Private Tour: Petra and Little Petra Day Trip from Aqaba

Posted By : QioshaW
My driver Osama picked me up at my hotel bright and early. He was friendly and patient. My tour guide Naif was great. Very knowledgeable, kind, and made our experience memorable.
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Posted On : 2024-03-31 11:13:24

Posted By : 404dayar
I booked this trip on TripAdvisor mostly off of the reviews. Overall the trip was good - the driver who came to pick is up was on time. The tour guide was also informative.

The price of the tour as others have mentioned is quite steep for the offering. The tour guide was only with us for 2hr and we were left on our own for much of the day. If the price was lowered, I think the value would be more appropriate or more time with the guide.
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Posted On : 2023-10-06 07:39:25

Posted By : Oded_G
Great driver and Petra guide. They did a good job. I’m very happy. I was picked up from my hotel on time. The driver and guide were very pleasant. Highly recommended
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Posted On : 2023-07-25 00:48:32

Posted By : Dag55O
Surprisingly I was the only participants, so I was driven to and from Petra by the father in law of the company's local representative. He was not a guide, so there were no information about Jordan's history on the way as indicated in the description.
I got a very good and knowledgable guide in Petra, so this main part of the program was excellent.
Lunch at the restaurant down in Petra was good. However, the price I paid for the whole package compared to what was delivered was much too high.
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Posted On : 2023-06-12 10:57:25

Posted By : Robert_S
Despite a hot day, visiting Petra is an amazing experience. Guide was knowledgeable and driver was excellent with a 1-month old vehicle. Driver also stopped and bought us the famous Jordanian dessert of cheese and honey.
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Posted On : 2023-05-16 14:19:53

Posted By : Anonymous
Saleh Our Driver was on time was excellent and also our guide in Petra Mohammed was very knowledgeable & informative would recommend this trip with Viator very reliable
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Posted On : 2023-04-20 15:59:23

Posted By : coelhojcu
An unique experience to visit Petra. A very old and very well preserved historical place. Petra was a very important city of the famous Silk Road. One may have a precise idea how the people leave and how the habitants manage the caravanas on the way to China. It is important to bring water and to be prepared to walk 2.5 miles - both ways. It is worthwhile.
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Posted On : 2023-04-20 13:16:11

Posted By : Hau_C
It’s a private tour “Petra and Little Petra Day Trip from Aqaba, with Aqaba Port Transfer”, booked directly with Viator, and serviced by the local tour operator “Zaid Tours and Travel”.

The tour started ok. The young driver, Ahmad Nazzai, met our party of four, two couples, at the port, and transported us in a Hyundai van to Petra. But he didn’t know the tour also included the tour Little Petra, and horse rides before “Siq”, the gorge into Petra. He called his office and confirmed. We met an older tour guide, also named Ahmad, at the ticketing area for Petra, and then went to the horse riding platform and got on 3 small horses; one person didn’t want to ride. There’s no formal arrangement between Zaid Tours and horse-boys (men). One horse-boy demanded $25 for tip from the wife of one couple, and wouldn’t slow down when he didn’t hear the tip agreement. It’s a dangerous ride for her. Two other horse-boys were more friendly.

The tour guide indicated that there would be horse rides when we came back from Petra, but there was no such arrangement. The tour guide was pretty bad, just walked a good distance ahead of us, didn’t care that we were taking pictures of this amazing gorge, and didn’t provide much information about the artifacts that guides of other tour groups were providing. At the end of the gorge, we saw the famous temple facade, and took many pictures. It’s quite hot. The guide didn’t show much interest of going beyond, and so we let him go.

We walked back without realizing it’s going uphill and the sun directly overhead. It’s probably better to ride an electric golf cart, $25 per person. We went back to the pre-arranged area and texted the driver for our next stop, Little Petra. We were surprised to find out that we wouldn’t have a tour guide for Little Petra, and the driver volunteered to step in as the guide. But things went bad to worst. The local hustlers demanded about $40 per person for guiding and wouldn’t allow the driver to accompany us. We didn’t feel safe to go with those hustlers and decided to skip Little Petra and just returned to Aqaba. The driver called his office for help and then told us that his office couldn’t help. We were quite disappointed about this entire tour. The driver was however quite pleasant and we tipped him at the port and wish him Happy Ramadan.

Contacted Viator the next day and reported the incident at Little Petra, but only received only that “we understand your fear of safety and disappointment”, and nothing else.
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Posted On : 2023-04-19 11:38:43

Posted By : Clare_B
Worth the terrifying drive on unfinished roads in the fog to see such a wonderful place. The driver was very reluctant to take us to Little Petra as well but we insisted and it was really worth it. No one else was there and it’s much more accessible than Petra. We skipped lunch to make time for it (the schedule seems unnecessarily tight). Everything worked well and the driver was at the port on time to pick us up. The guide was ok and warmed up as we went on. The one thing to be aware of is the drive - the car is basic and the route is long and scary in bad weather.
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Posted On : 2023-04-16 11:55:48

Posted By : Andrea_M
A very long drive from the cruise port but worth it.
The buffet lunch was horrible and was not included in the tour.
We received an additional tour of Downtown Jordan by our driver who provided us with the MOST delicious Kanafeh we've ever had! Its all we could think about after our tour and our trip!! What a treat
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Posted On : 2023-02-28 15:08:55