Petra and Wadi Rum tours from Amman put both landscapes into a single day: three to four hours among the tombs, then two to three off-road in the desert. None of these folds either gate into its base fare, so you are always paying Petra and Wadi Rum's 5 JD yourself.
Three hours at Petra, under two on to the desert, two hours off-road in Wadi Rum, three and a half back -- fourteen hours that put both landscapes in one day. Rated 4.9 from 838 reviews. Both gates and the jeep run are booking options, not inclusions.
From $117 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The most-reviewed way to see both places from Amman: four hours among the tombs, two more in the desert, twelve to fourteen hours in total. The jeep safari rides with whichever Wadi Rum grade you pick. Entry tickets are excluded outright on every grade.
From $95 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The two-hour 4x4 run comes bundled with any desert option here, rather than priced apart from it. Wheelchair and stroller access is stated on the listing, and the car carries English, Arabic, Russian and Spanish between driver and passengers.
From $84 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four hours at Petra, two in the desert, one private air-conditioned car for all twelve to fourteen hours. Its own listing points out that a Jordan Pass covers both gates, which is worth knowing before you pay each one separately at the window.
From $95 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Each of these leaves Amman and puts Petra and Wadi Rum in the same trip. Check what each one bundles before you choose.
Check AvailabilityThe same Desert Highway run south, stretched by an extra leg. You reach Petra first, spend three to four hours at the site, then drive under two hours further south to Wadi Rum for two to three hours off-road in the protected area, before the three-and-a-half hour run back to Amman. Fourteen hours is the honest length of the longest of these, which is what it takes to see both places without staying overnight anywhere.
Some fold the jeep run into whichever Wadi Rum grade you pick; others sell it as a separate add-on at checkout. Either way, the run itself is the same: about two hours, off-road, in an open 4x4 among the sandstone.
Entry tickets are excluded everywhere here. You are paying two gates instead of one — Petra's and Wadi Rum's 5 JD — and neither is folded into any of these fares by default.
A carved city and a desert that runs south of it, on the same day, without a second booking or a second drive from Amman.
Some of these bundle the two-hour 4x4 ride with any Wadi Rum option you choose, rather than pricing it apart from the day.
Wheelchair and stroller access is stated on one listing, and its car carries English, Arabic, Russian and Spanish between driver and passengers, which is unusual on this road.
One carries 838 reviews at 4.9 stars, more than any other product here that reaches Wadi Rum.
The trade you are actually weighing is time at Petra against a second landscape. Here is what each side of that trade costs you.
| A Petra and Wadi Rum tour | A plain Petra day tour | |
|---|---|---|
| Hours at Petra | 3 to 4 hours | 3 to 7 hours |
| Hours in Wadi Rum | 2 to 3 hours, off-road | None |
| Gates you pay | Petra, plus Wadi Rum's 5 JD | Petra only |
| Day length | 12 to 14 hours | 8 to 14 hours |
| Fare | $84 to $117 per person | $85 to $125 per person |
| Best for | You want both, and only have the one day | Petra is the whole trip |
Trade an hour or two at Petra for the desert, and you still see the Treasury and the Street of Façades at a walking pace. Keep every hour at the one site instead, and you can reach further into the park — as far as the Monastery on the longest plain day tour here.
In the fare, on all of these: hotel or airport pickup and drop-off in Amman, an air-conditioned vehicle, an English-speaking driver, Wi-Fi and bottled water. Some fold the Wadi Rum jeep safari into the fare once you pick a desert grade; others price it separately.
Not in the fare, on any of them: both entry tickets. You settle Petra and Wadi Rum yourself, on site or as a checkout option, on every one of these. A local guide is also excluded everywhere.
Worth knowing: one listing here notes plainly that a Jordan Pass covers both gates at once, which is worth reading before you pay each one apart.
Price band: $84 to $117 a person. Length: twelve to fourteen hours, door to door. Booking window: two to five days ahead; the most-reviewed of these fills first over a weekend.
Bring for the day: a hat and closed shoes for the off-road stretch, and cash for both gates unless your chosen grade already bundles them.
Petra in the morning, Wadi Rum by the afternoon, back in Amman by night. Pick the grade that includes what you want.
Check AvailabilityIf Petra is the whole reason you are here, do not split your one day with a two-hour drive each way to the desert. A Petra day tour gives you up to seven hours at the site instead of three.
If you would rather not rush either place, a fourteen-hour day is a long one. A 2-day Petra tour gives you five hours at Petra and a full night in a Wadi Rum camp, without the same-day round trip.
If you want the King's Highway stops as well — Mount Nebo, Madaba, Dana, Shobak Castle — none of these reach them. A 3-day Petra tour is built around that longer road south instead.
That is every one-day way to reach both Petra and the desert from Amman. Every way south from Amman is compared, fare beside fare, on Petra Amman Tours. Petra Amman tickets covers what every one of them charges at the gate.