أهلاً وسهلاً ahlan wa sahlan [welcome] · petra by night tour from amman
Petra by Night runs Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 20:30–22:30: the Siq lit by about 1,500 candles to the Treasury. This private tour drives you from Amman for it, from $99 per person, 4.9 from 37 reviews — under our 50-review line, listed because nothing else does it. The 17 JOD night ticket is extra; the optional day visit needs a night in Wadi Musa.
01What actually happens
This is an evening with a long drive on either side. Pick a Monday, Wednesday or Thursday; then decide whether to sleep in Wadi Musa and walk in again at opening for 50 JOD.
Afternoon pickup, 3–3.5 h down the Desert Highway.
Not included.
~1,500 candles down the Siq to the Treasury; Bedouin music, tea. 17 JOD.
The same-night return reaches Amman around 02:00.
With last night's stay the ticket is 50 JOD, not 90. Pink light at 9.
Late morning, after the site opens at 06:00.
End of tour.
Times marked ≈ are derived from the 06:30 pickup and the 3–3.5 h run down the Desert Highway; the operator confirms the exact hours at booking.
02The "from" price is not the cost
$99 buys the private drive to Petra and back. The candles cost 17 JOD at the gate; the day visit, if you take it, another 50 — and a hotel night.
Real total, per person
≈ $123–194
Tour plus night ticket; the upper figure adds the day ticket. Hotel and meals extra. 1 JOD ≈ $1.41.
| Item | Included? | You pay |
|---|---|---|
| Tour pricePrivate vehicle, driver, Amman ⇄ Petra | included | $99 |
Petra by Night ticketMon / Wed / Thu, 20:30–22:30 · the listing says: Admission Costs (Tickets for Petra Light Festival and Petra by Night if chosen) |
ask | 17 JOD ≈ $24 |
| Petra day ticket (optional)50 JOD with the night in Wadi Musa | not included | 50 JOD ≈ $71 |
| Hotel in Wadi Musa (optional)Needed for the day visit | not included | at booking |
| DinnerWadi Musa | not included | at booking |
03Same size, same weight
04Dates and prices, live
Prices in USD. Free cancellation up to 24 h before. We earn a commission; you pay the same.
Petra by Night Tour from Amman with Optional Day Visit
1–2 days · pickup ≈16:00 · ★ 4.9 (37 reviews)
05The honest line
If one of these is you, leave this page having decided against it. That is the page working.
Your evening is a Tuesday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Petra by Night is Monday, Wednesday and Thursday only. There is no version of this tour on other nights.
Petra Full-Day Private Tour, $84, any day →You expect to see Petra.
You see the Siq and the Treasury by candlelight, and little else. The day visit is the optional second half; without it this is an atmosphere, not a visit.
Add the day: sleep in Wadi Musa, ticket 50 JOD →You decide on reviews.
37 reviews is under our 50 line. We list it because it is the only Petra by Night product from Amman, not because the sample is large.
All 16 tours, compared →06The real fork in the road
This tour
Petra by Night Tour from Amman with Optional Day Visit
1–2 days · ★ 4.9 (37)
−$15The same drive, by day, $15 less
11 hours · from $84 · ★ 4.9 (419)
Same private vehicle, same road, in daylight: four hours inside Petra for $84. You trade the candles for the Treasury in the ochre light and a 90 JOD ticket.
+$150The night in Jordan that pays for itself
2 days · from $249 · ★ 4.9 (1,529)
Two days with a Wadi Rum camp and the Dead Sea for $249; the ticket falls to 50 JOD. No candles — you are in the desert that evening.
07Questions with a figure in the answer
Reviews: none printed. Quotes appear only verbatim from GetYourGuide with the reviewer's name and month; until three are harvested, the section does not exist.
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 20:30–22:30, all year.
17 JOD (≈ $24) at the visitor centre. The listing says admission is covered "if chosen", which is a condition to confirm rather than assume, so budget it as outside the $99.
About 1,500 along the Siq and in front of the Treasury.
Not for the night show. For the optional day visit, yes: 50 JOD because you slept in Jordan.
The same-night return leaves at 22:30 and reaches Amman around 02:00; with the day visit, you come back the following afternoon.
Free up to 24 h before, on GetYourGuide.
08Decided?
Yalla [let's go]. Free cancellation for 24 h. Or take the daytime private trip for $84 instead.
