Private driver AMM - Dead Sea - Petra
Feb 18, 2018, 9:53 am
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Private driver AMM - Dead Sea - Petra
I've been scouring the web and only found overpriced transfer services, or read about the possibility of a taxi from AMM airport to Petra. Renting a car is not an option.
Arriving at AMM with the QR flight at noon, and need to be in Petra that night. The plan is to spend a couple of hours at the Dead Sea, and then maybe see some sights along the way.
Has anyone any experience with this? Are taxi drivers at the airport willing to do this? Can one use Uber for the same? Obviously the driver needs to be reliable, but I don't fancy paying $200 for a pre-arranged "tour".
I guess my worst case scenario if I don't pre-arrange something is to take a taxi to the Dead Sea and another taxi to Petra afterwards - it would be good to have some advice from someone else who has done something similar. Thanks!
Arriving at AMM with the QR flight at noon, and need to be in Petra that night. The plan is to spend a couple of hours at the Dead Sea, and then maybe see some sights along the way.
Has anyone any experience with this? Are taxi drivers at the airport willing to do this? Can one use Uber for the same? Obviously the driver needs to be reliable, but I don't fancy paying $200 for a pre-arranged "tour".
I guess my worst case scenario if I don't pre-arrange something is to take a taxi to the Dead Sea and another taxi to Petra afterwards - it would be good to have some advice from someone else who has done something similar. Thanks!
Feb 19, 2018, 7:53 am
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The route you propose is a 4 to 5 hour drive in addition to whatever sightseeing you plan to do. Then 3 more hours for the driver to take the highway back to Amman after he drops you off. If there's a reliable company offering this for $200, that sounds like a pretty reasonable deal to me.
Feb 19, 2018, 8:17 am
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We paid $160 for a car and driver from the Marriott Jordan Valley to Aqaba, a roughly similar distance but with no sightseeing en route, less than a year ago. They were arranged for by a Jordanian guide who knew the going rate and assured us they would be reliable. (They were.) I'd say that makes $200 with a two-hour stop sound about right.
Nov 13, 2019, 3:05 pm
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Nov 22, 2019, 12:24 pm
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He is a dentist in Amman who speaks excellent English. His wife is Russian, and has a travel agency in Amman, so he personally gives the English speakers the tours. He also can give you an excellent tour of Amman too, as he's very passionate about both.
Edit: he can also do same day veneers in his office 😁
Nov 24, 2019, 10:11 am
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Look up @visitpetra on Instagram, or email [email protected]
He is a dentist in Amman who speaks excellent English. His wife is Russian, and has a travel agency in Amman, so he personally gives the English speakers the tours. He also can give you an excellent tour of Amman too, as he's very passionate about both.
Edit: he can also do same day veneers in his office 😁
He is a dentist in Amman who speaks excellent English. His wife is Russian, and has a travel agency in Amman, so he personally gives the English speakers the tours. He also can give you an excellent tour of Amman too, as he's very passionate about both.
Edit: he can also do same day veneers in his office 😁