Petra Tours & Trips

Top operators in Petra

• Experience Jordan

  
  5.0 (5 reviews)

  "Amazing! I can only tecommend this tour!

  Excellent - by Lydia S.

  Tours

  2 tours

  Age range

  18 to 80 years old

  Adventure type

  Hiking & Trekking

  Response time

  3h

  Response rate

  100%

  Average price

  $248

  Experience Jordan is an expert in:

  • Hiking & Trekking
• G Adventures

  
  5.0 (22,787 reviews)

  "It’s a tour that’s always on the go but we got to see and do a lot in a short amount of time that we have in the region. The accommodations exceeded my expectation.

  Excellent - by Boone B.

  Tours

  1 tours

  Age range

  12 to 90 years old

  Adventure type

  Explorer

  Response time

  1h

  Response rate

  88%

  Average price

  $199

  G Adventures is an expert in:

  • Explorer
• Bamba Travel

  
  4.0 (1,714 reviews)

  "I'll start with the good. The tour itself is really good, the things that you see are breathtaking but the poor organisation of the tour mean that sometimes you can't enjoy the experience. Just so that other people are aware Tour Radar don't actually organise the tour they give this responsibility to another company called Bamba experience, but they also are not the ones organising the tour, the tour is actually given by Tourist Israel so probably easier to book directly with them. It took me a few days to just find out where the meeting point was. I emailed Bamba experience and this agent replied that the meeting point was in Tel Aviv. Not sure if they realised that is an entire city and not a place. Eventually I did find out where it was. When i first arrived at the meeting point no one knew who the first two companies were. Tourist israel is only mentioned in one of the many emails that they sent me so it was very difficult to know what i should ask about. I asked the driver if i was in the right place he told me he's not the tour guide, just the driver. I tried calling to ask on their 24h phone line and of course no one answered. I asked people around and some were on a 2 day tour some on a 4 day tour. Since mine was 3 i thought it might be a different one. Then i spoke to someone who was on the 3 day tour. On a whim i got on the bus. We drove all the way to the border without anyone checking tickets or anything like that. The border crossing takes about 3h - not the tour's fault but just a heads up. We get on the Jordanian side and there was no one from tourist israel, just this guy saying 'fun time, fun time'. Someone tells him that we're not with fun time but if he knows where the guide from tourist israel is and he's like oh yeah they are the same thing. This is something we were meant to somehow know. We go with him and my name wasn't on the list. I start calling them abd sending emails and they just told me they were gonna look into it. Eventually the border allows me to go and we continue the journey. Few hours later i ask the guide if he has heard anything else from the agency and he's like yes, did i not tell you? When we got to Petra, on our lunch break there was thus guy asking people for payment. I told them that i have already paid but they guy said that he doesn't care that he hasn't received the money and if i want to get back on the tour bus then i had to pay again. Given that my options were wuite limited i paid again as I didn't want to be left in Petra. Then I got back in touch with the agency and they ensured me that they will sort it out in a few days. It took over a month and constant emails for me to get my money back and every day they would tell me i would have my money in 2-3 days. We also didn't get to sleep in the Bedouin camp as promised in the offer, hotels were 2 stars max and the food was pretty bad. Again, the sights are amazing and well worth seeing but the organisation of the tour is deplorable. My advice is to book directly with tourist israel as they seem to be the only ones in the area actually organising tours, but ask first.

  Average - by Catalina C.

  Tours

  5 tours

  Age range

  10 to 99 years old

  Adventure type

  In-depth Cultural

  Response time

  9h

  Response rate

  100%

  Average price

  $371

  Bamba Travel is an expert in:

  • In-depth Cultural
  • Explorer
  • Hiking & Trekking