10 Apr 2023
Petra was as impressive as expected. It has to be experienced to appreciate the beauty and history. We were unfortunately only able to a walk a portion of it as a 1 day tour has it's limits.
Our trip was based out of Eilat and crossed into Jordan at the Aqaba crossing. Pick up at our hotel was well coordinated and got us to the border in good time. You are required to walk across the border. There was a disconnect on the Jordan side with our transfer agent who wasn't around when our group arrived and part of our group was also late joining us. In all it ended up costing us nearly an hour of our limited day. There were also unexpected additional costs (apparently it said there would be additional costs on the package info but none of the group had seen it). Make sure you have additional cash with you ($US or credit) or you won't be getting in or out of Jordan!
Once assembled the vehicle taking us to Petra and the on board travel guide were great. Return crossing back into Israel was much simpler. It is one of the most memorable parts of tour which was based in Israel.