Coming through Jordan is one of two optional routes to visiting Palestine, the other being to travel through Israel. If you want to visit Jordan before you come to Palestine, this option is perfect one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Middle East.
How is the Route to Palestine via Jordan?
Travelling to Palestine through the Allenby Bridge (King Hussein Bridge) is something you should prepare for before your arrival in Jordan.
The journey from Queen Alia international airport in Amman-Jordan to the border is roughly an hour and will cost you approximately 30 Jordanian Dinar (JD). A taxi will take you straight from the airport to the border (the Bridge) so you don’t have to enter Amman unless you want to visit Jordan for a couple of days, in which case the city is also easily accessible via taxi.
Once at the border, the basic procedures are clear, but if you carry a foreign passport make sure you ask for directions to the foreign passport checkpoint, and out of the two buses that take you to the Israeli border, make sure you board the one for foreign passengers.
If you don’t know where this is located, you can ask any person around you. Once on the bus, it can take up to 40 minutes to get from the Jordanian checkpoint to the Israeli one, depending on how long it takes to fill the bus up and the drive over the bridge.
Once you arrive at the Israeli border, collect your baggage and follow the crowd or ask for directions to where you can get your bag tagged, ready for it to be taken away and checked. You will again have to go through basic border control procedures and passport checking, where you may or may not be asked to wait for your details to be verified.
Your crossing might be held for a number of reasons, and the staff at the Israeli border control are not always too keen on explaining why so it is best not to ask and instead wait it out. Most delays are nothing to worry about as long as you are honest, polite, and obey instructions.
After you leave the border, you can catch another bus to the Palestinian border, which is very small and straightforward. A shared taxi from there will take you to Jerusalem or any other Palestinian city. It’s a long process but it will provide you with a crucial insight into what every-day Palestinians must go through to enter their country.
