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Jordan family holiday

COUNTRY:
Jordan
LOCATION:
Petra and Wadi Rum
DEPARTURES:
2012: 18 Feb, 31 Mar, 7 Apr, 26 May, 2 Jun, 21 Jul, 13 Oct, 20 Oct, 27 Oct
2013: 9 Feb, 16 Feb, 23 Mar, 30 Mar, 6 Apr, 25 May, 20 Jul, 19 Oct, 26 Oct
PRICE:
From £1169 - £1349 (9 days) including UK flights
MORE INFO:
From £699 - £719 excluding flights. From £1099 - £1239 per child.
VOUCHERS:
Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday
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Jordan family holiday

How this holiday makes a difference

Throughout your holiday you'll be staying in locally owned hotels, and this combined with using outstanding local guides ensures money goes directly back into local communities.

You'll also be staying with a local Bedouin family in Wadi Rum, and all money paid at archaeological sites is used for restoration and maintenance of these beautiful historic treasures.

We have at our UK offices worked to reduce our carbon footprint through a reduction of energy use and energy conservation measures. We also actively reduce the waste produced by having active reduction and recycling policies in place. We run annual staff workshops on Responsible Tourism.

Global warming is a reality and to help you make a difference by reducing the carbon dioxide that is produced when you travel we offer a chance to carbon balance your flights. We encourage all our clients to do this and do so for all our staff travel. Go on do your bit!

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Story of the holiday provider

This tour operator was the first to get access to China over 30 years ago and the first to take a truck to Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side. They have since expanded into 91 countries. Their product is driven by their clients because they listen to feedback and have to constantly evolve to provide a greater experience and better value. The exclusive centres they use have been grown organically and are often owned by ex-leaders. The holidays remain innovative, though you will now be travelling in a Mercedes 16-seater sprinter coach rather than a rusty old Bedford overland truck.

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Jordan family holiday
Jordan family holiday

Jordan family holiday

Reviewed 05 Sep 2008 by Colin McCulloch4 star rating


1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?


Many different things, but camel riding in the desert of Wadi Rum is probably the top one.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?


If you can afford the time, try to have some extra days in Jordan before or (better) after the organised tour, to see some other things, especially country areas and nature reserves, not possible to fit into the 1-week tour. If you are not constrained to go in the summer, spring time is probably better for less-hot weather and more greenery and flowers; or failing that, autumn.


3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


1) Yes: we mostly used locally-operated hotels and restaurants, not international 'chains'.
2) Not so good: but this is a problem of the local infrastructure - lack of eco-design in buildings etc (heavy use of electricity for air-conditioning, lack of passive air-con/ventilation systems and 'green buildings'). Also, it's a pity there's an emphasis on using bottled drinking water, also creating a lot of plastic waste: tap water seems perfectly clean and is safe if boiled/sterilised (eg, in tea!)

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?


We had a great time and would like to go back to see some more sometime.
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Jordan family holiday
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