Fly in to Aqaba airport or cross the Wadi Araba border from Israel in the morning
Take a car straight to your accommodation by the Petra site
Arrange a car to drop and pick you up, pack up some food, sunscreen, (plenty) of water and off you go to see Petra
Stay until closing time and buy Petra by night tickets off of the workers without leaving the site to observe the “by night” setup and to get the photos without photobombers
Have a calm dinner, apply the aloe vera, and rest easy post many hours in the desert sun
Day 2 – pool day, Wadi Rum at night
Enjoy a relaxed pool day surrounded by the desert mountains
Set off around 2pm on the hour and a half drive towards the Wadi Rum petrol station
Get collected at “the petrol station” by the transport from your accommodation and set off on the dusty (please cover your mouth to not inhale half the desert) drive to your hotel
Enjoy a zarb (the Bedouin way of submerging your meal in sand to cook it) dinner and then head off for some stargazing with a stellar telescope
Wrap up and sit outside your hotel room to truly appreciate the view of the starry sky late into the night
Day 3 – beach at Aqaba
Wake up for the desert sunrise and go back to sleep until the desert sun won’t let you any longer (you’ve done a long nights stargazing and sunrise is early, trust me you will want to)
Post breakfast set off to your Aqaba accommodation (you will get picked up at the petrol station by your transport)
Spend the day at your hotel’s beach and enjoy some luxury and a beautiful sunset over Eilat before you end your trip
