Jordan Complete Guide 2026: Petra, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea, Amman, Jerash, Aqaba
Browse more guides: Jordan travel | Asia destinations TL;DR I spent eleven days crossing Jordan from Amman down to Aqaba. The country handed me one of the most compact ancient-to-modern travel arcs in the Middle East. Petra and Wadi Rum alone justify the flight, but Roman Jerash, the Dead Sea, Crusader Kerak, and Red Sea reefs at Aqaba round out a route that costs less than I expected. Why Visit Jordan in 2026 Two things pulled me to Jordan this year. First, the Jordan Pass remains the single best tourist deal in the Levant. For JOD 70, 75, or 80 (one, two, or three days at Petra), it bundles the visa-on-arrival fee (JOD 40 alone) with entry to over forty sites including Petra, Jerash, Wadi Rum, Ajloun, Kerak, and the Citadel. Buying it online before landing saves the JOD 40 visa charge outright. Second, the geography squeezes five different travel experiences into a country smaller than Portugal. In one week I went from Roman colonnades at Jerash to a Nabataean rock-cut city, t...