Best Tours to Petra from Tel Aviv
Best Tours to Petra from Tel Aviv
How much costs a tour to Petra from Tel Aviv?
The price of an one day tour to Petra from Tel Aviv is $200 per person (not including the border fees and the visa fees) plus 112 NIS (about $35) for a round trip by Egged bus from Tel Aviv to Eilat and back. We will pick you up from Eilat central bus station, and drop you off back at Eilat central bus station.
Another option is to book a Petra Tour from Tel Aviv for $300 per person (not including the border fees and the visa fees) from your hotel in Tel Aviv or from some online agency, without knowing which is the tour operator that will actually operate the tour. You’ll take a taxi in the middle of the night from your hotel in Tel Aviv to a meeting point in Tel Aviv, where you’ll wait for your transfer bus. you will spend about 4.5 hours in a drive from Tel Aviv to Eilat, about 1.5 hours in crossing the border and 2 hours drive from the border to Petra. You will have about 2 hours in Petra, and than return back to Tel Aviv through Eilat spending about another 6.5 hours in a bus (not including the time at the border crossing and the waiting time), arriving to Tel Aviv late in night, and then find a taxi that will take you from the dropping point in Tel Aviv back to your hotel in Tel-Aviv.
Both options don’t look very appealing. Although, the first option is cheaper, and at least you will know with which tour operator you travel.
How to travel to Petra from Tel Aviv?
The best way to travel to Petra from Tel Aviv is first to arrive to Eilat. You can arrive to Eilat from Tel Aviv by Egged bus or by Arkia/Israir flight.
Please avoid shady shuttle companies that offer you uncertain transfers ftom Tel Aviv to Eilat. The only reliable bus company that operate guaranteed transfers from Tel-Aviv to Eilat is Egged.
Yet, we don’t recommend to drive from Tel Aviv to Eilat overnight. If you choose to arrive from Tel Aviv to Eilat by Egged bus, then we recommend you to book our tour to Petra with overnight in Aqaba. We will pick you up from Eilat central bs station, transfer you to Aqaba where you will have hotel with dinner, and on the following day join our group tour to Petra.
In case that you have just one day, then the best thing to do is to book the 06:30am flight from Tel Aviv to Eilat and the 21:00 flight from Eilat to Tel Aviv. We can pick you up from the airport in Eilat to Petra Tour, and drop you off at the airport in Eilat after the tour.
There are companies that offer you a tour to Petra from Tel Aviv including transfers from Tel Aviv to Eilat and back to Tel-Aviv. However, these tours are not guaranteed. Also, you will be picked up from a meeting point (not from your hotel) in Tel Aviv around 03:00am at night, travel to Petra in a bus with about 50 passengers and arrive to Petra very tired for a mere two hours tour, then return back to Tel Aviv arround 02:00am at night.
It’s much better to plan your tour properly with Mantis Tours by using flights or a bus with overnight in Aqaba. So, you will really enjoy your Petra Tour in our relatively small groups.
