A day driving along the Kings Highway from Amman, to Petra and then to Aqaba offers you the opportunity to see the most spectacular natural scenery in the Middle East, as well as various ancient sites from a variety of historical periods.

The Kings Highway is the oldest continuously used road in the world. It winds its way through the different ecological zones of the country, including forested highlands, open farmland plateaus, deep ravines, the edge of the eastern desert, and the warm tropical Gulf of Aqaba. At each side of this highway, archaeological sites that read like an index of ancient history are found. The highway passes Madaba, Mount Nebo, Machaerus, Wadi Mujib, Karak, Shobak and Petra.