Petra Day Trip from Eilat
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Experience Highlights
Experience a unique adventure with this 12-hour tour to Petra from Eilat, including entrance fees and English-speaking guide. Step inside the Nabataean city carved into pink cliffs, discover its historic temples and necropolises and feel the magic of one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
The meeting point is at the Club Hotel Eilat (Derekh ha-Arava), where your guide will assist you to cross the Arava border into Jordan (visa and border fees are payable in cash on arrival).
You will enjoy an optional horseback ride on the sand upon arrival in Petra, a local lunch and bottled water throughout the tour.
- Explore Petra without worrying about logistics.
- Prepare your passport with at least 6 months validity and border fees.
- Discover Petra with an expert guide, lunch included and optional horseback riding.
What’s included
- Transport in air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Entrance fees to Petra Archaeological Park
- Optional horseback riding (approx. 198 m)
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Step by Step
Start the day with a pick-up in Eilat. You will travel in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle to the Arava border, where your guide will assist you with passport and visa formalities (fees not included). Please note that crossing times may vary depending on the flow of travellers.
Once in Jordan, you will continue your journey on desert roads overlooking Mount Haroun (the traditional Tomb of Aaron). Upon arrival in Petra, you will have the option (for a fee) to approach on horseback (about 198m) through the narrow gorge that leads to the Siq, the entrance passageway filled with Nabataean reliefs and sculptures.
Upon arrival inside the city, you will start a 3-4 hour guided tour visiting the most emblematic monuments: the Treasury, the Obelisk Tomb, the Palace of Sacrifice, the Roman Theatre and the Royal Tombs carved into the rock. You will learn how this "lost city" remained hidden for centuries in the heart of the desert.
After the visit, you will enjoy lunch, with traditional Jordanian dishes, and free time to explore at your leisure and take pictures before rejoining the group. Time permitting, you'll make brief stops at viewpoints over Wadi Rum and at the bustling port of Aqaba.
Return across the border again, arriving in Eilat in the afternoon. A day full of history, culture and exceptional scenery.
