07:00.

• Air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver
• Hotel or address pickup in Amman and transport between sites
• One tent for up to 3 guests and a 2-hour Wadi Rum jeep tour, except on transportation only
• Dead Sea resort access with lunch on the mid-size guided group
• Not included: entrance fees, including Petra, and local guides on most options
• Jordan Pass recommended, bought before arrival at jordanpass.jo
• One medium-size bag per traveller, no large or multiple bags
• Minimum age 12, maximum age 69

The small-group day starts early. Pickup runs from 06:30 and the listing tells you to allow 30 minutes while the driver collects everyone, so plan to be ready and waiting. The guided group is different: you get yourself to a set meeting point and the bus departs exactly at 07:00.

From Amman the drive runs south through Jordan toward Petra, and on the guided group option there is an extra breakfast stop along the way.

At the rock city

You visit Petra with your driver or group leader, depending on the option. The listing is clear that entrance fees are your own cost, and Petra is the big one, so the operator recommends buying the Jordan Pass before arrival because it covers entry. Petra involves a fair amount of walking in the sun, so sensible shoes, a hat and sunglasses matter here more than anywhere else on the trip.

A local site guide is not included on most options, so bring your own reading if you want the history.

On to Wadi Rum

After Petra the route continues to Wadi Rum for the desert night. The included 2-hour jeep tour takes you into the landscape before or after you settle into camp. Each booking gets its own tent.

A classic tent has no air conditioning and a public bathroom, a deluxe tent has air conditioning and a private bathroom, and on the private tour a single tent can take up to 3 people. If you picked transportation only, none of this is arranged, and the stay and activities in Wadi Rum are yours to organise.

The official Jordan Pass site lists what the pass covers before you buy it.

The camp night is the part of this trip you cannot get on any single-day tour in the catalog. You sleep in a Bedouin camp inside the Wadi Rum desert, in a tent that sleeps up to 3 guests. The choice between a classic tent and a deluxe tent is really a choice about comfort at night: deluxe means air conditioning and a bathroom of your own, classic means neither, with a shared bathroom block instead.

What to know before you book the tent

Tents are private and not shared between bookings on the small-group option, one tent per reservation. The jeep tour is included with all options that include the night, a 2-hour ride with a local Bedouin driver through the Wadi Rum landscape. Pack light for this leg, because the bag rule is one medium-size bag per traveller with no large bags allowed, and everything you bring goes into camp with you.

The desert cools at night and the sun is strong by day, so the same hat, sunglasses and covered shoes that serve you at Petra serve you here.

Day two turns north. The sea is deliberately the last stop before Amman, so you end the two days with a float at the lowest land elevation on Earth. The surface sits about 439.78 m (1,443 ft) below sea level, and the water is roughly 9.6 times as salty as the ocean, so you float without trying.

How the sea stop works

What you get at the sea depends on the option. The mid-size guided group includes Dead Sea resort access with lunch, the only option where both are in the ticket. On the other options the listing describes a Dead Sea stop on the way back, and you should expect to cover any entry yourself since entrance fees are excluded across the board.

Keep the float short, 15 to 20 minutes at a time, keep the water out of your eyes and never dive in. Bring water shoes, because salt crystals on the shore are sharp, and rinse off in fresh water after each dip.

The drive home

After the sea the vehicle returns to Amman, arriving on the evening of day two. The tours from Amman stay inside Jordan and do not cross any border. If the float is the part you care about most and two days feels like a lot, the Full-Day Dead Sea Trip from Amman with Optional Resort Entry and Lunch gives you about 6 hours at a hotel beach in a single day instead.

This is a trip for travellers with a moderate level of fitness and a full two days to spend from Amman. You walk a lot, much of it in the sun at Petra, and the days are long. The age window is firm: minimum 12, maximum 69.

The listing does not recommend it for travellers with spinal injuries, pregnant travellers or anyone with poor cardiovascular health.

Who should book something else

If you have trouble with heat, stairs or long walks, a sea-focused day is a better fit. The Masada and Dead Sea Full-Day Tour from Jerusalem with Hotel Pickup is an easy day where the cable car does the climb, and the Private Half-Day Dead Sea Resort Trip from Amman suits all fitness levels and is wheelchair accessible. Travellers with less than two days in Jordan should look at single-day options instead of cutting this one short, because the value here is the Petra visit and the desert night.

Packing and rules in brief

The rules are simple but enforced. One medium-size bag per traveller, no large bags and no multiple bags. Wear sensible shoes and bring a hat and sunglasses.

Buy the Jordan Pass before you arrive, since it covers Petra entry and the operator recommends it strongly. Note the cancellation deadline early, because a full refund ends 6 days before departure.

At $249 for two days this is the most expensive listing in the catalog, and it is the only one with Petra and an overnight stay. The Amman alternatives cost a fraction because they are single-day sea trips without Petra or a camp night. The comparison below sets this listing against the closest catalog alternatives for travellers starting from Amman and from Jerusalem.

Figures current for Q4 2026.

How to read the gap

The price gap is real but so is the scope. The $18 and $59 listings from Amman are sea days with a driver, not guided trips, and their entrance fees and resort access sit outside the base price. This two-day listing has the same structure in that respect, since Petra entry is extra, but it adds a full day of travel, a desert night and a jeep tour that no single-day option can offer.

On cancellation it is the strictest listing in the catalog, with a full refund only 6 or more days out, against 24-hour free cancellation on every single-day alternative. The 5.0 rating from 1,347 reviews is the strongest in the catalog as well.