United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Kuwait
Bahrain
Oman
Iraq
Turkey
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Morocco
Tunisia
Algeria
Libya
Sudan
Al Rahwan is a Shipping Company from Makkah to Jordan that collects your luggage, gifts, cartons, household furniture and car from any district in Umm Al-Qura, then carries them north in a closed truck through Madinah and Tabuk to the Al-Haditha crossing, into Jordan at the Al-Omari border centre, on toward Zarqa, Amman and the rest of the governorates. Counting from loading day to handover day, the trip takes three to five days including clearance on both sides, with prices starting at SAR 150 for a carton or suitcase up to 20 kg, SAR 1,300 for one room’s worth of furniture, and SAR 980 for a sedan loaded alongside other cars. Call 0568829975 (the same number takes WhatsApp), staffed every day from 7 am to 11 pm, while the online order form never closes.
🧭 In this guide48 sectionsShowHide
Makkah carries a demand for shipping to Jordan unlike any other city. A Jordanian pilgrim finishing umrah wants to send a prayer rug, prayer beads, Zamzam water and abayas home to family without carrying the extra weight through the airport. A resident who has worked in Al Ma’abdah or Al Aziziyah for years takes a job offer in Amman and wants the whole household moved. A trader of religious gifts in the Ajyad markets ships goods to a partner’s shop in Jordan. A Jordanian family settled in Makkah decides to go home and ships its furniture and car together. Each of them needs different handling and pays a different price, and the road that carries them all runs the same way, north through Madinah and Tabuk to the Jordanian border.
- Route: Makkah → Madinah → Tabuk → Al-Haditha crossing → Al-Omari border centre → Zarqa → Amman.
- Days: three to five days to Amman and the rest of the governorates, 24-48 hours by air.
- Post-umrah luggage: SAR 150 to start for a carton or suitcase up to 20 kg.
- Housing: one room’s furniture from SAR 1,300, a three-room flat with appliances from SAR 2,400.
- The car: SAR 980 to start for a sedan on a shared carrier, SAR 4,300 for a luxury car in a closed carrier.
- Consolidation: Jeddah shipments are folded into Makkah’s load at one gathering point before heading north.
The truck’s route from Umm Al-Qura to Amman and its stages
No Saudi land port is bigger than Al-Haditha, roughly 36–38 km from Al Qurayyat, Jordanian customs takes over at Al-Omari, roughly 135 km from there sits Zarqa, and from there a short run to Amman.
| Stage | What happens |
|---|---|
| Loading | Inventory, packing and labelling at your home or shop in Makkah, then loading into the closed truck |
| Heading north | Makkah to Madinah, where your shipment is usually consolidated with another completing load |
| Toward the border | From Madinah through Tabuk to Qurayyat governorate and the Al-Haditha crossing |
| The border | Export filed through Fasah on the Saudi side, clearance and inspection at Al-Omari on the Jordanian side |
| Inside Jordan | Al-Omari to Zarqa, then Amman or another governorate, with handover at the door |
Why does a Makkah shipment take three to five days?
The reason for the duration is not clearance at Al-Haditha, which is the same for every truck, but the length of the internal road from Makkah to the start of the northern lane, and the time a shared truck spends at consolidation points in Madinah or Tabuk to complete its load before setting off for the crossing. Whoever books a dedicated truck for a shipment alone travels without waiting to consolidate, so the time leans toward the lower end; a single carton waits for the load to fill up, which is also why its price is lower.
Delays you can avoid
What stops Makkah’s shipments at the crossing yard most often is not the road itself but missing paperwork: a vague inventory that only says “personal items” instead of describing each piece, an incomplete authorisation on Fasah, a missing clear Jordanian phone number for the recipient, or a carton holding an undeclared restricted item. Al Rahwan reviews the paperwork and the inventory before loading day, not when the truck reaches the border, because this early review is what keeps the journey within three to five days.
Car shipping from Makkah to Jordan
none of diesel, tinted-glass, or over-five gets in, permanent admission into Jordan, final registration happens at the Zarqa free zone, paid for by the owner, a three-month temporary period, renewable one time, under conditions and a bank guarantee for specific cases.
| Method | Suits | From |
|---|---|---|
| Sedan on a shared carrier | An ordinary family car | SAR 980 |
| 4×4 on a shared carrier | A jeep or large family car | SAR 1,180 |
| A carrier dedicated to your car | Whoever wants a fixed departure date without waiting for a carrier to fill up | SAR 1,450 |
| Closed carrier | Luxury and classic cars | SAR 4,300 |
Papers the owner prepares before the car leaves Makkah: a valid registration card, the plates, the owner’s ID, a bank letter if the car is financed and the loan is unpaid, settlement of all recorded traffic fines, and a notarised authorisation if the person handing the car over is not its owner. The car is photographed from all four sides before handover, a small amount of fuel is left in the tank, and the odometer reading and any existing scratches are noted on the receiving form, to be compared on arrival.
Furniture and household moving from Makkah to Jordan
the clearing agent obtains a digital Fasah authorisation, operated by the Zakat and Customs Authority, to enter the export declaration through the platform, prior to the truck’s departure from Saudi soil, the inspector may check cartons against the list, past Al-Omari, Jordanian customs continues with the file.
Packing each piece the way it needs
- Fabric sofas: cloth or paper first so plastic never touches the fabric, a blanket over that, then a loose outer plastic wrap that lets the fabric breathe.
- Leather sofas: cotton blankets then plastic, with corners protected by reinforced cardboard.
- Glass tables: the glass top is separated and wrapped alone in bubble wrap and cardboard, while the wooden legs are protected with reinforced paper.
- Mirrors and paintings: flat, made-to-size cardboard boxes, loaded upright rather than lying flat.
- Dishes and glassware: each piece wrapped on its own in paper and stood upright in small cartons marked “fragile”.
- Mattresses: sealed mattress bags that keep out dust.
Dismantling kitchens, wardrobes, seating and air conditioners
Each large wardrobe comes apart panel by panel, with its screws and handles collected into a bag that carries the same number as its panel. Kitchen units are separated piece by piece, doors and drawers each wrapped on their own, and the marble or granite countertop given extra care given its weight and fragility. Majlis cushions and backrests go folded into bags, and carpets are rolled around a tube rather than folded. A qualified technician handles the wall-mounted split air-conditioning unit, drawing the gas into the outdoor unit before the pipes are disconnected, then both pieces are wrapped and put back in place after arrival in Jordan.
Shop and display furniture from Makkah’s markets
Makkah is full of religious-gift and perfume shops and pilgrim-service offices, and many of them relocate or expand into Jordan. Glass display shelving is separated and wrapped the same way as household glass tables, wooden display cabinets are dismantled and numbered like wardrobes, and sensitive display fronts get an extra layer of bubble wrap. These small commercial shipments are consolidated with Makkah’s own load, so a shop owner never needs a dedicated truck for a single display.
Pickup from Makkah’s districts
Al Rahwan collects from the door across every district of Makkah. In the districts close to the Grand Mosque, such as Al Aziziyah, Al Shawqiyah, Bat’ha Quraysh and Al Hijrah, where streets are narrower and pilgrim traffic is heavy, the household is moved by a smaller pickup from the door to a medium truck parked on a nearby main street. In wider districts such as Al Rawdah, Al Zahir, Al Nuzhah, Al Awali, Umm Al Jood and Kudai, the medium truck pulls up directly. In tower-block districts, the lift is booked ahead and the building management’s permission for loading time is secured. Nearby Jeddah shipments are folded into Makkah’s load at one gathering point before it heads north.
Cartons, luggage and post-umrah belongings from Makkah
Shipping a whole home is far from the norm out of Makkah; most requests are simply a gift carton or a suitcase once the rites are done, and Al Rahwan folds these into a shared load. Prices start at SAR 40 for a small parcel up to 2 kg, SAR 120 up to 10 kg, and SAR 150 for a carton or suitcase up to 20 kg, with every carton labelled with the recipient’s Jordanian name, phone number, governorate, city and district alongside a note of its contents. Zamzam water typically rides along by road in a pilgrim’s own personal containers, since flying liquids runs into carrier-specific conditions that vary between airlines.
Makkah’s online stores, including non-liquid perfume, prayer-rug, prayer-bead and religious-gift shops, can send their Jordanian customers’ orders by single carton or in a partial load starting at SAR 1,100, or at the per-kilo bulk road rate from SAR 7. A store that ships regularly benefits from a fixed weekly departure its customers come to expect.
A tip for a single post-umrah carton: never leave it half full, since an empty-feeling box buckles under the weight of others stacked on it. Fill it to the top without exceeding what two hands can lift, put the heaviest item at the bottom, and seal it with wide tape in an H pattern.
Commercial cargo and equipment from Makkah
A Makkah trader has three options depending on quantity: a partial load (LTL) on a shared truck for a few pallets or cartons of goods, starting at SAR 1,100 and calculated further by weight or volume; a full dedicated truck (FTL) booked just for one shipment, starting at SAR 2,450 for transport alone; and a single commercial pallet from SAR 600. Heavy machinery and equipment are not priced until their weight and dimensions are known, after which an itemised quote follows.
A trader is asked for what an individual is not: a copy of the commercial registration, a sales invoice, a packing list describing the contents of each parcel, the Jordanian importer’s details, and a certificate of origin when customs requires one. Sea containers are for commercial goods only, and the nearest loading point for a Makkah trader is the nearby Jeddah Islamic Port, since sea transport here is a limited secondary option offered only for very large containers by prior arrangement, while road through Al-Haditha remains the main route for everything else. A 20-foot container starts at SAR 4,800, and a 40-foot container at SAR 8,100.
Official and mission shipments from Makkah
Al Rahwan also handles shipments for official bodies and pilgrim-service offices moving from Makkah to Jordan, such as awareness materials or a representative office’s belongings, under paperwork similar to commercial goods, with prior coordination on handover timing and the receiving body in Jordan.
Air freight from Makkah to Jordan
Air freight suits what cannot wait days on the road: official papers, certified documents, prescription medicine, or a gift with a near deadline. The parcel reaches Queen Alia International Airport near Amman in 24 to 48 hours, flown from the nearest airport with an available route, and the closest to Makkah is King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah. The air rate starts at SAR 30 per kilo on chargeable weight, the higher of actual and volumetric weight. Volumetric weight is found by multiplying the three dimensions in centimetres and dividing by 6000; a carton measuring 50 × 40 × 30 cm comes to 10 kg volumetric, and if its actual weight is less than that, the charge is based on the volumetric figure.
For this reason, a large, light carton is better sent by road than flown; leave air freight for the small, heavy and urgent. Liquids such as Zamzam water and oud oil are accepted by air only under the carrier’s own conditions.
Prices for shipping from Makkah to Jordan
Curious what a shipment from Makkah to Jordan will run you? The table ahead lines up every opening price according to shipment type, though each is only a starting figure — your actual quote will be shaped by the genuine inventory, the Jordanian governorate involved, and the service tier chosen.
| Shipment type | From |
|---|---|
| Small parcel up to 2 kg | SAR 40 |
| Parcel up to 10 kg | SAR 120 |
| Carton or suitcase up to 20 kg | SAR 150 |
| Per kilo by road (bulk) | SAR 7 |
| Per kilo by air (chargeable) | SAR 30 |
| One room’s furniture | SAR 1,300 |
| Small flat (two rooms, majlis and kitchen) | SAR 1,450 |
| Three-room flat with appliances | SAR 2,400 |
| Villa or full house | SAR 3,900 |
| Partial load on a shared truck | SAR 1,100 |
| Dedicated closed truck (transport only) | SAR 2,450 |
| Sedan on a shared carrier | SAR 980 |
| 4×4 on a shared carrier | SAR 1,180 |
| Car on a dedicated carrier | SAR 1,450 |
| Luxury car in a closed carrier | SAR 4,300 |
| Commercial pallet | SAR 600 |
| 20-foot container | SAR 4,800 |
| 40-foot container | SAR 8,100 |
Anything without a fixed price, such as a wooden crate, dismantling an AC unit, storage, insurance, heavy equipment or a single large appliance, is quoted after a free survey. Al Rahwan runs offers most of the time, so ask when you book.
Sample calculations for shipments leaving Makkah
- A pilgrim with post-umrah luggage: two suitcases up to 20 kg each: 2 × SAR 150 = from SAR 300.
- An employee moving a flat and a car: a three-room flat with appliances plus a sedan on a shared carrier: SAR 2,400 + SAR 980 = SAR 3,380.
- A family moving a full villa with two 4x4s: SAR 3,900 + SAR 1,180 + SAR 1,180 = SAR 6,260.
- A gift shop shipping a few commercial pallets: one pallet from SAR 600.
None of the figures above is final; each is a starting point from the price table, while the actual quote follows the real inventory, lift access at both the Makkah end and the Jordanian end, the governorate of delivery, and whether dismantling, reassembly, wooden crating or storage are required. Ask for a shipping quote directly for an itemised number.
Transit time from every Saudi city to Jordan
The duration is not the same across the Kingdom; the city you ship from decides how long the internal road is before reaching the Al-Haditha crossing. The table below places Makkah among the Kingdom’s other cities, for anyone wondering why the timings differ:
| City of origin | Duration to Amman and the rest of Jordan |
|---|---|
| Tabuk | One to two days |
| Riyadh and Qassim | 3-4 days |
| Makkah, Jeddah, Madinah and Taif | 3-5 days |
| Dammam and Al Ahsa | 4-5 days |
| Khamis Mushait | 5-7 days |
| A car from any city | Roughly the same as that city’s own duration |
| Air freight from any city | 24-48 hours |
Road or air from Makkah?
| Method | Duration from Makkah | Suits | Does not suit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road via the Al-Haditha crossing | 3-5 days to Amman | Furniture, cars, cartons and commercial goods | Urgent paperwork |
| Air | 24-48 hours | Light, urgent parcels and documents | Furniture, heavy quantities and liquids |
| Sea by container | Per the shipping schedule from Jeddah | Full-container commercial goods only | Household furniture and small shipments |
Documents needed for shipping from Makkah to Jordan
| Shipment type | Documents |
|---|---|
| Personal effects and household furniture | a person’s papers start with passport and ID, a contents list written in both languages, a clearing agent’s Fasah authorisation, and complete details for whoever receives it in Jordan. |
| Cartons and gifts for personal use | Your residency or ID, a note of each carton’s contents, and the recipient’s name and Jordanian number |
| Commercial goods | Commercial registration, a commercial invoice, a packing list, a certificate of origin on request, and the Jordanian importer’s details |
| A car | The registration card, the plates, the owner’s ID, a bank letter if financed, settled traffic fines, and an authorisation if the sender is not the owner |
Customs on both sides: from Fasah to the Al-Haditha crossing
the clearing agent receives an electronic Fasah authorisation, operated by the Zakat and Customs Authority, to complete the export declaration online, prior to the truck leaving Saudi soil, one or two cartons might be opened there, the file moves to Jordanian customs once past Al-Omari.
no less than a year abroad is required first, wrapped up with a certified official paper, limited to once per lifetime, a second stay means a five-year wait, a partial waiver completes in six months, 10 dinars.
What is not allowed from Makkah and what needs declaring
drugs, weapons or ammunition are never loaded, neither counterfeit goods nor restricted publications are accepted, CB radios and the like need advance clearance, alcohol stays limited to a simple personal quantity, fresh produce, meat and dairy need agriculture’s clearance, customs offices on each side keep final judgment.
Insurance, tracking and storage from Makkah
Insurance on the declared value
Nobody is required to take insurance — it is simply available on request when booking, priced against the value you declare for your belongings together with the photographed inventory. Snap a photo of each valuable item before packing and write its rough value beside it on the list.
Four tracking updates
Four notifications reach you by phone and WhatsApp: on loading in Makkah, when the truck reaches the Al-Haditha crossing, once it has entered Jordan, and at final handover.
Storage before or after the trip
A gap between leaving Makkah and moving into a ready home in Jordan is easily bridged by storage, booked either on the Saudi side before departure or on the Jordanian side after arrival, with its cost worked out from a survey covering volume and how long it is needed.
Booking steps with Al Rahwan from Makkah
- Get in touch: call 0568829975 or message on WhatsApp, or place an online order, mentioning your district in Makkah, the Jordanian governorate and what you are shipping.
- Survey: free, in person or by video, followed by an initial inventory.
- Quote: itemised by transport, packing, dismantling and reassembly, and any extra service.
- Paperwork: preparing the Fasah authorisation and the recipient’s Jordanian details.
- Payment: a deposit to lock the date, with the balance due after loading.
- Loading: packing, labelling and stacking, then signing off on the inventory.
- Transit and tracking: updates at every stage up to the border and inside Jordan.
- Delivery: unloading, placing, reassembly and checking the inventory before you sign.
Should you be present on loading day? It is preferable, to sign off on the inventory and see the packing done, but if you cannot, authorising someone to stand in for you is enough. If your belongings sit at more than one address, such as the family home and a shop in another district, pickup from two or more addresses is possible and arranged in the quote.
Delivery across Jordan’s twelve governorates from Makkah
Al Rahwan delivers to every governorate in Jordan, with handover at the door rather than a distant warehouse.
| Governorate | Note |
|---|---|
| Amman | The capital and the most requested destination |
| Zarqa | The first major city after the Al-Omari centre |
| Irbid | In the north, relatively close to the crossing route |
| Balqa (Salt) | Close to Amman |
| Madaba | South of Amman |
| Karak | Further south, usually adding a day to handover |
| Tafilah | Further south still |
| Ma’an | Far to the south |
| Aqaba | The furthest governorate south |
| Mafraq | Close to the northern crossing route |
| Jerash | North of Amman |
| Ajloun | Northwest Jordan |
How is the real cost of your Makkah shipment worked out?
The final price is never one fixed figure; it is a sum of elements: actual versus volumetric weight for air freight, the size of a piece rather than its weight for furniture since a large piece takes up more truck space than its weight suggests, the target Jordanian governorate, extra services such as wooden crates and AC dismantling, and a dedicated truck instead of a shared one. It is lowered by clearing out old pieces before the survey, accepting a shared truck’s schedule, and consolidating small items into equal-sized cartons instead of loose bags. Request a detailed shipping quote to get the exact figure after a survey.
The cheapest way to ship from Makkah to Jordan
Nothing beats road freight on a shared truck for cost, especially with a flexible date that lets your load join others heading the same way. Cartons should be packed up to 20 kg each rather than shipped half full. Furniture you no longer want is better sold or donated before the survey, since every piece included takes up room and adds to the bill. A shared carrier for a car costs noticeably less than a dedicated one whenever time is not pressing. Save air freight for the small items that genuinely cannot wait.
The difference between shipping a household and shipping furniture from Makkah
Whoever ships a household is moving an entire home with everything in it, kitchen, seating, appliances and loose cartons, so the price is set by the type of housing, a room, a flat or a villa. Whoever ships furniture is usually moving specific valuable pieces, such as a glass display cabinet or an old desk, so these pieces are given heavier packing and wooden crates when needed rather than being folded into a flat housing price. Al Rahwan always asks about the nature of the shipment before quoting, because the difference between the two cases changes both the packing and the price.
Common mistakes when shipping from Makkah to Jordan
- A vague inventory: writing “personal items” instead of describing each piece delays clearance on both sides.
- Liquids in cartons: large quantities of Zamzam water or oud oil can hold a carton up for inspection if undeclared.
- Items left inside the car: the car ships empty, and anything left inside it can hold it up at the border.
- Forgetting the lift: not booking a building lift in Amman stretches out delivery day.
- Putting off traffic fines: a car with unpaid fines gets delayed in its export paperwork.
- A promise with no margin: never tie the start of a new job in Jordan to the shortest possible transit time.
How do you choose a shipping company from Makkah to Jordan?
Three questions are worth asking any company before you pay: which route carries my shipment, and for what reason; who oversees clearance on Fasah and at the Al-Omari crossing centre; and who reassembles the furniture once it reaches Jordan? A company able to answer plainly on the crossing, the duration and the required documents, and willing to price by itemised quote after an actual survey with a signed inventory, is one that truly knows this route. A phone quote given without a question about floor access or piece count, or an overly optimistic timeline, tends to end in an unwelcome difference at delivery.
The reverse direction: from Jordan to Makkah
Al Rahwan also ships from Jordan to Makkah along the same route, for a Jordanian who has taken a job in Makkah, or a Jordanian family sending a resident son’s belongings to his accommodation there. The paperwork reverses: export from Jordan and clearance on the Saudi side.
Why do people in Makkah choose Al Rahwan for shipping to Jordan?
- A known route: Al Rahwan runs your shipment north through Madinah and Tabuk to the Al-Haditha crossing with repeated experience on this lane.
- Door pickup: from any district in Makkah, with nearby Jeddah consolidated in.
- Paperwork before the border: the authorisation, the inventory and the recipient’s details are checked before loading day.
- Reassembly in Jordan: unloading, placing, reassembly and arranging are part of moving a home.
- Clear starting prices: from SAR 40 for a small parcel to SAR 3,900 for a villa, with an itemised quote for anything without a fixed price.
- Daily contact: from 7 am to 11 pm, with online ordering at any hour.
Related articles and pages
- Shipping to Jordan: the main destination page with its services and prices
- Shipping Company from Saudi Arabia to Jordan
- Shipping Company from Jeddah to Jordan
- Shipping Company from Madinah to Jordan
- Shipping Company from Taif to Jordan
- Shipping Company from Tabuk to Jordan
- Request a shipping quote: send your shipment details and get an itemised quote
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does shipping from Makkah to Jordan cost?
Prices start at SAR 40 for a light parcel up to 2 kg and reach SAR 3,900 for moving a full villa; in between, SAR 150 covers a carton up to 20 kg and SAR 1,300 covers one room, while a sedan starts at SAR 980.
How many days does shipping from Makkah to Amman take?
Three to five days from loading to handover including clearance, and 24-48 hours by air.
Which crossing does a Makkah shipment use into Jordan?
It travels north through Madinah and Tabuk to the Al-Haditha crossing, entering Jordan at the Al-Omari border centre before Zarqa and Amman.
How much does it cost to ship a car from Makkah to Jordan?
It starts at SAR 980 for a sedan on a shared carrier, SAR 1,180 for a 4×4, SAR 1,450 for a carrier dedicated to one car, and SAR 4,300 for a luxury car in a closed carrier.
Can Zamzam water be shipped to Jordan?
It usually travels inside a pilgrim’s own personal containers by road along with the rest of the luggage, while air freight has its own carrier-specific conditions for liquids that differ from one airline to another.
What documents are needed to ship personal items from Makkah to Jordan?
A copy of your passport or residency, a bilingual Arabic-English inventory, the Fasah authorisation for the clearing agent, and a recipient in Jordan with their full name, phone number and address.
Does Jordan customs set conditions for waiving fees on returning residents’ furniture?
Yes: a year or more spent living abroad and genuinely ending that residency, proof of housing inside Jordan, an original packing list, a power of attorney to the clearing agent, and attendance by the person concerned or a delegate, and this treatment is granted once in a lifetime.
Does the price include customs clearance?
Clearance on both sides is arranged as part of the Al Rahwan service and shown as a clear line item in the quote, while any government fee, if one applies, is set by customs under its own rules.
Do you collect from Jeddah too?
Yes, nearby Jeddah shipments are gathered and folded into Makkah’s load heading to Jordan.
Can a single carton be shipped on its own?
Yes, from SAR 150 for a carton or suitcase up to 20 kg, and from SAR 40 for a lighter parcel up to 2 kg.
How do I track my shipment to Jordan?
Four phone or WhatsApp messages reach you: on loading in Makkah, when the truck reaches the Al-Haditha crossing, once it has entered Jordan, and on delivery.
How is payment handled?
A deposit locks the date, with the balance due after loading.
How do I book shipping from Makkah to Jordan?
Call or message 0568829975 on WhatsApp, answered daily between 7 am and 11 pm, with the online order form open at any hour; mention your district in Makkah and the Jordanian governorate.
