Jordan Travel Guide: Petra, Wadi Rum, and the Dead Sea 📚 This guide is based on thorough research from official tourism and government sources rather than a personal visit. Written by Debarun Sana. ⚠️ Current U.S. Travel Advisory: Level 3 — Reconsider Travel As of this writing, the U.S. State Department has Jordan at Level 3 — Reconsider Travel, raised in March 2026 following the outbreak of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, which brought an ongoing threat of drone and missile activity to the region and disruptions to commercial flights. Non-emergency U.S. embassy staff and their families were ordered to leave at that time, and the embassy has since resumed only limited consular services by appointment. Several specific border areas (near Syria and Iraq) and a small number of cities carry a higher Level 4 designation. Tourist hubs — Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum, the Dead Sea, and Aqaba — are not among the areas under the highest-level warning, and Jordan...