2 Buffet Experiences in Jordan That Are Worth the Drive

1.Red Sea Snorkeling Boat Trip with Buffet Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 44 reviews · 4 hours · from $88Our pick

Join Aqaba Sharks Bay Divers for a four-hour Red Sea boat trip from Ayla Marina. You’ll visit two snorkeling sites, look for turtles and colorful fish, view a wreck in 6 meters of water, and eat a Jordanian buffet lunch onboard.

“This was scheduled as a snorkel trip, however it was clearly primarily a dive trip with snorkellers aboard. This made it a poor choice as the two drive sites were over fairly deep water about 20 meters and not suitable for snorkelling but good for diving. The second of the two dive sites was closer to the shore but the wind on our day made it difficult to get to the shore where the snorkelling was unless you were strong swimmers. Really unsure about safety as we seemed unsupervised for most of the time and a couple struggled. On the plus side the boat was good as well as the…”

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2.Petra Ancient City Tour and Buffet Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 6 reviews · 12 hours · from $293

Leave your Eilat hotel for Petra, cross into Jordan with help from the local team, and enter through the Siq canyon. Your English-speaking guide leads you past tombs, flood defenses, rock carvings, the Treasury, Street of Facades, and Theater, followed by a buffet lunch.

“Eine lange Fahrt für 2 3/4 Stunden vor Ort. Petra ist aber wirklich toll! Das Essen war gut und reichlich. Im Bus gab es 0,5 l Wasser pro Person gratis und im Restaurant nochmal 1,5 l für uns vier gratis. Man sollte also genug zu trinken mitnehmen. Eine Eintagestour lohnt sich nur von Eilat aus. Von Betlehem oder Tel Aviv sollte man auf jeden Fall eine Tour mit Übernachtung buchen. Wir hatten Mitreisende, die um 2 Uhr nachts von Tel Aviv gestartet sind und gegen 23:30 Uhr wieder ankommen sollten. Und das für die knapp 3 Stunden Petra. Von Eilat aus ging es um 07:45 Uhr los und wir waren…”

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