Hotels in Wadi Musa, near Petra
Where to stay near Petra: Wadi Musa, the town around the Petra Visitor Center, and when a night there beats a day tour from Amman (Petra by Night, a second Petra day). Room searches by area. November 2026.
Wadi Musa is the town around the Petra Visitor Center, and it is where you stay if you want to be at Petra when it opens or still there after dark. None of the Petra and Wadi Rum tours on this site sleep there: the day tours drive back to Amman, and the 2-day tours spend their night in a camp in Wadi Rum. If you would rather not plan the nights at all, Jordan Private Tours and Travel’s Amman: Petra, Wadi Rum, and Dead Sea 2-Day Tour, from US$275 a person (checked November 2026), books the Wadi Rum night for you.
The calendar above is the 2-day tour; for one adult the shared option with a deluxe tent cost US$399 on the November, January and March dates read.
When a night in Wadi Musa is worth it
- Petra by Night. It starts at 8:30 PM, Sunday to Thursday, and no tour from Amman stays for it. See Petra by Night.
- A second day in Petra. The two-day ticket is 55 JD against 50 JD for one day, for visitors staying overnight in Jordan (Visit Petra, November 2026). The Monastery is about 5.7 km along the paths from the Visitor Centre, so a second day leaves room for it.
- Opening time. In winter the site opens at 06:30 (2 October 2026 to 1 March 2027); in summer at 06:00 (Visit Petra, November 2026). From Amman, the day tours arrive around three hours after they leave.
- Driving yourself. From Amman it is about 238 km by road to Petra’s Visitor Centre, and about 105 km more to Wadi Rum.
How it fits with the tours
A Wadi Musa night and a tour do not combine neatly: the tours on this site start in Amman or Aqaba. If you sleep in Wadi Musa you visit Petra on your own, with your ticket and, if you want one, a licensed guide booked at the Visitor Center. The Wadi Rum part can then come on your way south.
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Petra and Wadi Rum Tours with Open Dates
Day tours and 2-day tours with live availability. Pickup, what is included and the cancellation terms show before you book.
Or Let the Tour Book the Night
Jordan Private Tours and Travel's 2-day tour from Amman includes a night at a Bedouin camp in Wadi Rum with dinner and breakfast, after a day at Petra.
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