Kings Road 3-Day Tour
About This Tour
The King's Highway is one of the oldest continuously used roads on Earth — Nabataean caravans, Roman legions and Crusader knights all marched it — and this three-day private tour follows it south the way it was meant to be traveled: slowly, with stops. Day one leaves Amman for Madaba and its 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land, then winds along the canyon rim of Wadi Mujib — Jordan's Grand Canyon — to Kerak, the mightiest Crusader castle in the Levant, and on to Shobak, Saladin's conquest perched on its lonely hill. The night is spent in Wadi Musa, at the gates of Petra.
Day two belongs entirely to the Rose-Red City: the Siq, the Treasury, the Royal Tombs, the Theatre, and time for the 800-step climb to the Monastery. In the evening we continue into Wadi Rum for a Bedouin camp dinner and a night under the desert stars. Day three starts with sunrise and the optional 4x4 jeep safari through Lawrence Spring and the red dunes, then turns north along the Dead Sea Highway for a float at the lowest point on Earth before drop-off in Amman. Compared to the Desert Highway route, the Kings Road adds castles, canyons and a thousand years of history — for travelers who want the journey to matter as much as the destinations.
Tour Highlights
- Kerak & Al-Shobak castles
- Full day at Petra
- Wadi Rum overnight
- Dead Sea float
What's Included
- Private car with professional driver
Not Included
- Entrance fees (Petra 50 JD, Kerak 2 JD, Shobak 1 JD, Wadi Rum 7 JD — or Jordan Pass)
- Accommodation (Regular Tent $45/person, Bubble Tent $95/person, optional)
- Jeep tour in Wadi Rum ($30/person, optional)
- Dead Sea private beach with lunch ($45/person, optional)
- Meals and drinks
- Travel insurance
- Gratuities (optional)
Frequently Asked Questions
Both include Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea. This route heads south along the historic Kings Road with Madaba and the Kerak and Shobak castles; the Best of Jordan goes north first to Roman Jerash. Castle lovers pick this one.
