What better way to have a true local experience than eating in Petra in a local home, sitting down and enjoying Jordanian food with the family. Receiving guests brings great honour in the Jordanian culture and you will experience the genuine warmth and welcome that your host bestows on you. Eating in Petra with a local family will allow you to taste the love and pride that Jordanian food is cooked with, not only filling your stomachs but also your hearts.
Your local English speaking host will meet you at your accommodation, or arranged meeting point, and accompany you to the location of your eating in Petra experience.
On arrival you will meet your host family and enjoy eating in Petra with them.
You will sit down with the family and eat until you think you are full. Only your host will insist that you eat more! When eating in Petra, ‘Al-ḥamdu lillāh’ is a phrase you will want to remember, as saying this when your host is insisting you eat yet another serving will save your very satisfied stomach. You will be met with the response of ‘Sahtein’ (to your health) from your host.
Eating in Petra is not complete without a cup of local tea, this will be served to finish off the experience. Your local host will then arrange for you to go back to your accommodation.
Eating in Petra – Local Cuisine Experience takes approximately 2 hours.
We let your host family decide the menu for the evening but here is an example of some of the delicious food you may come across – feel free to make any requests, we will do our best to accommodate.
Maglooba: Literally translating to mean “Upside Down” this delicious dish is made with layers of Chicken, vegetables and rice in a saucepan. To serve the saucepan is turned upside down so that the chicken is now on top and the rice on the bottom. No one can refuse a second helping! (Can be made with no chicken upon request).
Seneyah: A favourite home-cooked meal of marinated chicken and vegetables that is cooked in the oven . 
Mansaf: No trip to Jordan is complete without trying the national Dish of mansaf. Chicken is cooked in a sauce made from reconstituted dried yoghurt and served with boiled rice and shrak bread
Allergies – please make us aware of any allergies when booking your meal.
Included in your Eco Experience:
- Eating in Petra, lunch or dinner freshly prepared by a local family inside the home of a local family, including coffee, Jordanian tea, soft drinks and dessert
- Organization/ booking fee.
Not included in your experience:
- Other meals and drinks not mentioned above.
- Transfers to/from the location of your eating in Petra experience, to/from an agreed meeting point in Wadi Musa.
- Tips
- Personal expenses.
