How to Get to Petra
From Amman, Aqaba, Wadi Rum
By Bus, Taxi or Private Transfer
"So how to get to Petra?"
Most of the foreign visitors of Petra arrive to the two international airports, the ferry station or the Wadi Araba border crossing in Aqaba and this is their most common question.
From Amman to Petra
Scheduled, Air-conditoned Buses
JETT Bus leaves from Abdali in Amman at 6.30h and arrives to Petra around 10.30h.
It runs back on the same day at 16.00h. Tel: +962 6 566 4146. Ticket costs 8 JD each direction.
Daily Bus Tours by JETT
There is a daily bus tour to Petra offerd by JETT. The buses leave from 7th Circle in Amman at 8.00h and depart from Petra back to Amman at 18.00h.
The ticket costs 45 JD and includes round trip transportation by new modern air conditioned buses, a bottle of water, Petra map, Jordan map and easy info guide translator for the following languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Spanish.
Price does NOT include Petra entrance tickets, local guide or horse/camel/donkey rides.
Public minibuses
Public minibuses to Wadi Musa leave from Mujamaaa Janobi station from 9.00h untill 16.00h and from Wadi Musa to Amman from 6.00h till 13:00h. Ticket costs JD 5.
Taxi from Amman to Petra
Taxi fare from downtown Amman and from the Queen Alia Airport to Petra is around 80 JD.
From Aqaba to Petra
Public minibuses
You can catch a public minibus to Wadi Musa from the bus station in the downtown, next to the Aqaba Police Station.
There are 5 buses a day (no buses on Friday), the first one comes in around 6.00h and leaves when it's full. Don't expect a written schedule. The journey takes around 1.5-2 hours. The ticket is JD 5.
Regular and service taxis from Aqaba to Petra
White service taxis leave from the same place as the minibuses and they take you to Wadi Musa for JD 30. They take up to 4 people in one car.
If you want to come back to Aqaba on the same day you can also hire a regular green Aqaba taxis to take you to Petra from anywhere in the city or even from the Israeli border (Wadi Araba or Arava crossing between Aqaba and Eilat). Budget apprx. JD 80 for a day-trip.
From Wadi Rum to Petra
Bus
There is a daily bus service between Petra and Wadi Rum: the bus leaves from Wadi Musa bus station at 6.00h in the morning and picks up tourists from various hotels in Wadi Musa - ask your hotel to arrange it for you the day before or call the driver at
079 5235257 to book your place. The capacity of the bus is 27 people.
After arriving to the Wadi Rum Visitor Center it picks up new passangers here (and also from the Rest House in Rum village) and departs for Petra at around 8.30h. The bus fare is 5 JD one way.
Taxi from Wadi Rum to Petra
If you missed the bus or want to go to Petra in the afternoon, you can try to get a taxi at the Visitor Center where they bring passengers to.
You can also ask your desert guide to call one for you. Try not to pick green Aqaba taxis as they would probably charge you more than the taxis coming from Petra (yellow). The taxi fare should be around 35 JD.
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