Private Day Tour to Umm Qais from Amman with Optional Hiking Trail


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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 6 hours

Departs: Amman, Amman

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Step back through history to visit Umm Qais, one of Jordan’s best-preserved archaeological sites on this private trip from Amman with your own leisure new vehicle and English – Speaking Driver who doubles up as your guide. Travel through the Jordan Valley for a guided tour of Umm Qais’ ruins, the remains of the Greco-Roman city of Gadara, and once part of the Greco-Roman Decapolis league. With a local guide, stroll the paved streets; see the theater, mausoleum, and other relics; visit the museum to view artifacts from the site. Learn Gadara’s history as you explore, and admire the breathtaking views of the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights. You can upgrade your tour to enrich your experience with 2 amazing trail at Yarmouk forest reserve.


What's Included

English-speaking driver

Entrance fees to Umm Qais Ruins; if option Jordan Pass not selected

Entrances Fees and guiding fees to Al-Shreif Mountain Trail, if option selected

Entrances Fees to Al Hreith Trail, if option selected

Hotel pick-up and drop-off

On board WI-FI

Private Transfer by air-conditioned leisure new vehicle according number of participants

What's Not Included

All type of beverages

All type of gratuities (Tips to the Driver) – Recommended

All type of meals, unless option with lunch selected (Vegetarian meal by request)

Anything else not mentioned

Local guide

Personal expenses


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
  • CHILD: Age: 6 - 11
  • ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

  • Clients are advised to bring hats, sun screen, and comfortable walking shoes.
  • Contact your local operator (phone number, emergency mobile number, or email address) a day before to reconfirm pick-up arrangements provided in your voucher.
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Mobile SIM cards including internet bundle are available with assistance of our team upon request and can be subject to a small additional charge approximately: 15 USD. (Prices subject to change by the communication company).
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • Clients are advised to bring hats, sun screen, and comfortable walking shoes.
  • Contact your local operator (phone number, emergency mobile number, or email address) a day before to reconfirm pick-up arrangements provided in your voucher.
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Mobile SIM cards including internet bundle are available with assistance of our team upon request and can be subject to a small additional charge approximately: 15 USD. (Prices subject to change by the communication company).
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Umm Qais
Meet your own private English-Speaking Driver who doubles up as your guide at your central Amman hotel and board your comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Then, start out on your full-day trip to Umm Qais, home to the ruins of ancient Rome’s Decapolis cities — a group of 10 situated on the frontiers of the Roman Empire in the Middle East. First, venture northward through Jordan’s green landscapes to the village of Umm Qais, overlooking the ruins of another Roman Decapolis city known as “Gadara”.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free






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