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Are you passionate about cooking? Would you like to learn all about Jordan’s traditional meals and explore the highlights of Jordan as well? Then this is the tour for you! In this 8 days program you learn how to cook Jordanian food, alongside local people and experience the local culture. Will you help us spread the Jordanian cuisine all over the world?
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EXPLORE THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION WITH JEZRA TRAVEL
THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN
A Taste of Jordan! 8 days cooking program
Jezra Travel, your partner for tailor- made programs
P.O. Box 63 Wadi Musa 71810 Jordan
Phone: +962 32155799 - Fax: +962 32155798
Email: [email protected] - Website: www.jezratravel.com
Day 1: Arrival Amman Meet/assist at Queen Alia Airport in Amman. Our representative will assist you with your visa, cus-toms and at the luggage hall. After he will take you to your English-speaking guide, who will be waiting for you in the arrival hall with a name sign. Drive to Tawaheen Al Hawa Restaurant, for your first introduction to the taste of Jordan! Enjoy a welcome dinner of traditional Jordanian food before transferring to your hotel in Amman for overnight. Overnight stay at the 3* Crystal Hotel in Amman, including breakfast. (D)
Day 2: Amman city tour & Beit Sitti cooking course Today you will make a city tour in Amman. Visit the Citadel, the Roman Theater and the King Abdullah Mosque. For lunch you could taste the famous falafel and humus if you like! In the afternoon you will meet the chef of Beit Sitti and visit the vegetable market in the old down-town of Amman together. A public place that has been visited for many decades. On this trip you will get to experience the hustle and bustle of the city, interact with interesting locals and get a glimpse of the live of Jordanians. Tonight you will learn how to cook Tabbouleh, Humus, Maqloubeh and a desert. While you are enjoying your dinner there will be a lady spiraling “Shrak” bread in the air. During your dinner you may enjoy this wonderful bread freshly from the hot stone. Overnight in Amman. (B &D)
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A Taste of Jordan! Day 3: Madaba, Mt. Nebo & Bandoora day! Approximate at 07.30 am you will leave your hotel in Amman. Drive to Madaba to visit the St. George Church, with its famous mosaic map. Continue to Mt. Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promised Land. Continue to Ghor al Mazra’a to participate in Bandoora day. Bandoora is the Arabic word for To-mato. Help the locals with harvesting the tomatoes from the farms. After enjoy a lunch with the locals. Together you will prepare galayah. A local dish with tomatoes being one of the main ingredi-ents. After learn how to prepare the Shrak Bread, that you have seen at Bait Sitti, learn how to make Ar-boud (local bread). Time permitting you also have a chance to learn how to make Kohol (from olive oil) or learn the traditional way of wool spinning, basket weaving etc. Transfer to Petra for dinner and overnight at 3* Amra Palace Hotel. Tonight you get an introduction of what to expect of the
Day 4: Petra, Taboon & Fattah Full day to explore one of the seven world wonders. After your visit to the Siq, Treasury, Street of Facades, Theatre and Colonnaded Street you still have time to see: the Monastery and/or the High Place of Sacrifice. It is a lot of climbing, but worth the views! Lunch suggestion inside Petra: Basin Restaurant. In the evening you will learn how to cook Taboon Bread with a local family who uses the traditional Taboon bread ovens. After you will learn how to prepare a simple dish, Hobez Fattah, incorporating the Taboon Bread into the meal. It’s a very traditional Bedouin meal, that has been made for centu-ries. Overnight stay in the 3* Amra Palace Hotel in Petra. (B & D)
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Day 5: Petra & Mansaf! Free morning to visit Petra. If you did not had the chance to visit the High Place of Sacrifice and/or the Monastery the day before, then now is your chance! You could also think about visiting the Royal Tombs. In the afternoon you will go with your guide to the butcher to buy meat, that you will need for tonight. After you will go to a local family and help with milking the sheep. The milk of the sheep is used to prepare Jameed, which is used for the famous local dish Mansaf. In the evening you will go to a local family with these ingredients and together you will prepare Mansaf. Overnight stay in the 3* Amra Palace Hotel in Petra. (B & D)
Day 6: Wadi Rum, Bedouin barbeque & Zarb Drive to Wadi Rum for a half day jeep tour inside the protected area. Wadi Rum is famous about the Red Sand and beautiful rock formations. Upon arrival you may decide if you would like to include a camel ride or start directly with your jeep tour. Lunch will be freshly prepared by your Bedouin driver. And of course you can give him a hand! Enjoy preparing a chicken barbeque together with local Bedouins. You will end your jeep tour at a campsite located in the middle of the desert. The camp has sanitaire facilities and private tents. In the evening you will learn how prepare Zarb. This is a dish cooked under the ground. Learn how to prepare this special dish with the local Bedouins of Wadi Rum. (B, L & D)
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Ahlan wa Sahlan ~ Welcome to Jordan
Day 7: Dead Sea After breakfast drive to the Dead Sea, lowest point on the earth’s surface. Today is all about relaxing, float in the salty waters and try out the famous healing mud. There is no cooking course included for today as you have deserved a day of complete relaxation after all the cooking you have done! Overnight at 4* Holiday Inn Dead Sea Resort. (B)
Day 8: Departure back home Transfer to the airport in Amman for departure. You would need to leave the hotel 3 hours in advance of your departure time. (2 hours for check in and less then 1 hour driving to the airport). (B)
2014 (offer: 24/09/2014) 8 days & 7 nights/ 3* & 4* hotels
Prices for the above program, would be:
This tour needs minimum 4 people to be guaranteed. Of course private tours are also available, contact us
then for more information at [email protected]
If arriving a day earlier or later then the scheduled dates, just inform us. We would be happy to book you a
pre or post night for a small supplement. Prices valid for 2015 dates mentioned below.
The price in USD is guaranteed since the exchange rate between USD and JOD are set at: 1 USD = 0.708 JOD
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Amount of guests Prices in JOD Prices in USD
4 persons 1.399,00 JOD per person 1.975,00 USD per person
6 persons 1.220,00 JOD per person 1.723,00 USD per person
8 persons and up 1.085,00 JOD per person 1.532,00 USD per person
Single supplement 245,00 JOD per person 346,00 USD per person
Fixed dates for 2015: Wed 15.04 — Wed 22.04 Wed 13.05 — Wed 20.05 Wed 16.09 — Wed 23.09 Wed 14.10 — Wed 21.10
A Taste of Jordan! These prices include: Meet & greet at the airport with an airport representative for assistance including a Jordanian
visa. English-speaking guide throughout the program (8 days in total). All transfers by a/c private minivan (with 4—5 people) or by 10 seater van (with 6—8 people)
or by 10 seater bus from 10 persons and up. All hotel accommodations (2 nights Amman at 3* Crystal Hotel, 3 nights Petra at 3* Amra Pal-
ace Hotel, 1 night Dead Sea at 4* Holiday Inn Dead Sea Resort), on bed/breakfast basis includ-ing all government taxes and service charges.
1 overnight at the Authentic Campsite, located 12 km inside the protected area of Wadi Rum in private tents, including dinner and breakfast.
All entry/user fees for the sightseeing as mentioned in the program. All meals as noted in the program are included (B = breakfast, L = lunch and D = dinner). Welcome dinner at Tawaheen Al Hawa Restaurant in Amman (local Arabic cuisine—set menu). Afternoon visit to the vegetable market in Amman with the chef of Beit Sitti on day 2. Beit Sitti cooking course including Tabbouleh, Humus, Maqloubeh and a desert on day 2. And a
Shrak Bread maker to enjoy fresh bread during dinner. Bandoora day at Ghor Al Mazra’a on day 3. Including picking tomatoes, preparing Galayah
lunch, preparing Shrak Bread and Arboud Bread yourself. Welcome word in your hotel in Petra on day 3 with a short introduction for the coming days in
Petra. Dinner at 3* Amra Palace Hotel in Petra on day 3. Learning how to make Taboon Bread and Hobez Fattah with locals on the evening of day 4. Visit to the local butcher to buy the meat needed for the Mansaf tonight, meat costs included
on day 5. Seeing how to milk the sheep on day 5. Learning how to make Mansaf on the evening of day 5. Half day jeep tour inside Wadi Rum protected area with local Bedouin English-speaking drivers. Learning how to prepare a barbeque lunch inside Wadi Rum Desert with local Bedouins. Learning how to prepare a Zarb dinner at the camp inside Wadi Rum Desert with local Bedou-
ins. All ingredients needed for the meals that you will learn how to prepare during the tour. Documentation for your trip such as vouchers for the hotels and extra information about Jor-
dan. Part of our profit will be donated to a good cause in the village Taybet to a centre for disabled
children, named: South Taybet Society for the disabled. So thank you for booking with us and supporting our local community
Organization/booking fee Jezra Travel and liability insurance coverage.
These prices do not include: Flight. All other meals and drinks not mentioned in the program. All other consumptions not mentioned in the program. Tips for guides, drivers, restaurants etc. Travel insurance. Personal expenses.
Our General Terms apply on the offer mentioned above Jezra Travel cannot be held responsible if the government decides to
increase:Salestax, fee entry tickets and fuel. In this case it will be charged to the client with the final invoice
Optional Activities Amman: Pre night in Amman at the 3* Crystal Hotel. Flight should be before 18.00 (6 pm) on the first day, otherwise we recommend booking a pre night and arriving one day earlier to Jordan. Double room: 35 JD per person per night Single room: 60 JD per person per night Petra: Visit to the local Hammam in Petra (steam bath, srub, soap massage) 20 JD per person Wadi Rum: Half hour camel ride from Rum Village to Lawrence Sping: 12 JD per person 1.5 hrs camel ride to Khazali Canyon 25 JD per person Quad biking in Wadi Rum 45 JD per person Balloon flight in Wadi Rum, if weather conditions ok,1 hour, early morning 130 JD per person
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