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What a Week in Jordan Actually Cost Us (Real Numbers)

By Vastrails | June 11, 2026 | Updated June 11, 2026 | 2 min read

This is what our six-day trip to Jordan actually cost — not a rough estimate, not a copy-pasted “average,” but the real numbers we paid per person. Prices are in USD, converted from what we spent in 2026, and rounded to the nearest dollar. Your trip will look different depending on the season, how you travel, and how much you eat at hotel restaurants — but this should give you a realistic anchor.

At a glance:

Approximate total per person for a 6-day Jordan trip from Cyprus: ~$810. That covers flights, all accommodation, the Jordan Pass, a Wadi Rum jeep tour, food, transfers, and small extras. Full breakdown below.

What We Paid (Per Person)

CategoryCost (USD)Notes
Flights$40Ryanair Paphos ↔ Amman, booked early
Jordan Pass (Wadi Rum option)$99Covers visa + Petra + 40+ sites
Amman hotel$451 night, Mena Tyche Hotel
Wadi Rum desert camp$1351 night at Memories Aicha incl. dinner
Dead Sea resort$2302 nights at Hilton Dead Sea Resort & Spa
Wadi Rum 3-hour jeep tour$35Booked through the camp
Stargazing experience$25Optional, worth it
Inter-city transfers$80Private driver between regions
Food & water$80Mix of street food + hotel meals
Local SIM (Zain)$15Picked up at Amman airport
Tips, entries & small extras$25Bedouin tea stops, tips, ATM fee
Total per person~$810Two travellers sharing rooms

What We’d Budget Extra For

Add a buffer for these:

If we did this trip again, we’d add roughly $80–120 per person on top — a second night in Wadi Rum (one is not enough), one more sit-down meal somewhere memorable, and a longer Petra day. Skipping a single tour to save $30 isn’t worth missing the experience.

Where We Booked

These are the exact properties we stayed at, in the order we used them. The links are our Stay22 partner links — clicking through doesn’t change your price, and it helps us keep writing breakdowns like this one.

How To Use This Breakdown

Read the full Jordan story for the why behind each choice — which nights we shortened, which we wish we’d extended, and the operators we contacted before booking. The Plan This Trip box in the sidebar has the same three booking links if you want to copy our route.

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Cost Breakdown

Approx total per person for our 6-day Jordan trip: ~$810. Full breakdown in the article.

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We are a couple from Cyprus publishing practical destination research focused on real costs and trusted operators.