A short drive from Amman offers an unforgettable visit to the Dead Sea 400 meters below sea level, the lowest spot on earth. There will be a time for a swim on top of the warm, soothing water, four times as salty as sea water, and so thick that it is impossible to sink.

Wadi Rum is simply known as the valley of the moon. To travellers who have roamed its vast landscape Wadi Rum seems more akin to the surface of a distant planet than to anything on earth. The combination of its immensity, colour and awe~inspiring shapes creates an atmosphere that is almost super natural.

The capital city of the Nabatean Arabs who settled in south Jordan more than 2,000 years ago. They created in their lovely sandstone valleys a city unique in the ancient world. This remote desert stronghold with its extraordinary coloured rocks and carved facades has caught the imagination of travellers since it was rediscovered in 1812 and despite thousands of visitors it still retains its charm and mystery.

The visitor can enjoy the pleasures of the Red Sea resort Aqaba. At the ancient port city, in addition to sandy beaches and water sports, there are the charms of an ancient castle and the prevailing atmosphere of centuries past when Aqaba was the strategic seaport of dynasties long vanished. Surrounded by a chain of purple mountains and groves of palm trees.

Dotted throughout the semi-arid, steppe-like terrain east of the Jordanian capital of Amman is a string of castle, forts, towers, fortlets, baths, farming estates, caravansaries and fortified palaces that have always been known as Jordan’s “Umayyad Desert Castles”.