Petra Day Trip / The Hidden Treasure From Taba or Sharm Sheikh
Meet & assist at the marina transfer by boat to Aqaba, Arrival to the Royal yacht Club where you will be met by our Representatives in Aqaba and assisted with all arrival formalities.
After that, you will be transferred by modern coach to Petra to start a full day tour of city.
Once the ancient Nabatean capital, this city has a lot to tell.
The visit starts at the visitor’s center, where each person is assigned a Bedouin guided horse for the journey to the entrance of the lost city.
After passing some tombs which are located outside the city, the visitor passes through the SIQ, an immense crack in the Nubian sandstone.
It is a winding, one-kilometer-long fissure between overhanging cliffs that seem to meet more than 300 feet overhead.
Near the end of the passage, the SIQ, with great style, makes one last turn and out of the gloom in towering brightness appears Petra’s most impressive monument, El Khazneh - The Treasury.
This is one of the most elegant remains of antiquity, carved out of the solid rock from the side of the mountain, is nearly 140 feet high and 90 feet wide.
Beyond el Khazneh the visitor is surrounded on both sides by hundreds of Petra’s carved and built structures, soaring temples, elaborate royal tombs, a carved Roman theater, large and small houses, burial chambers and much more.
The Victorian traveler and poet, Dean Burgon, gave Petra a description which holds to this day - “Match me such a marvel save in Eastern clime, a rose-red city half as old as time.” After that, transfer back to Aqaba for departure from Royal Yacht Club with full assistance in departure formalities.
Itinerary Timings :
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- 06:45 From Hotel Transfer to Taba Heights Marina
- 07:00 Arrival Taba Heights Marina
- 07:30 Sail to Aqaba
- 09:00 Arrive Aqaba Royal Yacht Club
- 09:15 Drive to Petra
- 11:00 Arrive Petra and begin the tour
- 15:30 Return to entrance for lunch at Petra 5* hotel Open buffet
- 17:00 Depart Petra to Aqaba
- 19:00 Arrive Aqaba and Free time in Aqaba.
- 20:00 Sail to Taba Heights Marina
- 21:15 Arrive Taba Marina
- 21:30 Drive to Taba Hotel
Days of the Trip :
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Every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday