Petra & Wadi Rum Tour from Tel Aviv (3 Days)

Jordan permits most Western countries to receive a travel visa at the border crossing. However, residents of some countries need to apply for a visa in advance. Check with your local embassy, or online.
For re-entry into Israel, please ensure you are eligible for a Visa on Arrival or have already arranged a multiple entry visa for Israel in advance.
Check your nationality here if you can get visa to Jordan
https://international.visitjordan.com/page/4/VisasToJordan.aspx

If your nationality is not acceptable for a visa to Jordan and you have booked a tour, the cancellation policy is similar to everyone.

Israeli Citizens:
Please note, this tour is not available to sole Israeli passport holders, due to restrictions.
If you have Israeli Citizenship in addition to a foreign passport unfortunately
joining this tour is not possible, a refund will not be granted if Abraham tours will discover you have an Israeli citizenship

Israel – Reentry Visa:
If you previously received a visa on the spot when you arrived in Israel, you should have no problem with reentering Israel.
If you had to apply for a visa to enter Israel, please check the conditions of your visa regarding re-entry.

Students, Foreign Workers and Volunteers:
If you are on a student/volunteer/work visa in Israel it is important to ensure you have or are eligible for reentry as some visas are not multiple-entry.
It is best to visit Misrad Hapnim (Ministry for Interior) to receive further information or receive a multiple entrance visa if required.
Please be aware; Israel gives 3 month visas to many nationalities. Often they will give you a new 3 month visa on each entrance, however they will sometimes refuse this if you have overstayed a visa, or have already been in Israel for more than 6 months in the past year on a tourist visa. If you require clarification, please check with the Israel embassy in your country, or the Ministry of Interior in Israel.
-Please check if your nationality is acceptable for a visa to Jordan. if you purchase the tour and your nationality can not receive a visa, a refund will not be issued.

The border fees on the Israeli side can be paid in ILS, Euro, USD & credit card. The amount is 196 on the spot and 190 online if you purchase it ahead of time.

The Jordanian side only accepts cash. Exit fees are 10 JOD

The border Exit fees on the Israeli side are 196 ILS, and can be paid in ILS, Euro, USD & credit card.

On the Jordanian side, you will not have to pay any fees coming into the country. Coming back, you will have an exit fee of 10 Jordanian Dinars, which are payable only in cash JOD. If you would like to exchange, you will have a chance to do so on the Israeli side of the border, while waiting to enter Jordan.

Please note that failure to send in or insert your correct passport details by 9:00AM the day before your tour departs can incur extra costs.

We are passing the Allenby Bridge Border (Israeli Side). The name of the border on the Jordanian side is King Hussein bridge.

We highly recommend traveling light with a backpack or small bag. You are welcome to leave your luggage at the Hostel’s Luggage room.  This will save time while crossing the border and can prevent delays.

Things to bring

• Valid passport
• Money for border crossing and exit fee.
• Warm clothes for night
• Camera

Please be aware that certain religious clothing and objects can create issues for travelers at the Border crossing. If you wish to bring such items, please consult with our sales desk prior to the tour.

• Forbidden items in Jordan
• Any size drones
• Telescopes
• Telephoto cameras with super zoom lenses (higher than 1000mm)

At the lobby of the Abraham Tel Aviv at 21 Levontin street

After crossing back into Israel, we have different vehicles waiting for you to take you to either Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. The size & number of vehicles are determined by the number of participants who departed from each city. Therefore getting off in another city cannot be guaranteed.

If you plan to leave the tour in Jordan let us know in advance, and we will make the necessary adjustments.

The tour returns to Israel via the Allenby Bridge Border Crossing.

There will be a short stretch of time in which you will be in the crossing without the guide (who will remain on the Jordanian side), while our drivers will be waiting for you on the Israeli side.

For this, it is important to note the following:

* Be patient – during busy periods the crossing might be crowded and slow.

* Returning to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem on your own – there is a small chance that you will be delayed by extra questioning, and have to go back to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv on your own. If you are concerned this may happen to you, please read more about it under “What if I experience issues while crossing the border?”.

This is how it goes, step by step:

Try to stick together as a group to make the process easier, unless someone is delayed for questioning. This is not uncommon, and there is not a reason for concern. The group should continue through the border, as the delayed passenger can take a shared taxi back to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv once they’ve crossed the border.

* Please note that our representatives are not allowed into the terminal and cannot

assist you inside.

1. Check in your luggage: Once you finish the procedure on the Jordanian side, the bus will transfer you to the Israeli terminal, where you will be dropped off with your luggage. The first queue is to drop off your luggage for security screening and get a sticker on your passport with the number of pieces of luggage. You’ll still need to get the sticker, even if you only have hand luggage.
2. First security check: The second queue is to get your passport scanned and put a security sticker on it. Please introduce yourself as a group.
3. Hand luggage and personal security check: You will then enter the terminal and put your hand luggage through a baggage scanner, and go through a metal detector. Please remove all metal objects before passing through the detector (coins, belts, phones, etc.).
4. Passport control: At this point you might be asked questions about what you have done in Jordan, what your plans are in Israel, etc. Occasionally the immigration asks a person to wait for further questioning. This process may take a while. If you have been delayed, and the Abraham Tours bus has already left with the rest of the group, you can return to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv using the shared taxis (explained further under “What if I experience issues while crossing the border?”).
5. Luggage and Passport stamp check: Your luggage and passport will be checked to make sure you have gone through all necessary security procedures.
6. PCR test In the Israeli side.
7. Pick up your luggage, pass through customs and you are done! Outside the terminal our driver and bus will be waiting to transfer you back to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.

As this tour crosses international borders, our ability to ensure the group is able to cross without delay is limited, due to security, customs and visa related issues.

As such, whilst we attempt to wait for all tour participants before departing from the border, both on the way into and on the back from Jordan, if a passenger is delayed we will attempt to provide or suggest alternative transport arrangements for this person to join the group, or arrive in Jerusalem at a later point, to ensure the tour is able to run as scheduled for the rest of the tour participants.

In the event you have been delayed while crossing the border:

In this case, if you can’t find any Abraham Tours bus or sign, the bus may have already left with the group to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, so as not to delay the whole group. This is how you can return to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv:

Take a seat in a SHARED Taxi to Jerusalem: Once you exit the terminal, 5 meters from the door, on the left hand-side wall, is a taxi booth for Al-Nijmeh taxi company. Buy a ticket for a seat in a SHARED taxi. The ticket costs 42 ILS per person and 5 ILS per piece of luggage. Be sure that you are taking the shared taxi and not the private, which costs 350 ILS. You will be directed to the taxi, where you may have to wait until the taxi fills up (this, unfortunately, may take some time). Once the taxi departs, get off at the final stop – Damascus Gate.

1. Getting back to Abraham Jerusalem: from Damascus Gate it is a short walk west to the Tram stop. Buy a ticket for 5.9 ILS. The Davidka Square stop (where Abraham Jerusalem is located) is the 3rd stop on the tram, in the direction of the Central Station. Alternatively, you can take a brisk 25-minute walk – follow the Old City walls up the hill to Jaffa Road, and walk on Jaffa, with the tram tracks, all the way to the hostel.
2. Getting back to Abraham Tel Aviv: from Damascus Gate it is a short walk west to the Tram stop. Buy a ticket for 5.9 ILS and get off at the Central Station (6 stations from Damascus Gate). In the Central Station, go up to the 3rd floor. Look for bus number 405 which will take you to Tel Aviv Central Bus Station for the cost of 16 ILS.
   

Walking from Tel Aviv Central Bus Station: head northeast on Tsemach David St toward Levinsky st. Turn left onto Levinsky st and walk along Levinski for 600 m. Then turn right onto Chlenov St and after 230 m. continue onto Barzilai St. After 140 m. turn right onto Levontin St. Abraham Tel Aviv is located on 21 Levontin St. The walk takes 17 minutes or so in total.

Taking a bus: from central bus station take bus number 5 to Allenby/Yehuda Halevi st (4 stops). It’s a short walk from there. A single fare is 5.9 ILS and it takes about 15 min.

* Please note: If you arrive on Shabbat (Friday evening or Saturday during daytime), or after 11:30PM, you should take a share taxi to Tel Aviv instead, which costs 25-35 ILS (no extra payment for luggage). These leave from the corner of HaNaviim Street and Monbaz Street, a 10 minute walk from Damascus gate up HaNaviim street.

Refund your costs: We are happy to reimburse you for the cost of your journey at our Travelers Center at the hostel. Please keep your receipts and we will refund the shared taxi to Jerusalem of 42 ILS, luggage fee of 5 ILS, bus to Tel Aviv of 16 ILS, bus ticket of 5.90 ILS – according to the transportation you used.