Budget Tours & Trips to Israel and Jordan

Budget Tours & Trips to Israel And Jordan Reviews

• MARIATraveled in June

  5

  The tour allowed us to get to know the main places in Jordan and have a complete vision of the country. To get to Lot's Cave, the guide suggested doing it with a car, but when getting off it, we had to climb more than 200 steps on foot, of which the guide did not know because he had never been there and it is an important fact to mention for those with reduced mobility. In Betania we spent more than 40 minutes in a souvenir shop but later on the Jordan River the guide said that we didn't have time to see the Orthodox church. We were able to enter at the insistence of the group. We were not told that we could dive into the Jordan River to bring towels and change clothes, other tourists did. The visit to Jerash was very interesting and surprising for the conservation of the ruins. In the Wadi Rum camp it would have been enough to prepare a handbag. This would have avoided loading and unloading the suitcases of all passengers, speeding up the transfer. The camel ride was 45 minutes according to the itinerary but only of 15 according to the guide. Given the claim of several passengers with the agency, it was carried out as indicated. In the Dead Sea, a brief explanation of how to apply the mud to take advantage of its properties would have been good. Excellent Holiday Inn hotel on the Dead Sea. /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/= El tour nos permitió conocer los principales lugares de Jordania y tener una visión completa del país. Para llegar a la Cueva de Lot el guía sugirió hacerlo con un auto pero al bajar del mismo hubo que subir a pie más de 200 escalones de los cuales el guía no sabía porque nunca había ido y es un dato importante mencionar para aquellas personas con movilidad reducida. En Betania estuvimos más de 40 minutos en un negocio de souvenirs pero después en el río Jordán el guía dijo que no teníamos tiempo para ver la iglesia ortodoxa. Pudimos entrar ante la insistencia del grupo. No nos avisaron que podíamos sumergirnos en el río Jordán como para llevar toallas y ropa para cambiarse, otros turistas lo hicieron. La visita a Jerash resultó muy interesante y sorprendente por la conservación de las ruinas. En el campamento de Wadi Rum hubiera sido suficiente preparar un bolso de mano. Esto hubiera evitado el bajar y subir las valijas de todos los pasajeros, agilizando el traslado. El viaje en camello era de 45 minutos según el itinerario pero solo de 15 según el guía. Ante el reclamo de varios pasajeros con la agencia, se realizó de acuerdo a lo indicado. En el Mar Muerto hubiera estado bien una breve explicación de cómo colocarse el barro para aprovechar sus propiedades. Excelente el hotel Holiday Inn en el Mar Muerto.

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  Unforgettable Jordan
• MaryTraveled in November

  4

  PROS: Guides in all three countries were extremely knowledgeable and gave interesting incites to history of sites that were visited. All of ancient sites listed were visited on tour. Enough time was given at each place. Hotels were clean and staff helpful. Included breakfasts were large and plentiful buffets. NEUTRAL: People on tour were from multiple tour companies so that as trip progressed new people joined as others left tour. Only a few people were booked on my particular tour. Tour buses were comfortable and stopped often enough for bathroom breaks. CONS: Because of people being on different tours with different companies very few were staying at the same hotel. This meant that starting at 7 am people were picked up at various hotels around the city. It took from one to three hours to pick up all the people so that if yours was the first hotel pickup...you spent hours as others were picked up. The same applied at the end of the day. Crossing a large city, such as Tel Aviv or Cairo took the same one to three hours of drop off time. This additional time meant less sleep and more frustration for tour members. Because of these long days little time was left at the end of the day for nighttime viewing of the cities or shopping for souvenirs. The only times for shopping were those included in the tours by the tour companies at stores with which they had an affiliation. These were places to purchase herbs and teas; olive wood curios; and oils and perfumes. DO NOT buy from the "Egyptian Perfume Giza". The $100 you spend on a bottle of "perfume" (which has been securely shrink wrapped-supposedly to keep it from leaking in your suitcase on the way home) turns out to be a barely scented oil when opened upon your return home.

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  Holyland Israel & Jordan and Egypt Tour with Nile Cruise - 18 Days
• AndrewTraveled in March

  4

  It was a very good tour. Our guide did a great job. The only issue was the latter part of the tour had a reduced group, so the guide was also the driver. At one stop when we were in the museum, someone broke into our van and stole some money. Even as safe as Israel is, you cannot be taking tourists around with all of their luggage in plain view and leave the vehicle unattended. Ever. Anywhere.

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  Highlights of Israel and Jordan - 11 days