Petra Landmarks Tour via the King's Highway
Meet your Petra tour guide at the port and receive assistance.
Drive for about 2 hours along the King's Highway, including a short break to admire the views of the Petra Mountains and the Araba Mountains and take photos.
Arrive at the Petra Visitor Center, use the facilities there, and meet your guide.
Start from the Petra Visitor Center, where you can use the facilities because it will be a long time before the next proper bathroom stop. From there, you will receive your tickets, and your local Jordanian guide will take you through the gate on your way down to the Siq, a narrow gorge. You will see the Dijon blocks and the large Obelisks Tomb. One of the most amazing parts of the visit is the walk through the narrow gorge of the Siq, which extends for more than one kilometre with its beautiful colours and remarkable rock formations. The most breathtaking moment comes when you see Petra's most famous facade, the Treasury, where you will spend about 20 minutes enjoying this massive monument and taking pictures.
Continue down through Facades Street to see tombs of different sizes and the steps leading to the High Place of Sacrifice.
See Petra's main theatre, carved out of rock, while on the other side you will also see caves carved into the rock with their colourful ceilings.
Explore the collection of Royal Tombs, which could also be one of the hiking options on the way back.
Find yourself in the Roman area, which includes Nephewuim, the colonnaded street, and the remains of temples such as the Great Temple and the Winged Lions Temple, beside Byzantine churches. This part of the tour ends at Qasr Al Bint, the only free-standing building left.
If you have enough time to make your way back to the Visitor Center, and if you still have the time and energy, you can take a 2-hour round-trip hike up to the Monastery, which comes after the Treasury in natural beauty. The walk back to the gate at the Visitor Center could take about 1.5 hours.
Proceed to the restaurant for lunch, served as an open buffet.
Drive back to the port.
