Petra & Wadi Rum

Jaresh - Roman City - extensive and well preserved
Dana     Guesthouse over a wonderful Wadi  - an amazing dawn experience
Petra     has to be experienced to be believed. Even if I had to make the steep trek up to the monastery by donkey - no easy task!
Bedouin Camp. Who would have thought it could be so wonderful?
The people - Jordanians are very hospitable - and playful.

[Least enjoyed] The long coach ride back from Wadi Rum to the Dead Sea.

We all fell in love with the desert. Would we still be in love with it after another day there? It would be great to find out.

The bedouin camp and Dana could not be rated by your method. They are unique. At Dana some of the guests were ii bunk beds in shared accommodation, but the communal atmosphere and location were great. The toilets in the desert were much better than expected, and were clean, but you couldn't rate them highly as this might mislead people unused to camping. It was an amazing camp, we all loved it..
The last hotel with its view over the Dead Sea was very good. A few technicalities let it down, otherwise 5*

Nassar was very knowledgeable, and a great positive character

Mrs R - Travelled in March 2012

Stimulating, informative and interesting tour. Reasonably well paced without
the continual "comfort" and tea breaks that seem to waste such a lot of time on other tours. 

[Least enjoyed] I have already forwarded a letter regarding this. The time spent at Dana was too short and not as described, quote "Dana where it involves some scrambling over boulders and should be considered moderate" and also the walk was much too short; more of a very short gentle stroll. In fact writing this now I still feeled annoyed at the time wasted there,as the walking at Dana was the main reason that we booked with the Adventure Company. Trust between customer and company is important in that you need to feel confident you will experience the trip as described when booking. I understand, and appreciate, that sometimes it is easier, more time efficient to do things in a different order than described but I feel you were let down in this instance by the guide, Sam. 

A lot more time could be spent walking at Dana, ideally leaving after lunch, missing out Shabak, arriving at Little Petra say4.00 leaving at 5.00 As it is only a short journey to Wadi Musa you would still have plenty of time to wash and get a meal before Petra at Night. 
Madaba deserved more time to visit other archealogical sites which look interesting, but I am not sure where you would find the time except by making the holiday a day longer, with the added bonus of being able to have a good full days' treking at Dana.  

Rooms ok, food ok. Not 5 star but we weren't expecting that on this holiday.There was always a good choice of food for breakfast, the rooms were clean and they were generally reasonably well situated.

See previous comments and my letter regarding Dana, the only downside to what would and could have been an outstanding trip.

Mrs C - Travelled in February 2012

The visit of Petra
The night camping in the desert (Wadi Ram, could have been two nights and more deep into the desert)

In Petra we could use two full days

[Least enjoyed] The boat tour on the Red Sea (the corals and fishes are not that great there)

[Ibrahim] Very professional. Good balance between the amount the information he gave, and the free time without any talk

Mr A - travelled in December 2011

There were many highlights:
- Ibrahim, our local guide, really made the trip with his friendliness, sense of humour, attentiveness, and his extensive knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm. 
- Dana
- Petra
- (Optional) boat trip at Aqaba & the opportunity to snorkell in the Red Sea

Please see earlier comments.  Ibrahim was fantastic and the trip would not have been the same without him. 

Ms S - Travelled in December 2011

There was a peaceful moment in Petra, on the top Viewpoint. I was looking at the landscape, overwhelm impressed, then the Bedouin at my back, said: “Beautiful, would you like a tea?” Having a tea on the top of nowhere, completely alone, near the sunset made me think. 

I didn’t like very much his tip management on our behalf.  [Moayad] 

Mrs A - travelled in November 2011

Our excellent guide whose knowledge was amazing.
Also he was such a nice man, with a gentle sense of humour.
I booked alone on to a group of 14 and teh company was excellent.

'It appeared that the hotels had been changed at the last minute in Amman and Wadi Musa (info from other travellers). This was a shame.

Fantastic - [Moayad] give the man a medal - he is a gem

Dr L - travelled in November 2011

'There were so many it is hard to choose, but definitely:
Petra (both by night and the daytime experience - just wish we'd had more daylight hours to see more!)
The day, evening and early morning in Wadi Rum - such stunning scenery and wonderful welcoming hospitality from the Bedouin.
Snorkelling in the Red Sea - fantastic coral reefs, quite the best I've seen
Waking up in the morning and seeing the view at Dana and also fabulous hospitality.  Quite the best accommodation of the whole trip, beautiful place.
Jerash - quite a surprise and very impressive.
Finally, but by no means least the company and our fantastic guide Moayad.

The hotel in Petra was a disappointment in comparison with the rest of the trip accommodation. 

This was a fabulous experience which the group collectively agreed actually exceeded most people's expectations - an amazing achievement in this day and age.  Jordan is a wonderful location offering a vast array of different experiences, it is just a shame that people are staying away when there really is no security problem, quite the opposite, felt safer there than most places I have visited.

Moayad was quite the best trip leader I have ever come across.  He was polite, punctual, sociable, always willing to answer our questions and very flexible.  His outstanding knowledge of his country, its history and customs was second to none.  It became a challenge to find something, he didn't know the answer to!  The catch phrase became 'Mo knows!' Moayad also went the extra mile to find us good restaurants in what should have been his private time and alter the itinerary to fit our delayed arrival and personal preferences, thus providing a much smoother flow than was envisaged by the original itinerary.  His obvious enthusiasm and love for his country and its rich history was infectious.  I cannot fault him.

Mrs H - travelled in November 2011