All of the luxury hotels and a number of the budget and backpacker haunts have links with travel agents and can arrange guided tours of Amman by private car or group tours by bus. This also applies to cultural tours to historic sites like Jerash, the desert castles, Jesus Christ's baptism site and Petra, walking tours of Dana or the other wildlife and nature reserves of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature and diving trips to the Red Sea.

Good operators include Abercrombie & Kent Jordan (tel: (06) 566 5465; website: www.akdmc.com) and Jordan Circle Tours (tel: (06) 464 3017; website: www.jct.com.jo). In addition, Saleem Ali and his family operate Jordan Tracks (tel: 07964 82801; website: www.jordantracks.com), the only Bedouin-owned tourist agency in Jordan. Based in Wadi Rum they can organise guided tours and excursions throughout the country and specialist overnight visits to stay with the Bedouin of Wadi Rum.