Wadi Rum, Jordan

Wadi Rum

Jordan · Aqaba · 1000 m

Description

Wadi Rum (وادي رم) is a desert of red sand and towering sandstone and granite mountains in Jordan's far south, listed by UNESCO for both its landscape and its rock art. Water-carved gorges, natural rock bridges and inscriptions left over twelve thousand years cut through jebels that rise as sheer walls straight out of the valley floor. The area is the home of the Zalabia Bedouin, who run the camps, guides and four-wheel-drive tours and hold the tourism concession inside the protected area. T. E. Lawrence crossed and wrote about this desert during the Arab Revolt, and its scale has since made it a standing double for other planets in film. Nights in the open camps are the real attraction, with almost no light pollution and a sky that is genuinely dark. Summer days climb past forty degrees and winter nights fall below freezing in unheated tents.

Length of stay

Recommended length of stay: 1 to 3 days (optimal 2 days)

Travel season

Best time to visit: March – April or October – November

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  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

Highlights

  1. 4x4 Desert Jeep Tour
  2. Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Jabal al-Mazmar)
  3. Lawrence's Spring (Ain Abu Aineh)
  4. Khazali Canyon
  5. Red Sand Dunes (Al Hasany)
  6. Um Frouth Rock Bridge
  7. Night in a Bedouin Camp
  8. Stargazing in the Desert
  9. Little Rock Bridge
  10. Lawrence's House
  11. Mushroom Rock
  12. Camel Ride
  13. Sunset at Um Sabatah
  14. Wadi Rum Visitor Centre
  15. Rum Village
  16. Anfishiyyeh Inscriptions
  17. Barrah Canyon
  18. Abu Khashaba Canyon
  19. Burdah Rock Bridge
  20. Jabal Umm Ishrin
  21. Zarb Bedouin Barbecue
  22. Bedouin Tea in the Desert
  23. Sandboarding on the Dunes
  24. Hot Air Balloon Flight (October - April)
  25. Bubble Tent Stay
  26. Nabataean Temple of Allat
  27. Film Location Tour
  28. Rakabat Canyon
  29. Jabal Rum
  30. Jabal Umm ad Dami
  31. Ain Ash-Shallaleh Spring
  32. The Map Petroglyphs
  33. Cow Rock
  34. Jabal Al-Qattar
  35. Um Mugur Canyon
  36. Double Bridge
  37. Um al-Samn Rock Bridge
  38. Khor al-Ajram
  39. Wadi Nuqra
  40. Wadi Sabet
  41. Um Ghadah
  42. Jabal Al-Hash
  43. Hejaz Railway Steam Train
  44. Multi-Day Camel Trek(Multi-day trip)
  45. Jordan Trail from Wadi Rum to Aqaba(Multi-day trip)

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