DAY 3 SALT – BETHANY – DEAD SEA – AMMAN CITY
After breakfast at hotel – The day begins with a visit to the Anglican School for the Deaf in the city of Salt. Some time to visit some of the classrooms, meet with the staff and pupils and learn about the work of this remarkable institution. Driving into the valley we visit The site of John the Baptist’s settlement at Bethany beyond the Jordan. For almost two millennia, this area which extends along the east bank of the Jordan River, opposite Jericho, has been known to be the place where Jesus Christ was baptized by John. But, in 1996, stunning archaeological discoveries identified the exact site where John had been living and carrying out his baptisms, as Bethany Beyond the Jordan. The Bible (John 10:40) refers to this place when, after being threatened with stoning in Jerusalem “Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days”. Continue to the Dead Sea hotel where there will be the opportunity to float in the therapeutic waters. Dead Sea is over 400 meters (1,312 ft.) below sea level. The lowest point on the face of the earth, this vast, stretch of water receives a number of incoming rivers, including the River Jordan. Once the waters reach the Dead Sea they are land-locked and have nowhere to go, so they evaporate, leaving behind a dense, rich, cocktail of salts and minerals that supply industry, agriculture and medicine with some of its finest products. Then drive back to Amman (Biblical Philadelphia), a Decapolis city, a brief visit to the citadel and archaeological museum and view the theatre and the Tour in the capital city will also include walking tour downtown with testing of felyafel snack followed by panoramic tour of the new modern parts of Amman. Back to hotel in Amman for overnight (B)