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Tour Code: TJ
Tour Length: 11 days
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JORDAN & EGYPT IN THE BIBLE
Overview Click map for larger sizeThis 11-day vacation starts with three nights in the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth. Enjoy a welcome dinner, excursions to Amman and its Archaeological Museum, Jerash, Um Quais, and John the Baptist's Baptismal Archaeological Park in Bethany Beyond-the-Jordan, where Jesus was immersed in the baptismal springs. Next, travel to Moses" Mount Nebo, the Madaba Archaeological Museum, and Mukawir, where Salome danced and John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded. Continue via Wadi Mujib and the Crusaders Castle of Kerak to Petra, where a full day of guided sightseeing in the "rose-red city" is included. In Lawrence of Arabia's Wadi Rum, enjoy a Jeep tour, then return to the Dead Sea. Fly from Amman to Cairo in Egypt, and meet your Egyptologist for a spectacular day of guided sightseeing: visit the Egyptian Museum, Memphis, Sakkara's "Stairway to the Sky" (the oldest of the pyramids), and Giza's Sphinx and Great Pyramids. Also visit the "Hanging Church," St. Sergius Church, the Coptic Museum, and St. Merurius Church, and enjoy a farewell dinner. City Highlights
DEAD SEA:
Welcome dinner
AMMAN:
Guided sightseeing, visit the Archaeological Museum
JERASH:
Guided sightseeing
UM QUAIS:
Orientation
BETHANY BEYOND-THE-JORDAN:
Visit the Baptismal Archaeological Park
MOUNT NEBO:
Visit the mountain where Moses saw the Promised Land
MADABA:
Visit St. George's Church and the Archaeological Museum
MUKAWIR:
Orientation
WADI MUJIB:
Afternoon stop
KERAK:
Visit the Crusader Castle
PETRA:
Guided sightseeing, including the Siq and the Treasury; sip tea in a Bedouin tent
WADI RUM:
Jeep tour
AMMAN - CAIRO:
By air including airport transfers
CAIRO:
Guided sightseeing, visit Tutankhamon's tomb in the Egyptian Museum, the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids in Giza; the "Stairway to the Sky" in Sakkara; the statues of Ramses II and the Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis; guided sightseeing of walled Old Cairo; visit the "Hanging Church," St. Sergius Church, the Coptic Museum, and St. Merurius Church; farewell dinner |
