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أهلاً وسهلاً ahlan wa sahlan [welcome] · day trip · a guide, and the ticket, in the price

Private Petra Day Trip With A Guide, Ticket Included, From $187

The one day trip on this site where the Petra entrance fee and a licensed guide are both inside the price. Ten hours from Amman, private vehicle, a guide who walks the classic route with you. $187 per person, 4.8 from 65 reviews. Against $84 for a driver-only day plus a 90 JOD same-day ticket — $211 before anyone explains anything — the arithmetic is closer than the sticker suggests.

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 from 65 GetYourGuide reviews 10 hours · private
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The Royal Tombs carved along the cliff face at Petra
The Royal Tombs carved along the cliff face at Petra203380
$187
"from", per person, 2 Sept 2026
10hours
door to door
06:30
pickup at your Amman hotel or the airport
In the price
Petra ticket — included in the price

01What actually happens

Ten Hours, And Someone To Ask

Seven of the ten hours are road, which is the same tax every day trip pays. The difference is at the gate: no ticket queue, no hiring a guide on the spot, and someone walking the Siq with you who knows what the niches were for.

  • Road
  • Inside, by the hour's colour
  • Free time
  • Night

The day

06:30 → ≈16:30 · 10 h
06:30· 3 h 30 min

Pickup, Desert Highway

Amman hotel pickup, private vehicle. 235 km south.

≈10:00· 1 h

Visitor centre, the Siq

Ticket already paid. 1.2 km on foot with the guide, walls to 80 m.

≈11:00· 2 h

Petra, guided

The classic route: Treasury, Street of Façades, Royal Tombs, with someone explaining them.

≈13:00· 3 h 30 min

Drive back to Amman

The same road north, afternoon light.

≈16:30· end

Amman

Ten hours, door to door.

07:0010:0013:0016:00

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

What It Costs, In Full

$187 is close to all-in, which nothing else in the day-trip set is. The ticket and the guide are the two lines every other page on this site tells you to budget for, and here they are already paid.

Real total, per person

≈ $187

The ticket and the guide are already in it. Lunch and tips are not. 1 JOD ≈ $1.41.

ItemIncluded?You pay
Tour pricePrivate vehicle, driver, licensed guide and the Petra entrance fee included $187
Petra ticketIn the price, unless you pick the Jordan Pass option at booking · the listing says: Petra entrance fees (unless Jordan Pass option selected) included —
Guide inside PetraA local English-speaking guide for the classic visit included —
LunchThe listing offers a lunch option; without it, your own not included your own
TipsDriver, guide and the horse boy, at your discretion not included your own

03Same size, same weight

Included And Not Included

+Included

  • +Private air-conditioned vehicle with English-speaking driver
  • +Amman hotel pickup and drop-off
  • +A local English-speaking guide for the classic visit of Petra
  • +Petra entrance fee — unless you select the Jordan Pass option
  • +Horse ride access before the Siq
  • +Wi-Fi on board
  • +Free cancellation up to 24 h before

−Not Included

  • −Lunch, unless you book the option that includes it
  • −Tips for the driver, the guide and the horse boy
  • −Personal expenses

04Dates and prices, live

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Private Petra Day Trip with Guide

10 hours · pickup 06:30 · ★ 4.8 (65 reviews)

from$187
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05The honest line

Who This Tour Is Not For

If one of these is you, leave this page having decided against it. That is the page working.

  1. −

    You already have a Jordan Pass.

    The pass covers the gate, so you would be paying for a ticket twice unless you pick the Jordan Pass option at booking. Check that before you pay.

    A driver-only day at $84, and use your pass →
  2. −

    You are sleeping a night in Jordan anyway.

    Then your ticket is 50 JOD, not 90, and the included fee is worth much less. The all-in maths only wins for same-day visitors.

    The 2-day loop, ticket at 50 JOD, $249 →
  3. −

    You want to wander, not follow.

    The guide walks the classic route. If you would rather sit at the Treasury for an hour and skip the rest, you are paying for structure you will not use.

    Petra Full-Day Private Tour, $84 →

06The real fork in the road

Compared With The Two Nearest

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This tour

Private Petra Day Trip with Guide

$187

10 hours · ★ 4.8 (65)

07Questions with a figure in the answer

Guided Petra Day Trip, Answered Short

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Is The Petra Ticket Really Included?

Yes — the listing includes the entrance fee, unless you select the Jordan Pass option, in which case you are expected to bring your own pass.

Is The Guide A Licensed Petra Guide?

The listing says a local English-speaking guide for the classic visit of Petra. That is the guided route to the Treasury and the Royal Tombs, not the Monastery climb.

Why Is It $187 When Others Are $84?

Because two lines that are extra everywhere else are already in it. An $84 day plus the 90 JOD same-day ticket is $211, and that still has nobody explaining anything.

How Much Time Is Inside Petra?

About two hours guided, inside a ten-hour day of which seven are road.

Can I Cancel?

Free up to 24 h before, on GetYourGuide.

08Decided?

The Ticket And The Guide, Already Paid.

Yalla [let's go]. Free cancellation for 24 h. Or take the driver-only day for $84 instead.

from $187
Book On GetYourGuide ↗ Ten hours, two of them inside, and nothing to buy at the gate.
from $187 4.8 · 65 reviews
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