Sleep under the stars

INCLUDED:

All tours include cooked meals, water, tea, English-speaking guides, jeep and sleeping equipment. BRING: Torch, camera, warm clothing in winter, sleeping bag, sunscreen and a good hat. NOTES: Outside of summer months, lunch stops typically last about 1 1/2 hours, but during the long days of summer months, our lunch hours are extended with a short siesta, the combination lasting a maximum of 2 1/2 hours. Since summer months receive more daylight hours, we are still able to visit all the attractions listed in your tour, to begin your jeep tour, we’ll pick you up upon your arrival at the Wadi Rum Village and take you to our house, where we’ll discuss your route over tea.

Day and night tours

1 DAY 1 NIGHT TOUR

If you have a full day and a night in Wadi Rum, this tour packs the most sightseeing and exploring into your time. taking you deep into the park. Highlights include Lawrence’s Spring, Khazali Canyon, the Nabatean Map, sand dunes, Anfishiyeh Inscriptions, Lawrence’s House, the Mushroom Stone, Burdah Rock Bridge, Umm Fruth Arch, a 40min walk through Abu Khashaba Canyon and an hour walk through the stunning Barra Canyon, one of our absolute favorite spots. To end our tour, we’ll find the appropriate place to spend the night. You’ll have time to relax and explore the area on foot and enjoy the sunset view before we set the fire to prepare food and make tea, then enjoy bedouin night around the fire. All sleeping gear is provided. Following breakfast the next morning, you’ll return to Rum Village by jeep (20min) OR mounted on a ship of the desert (2hrs; 25JD extra per camel).

2 DAY 1 NIGHT TOUR  

With two days in Wadi Rum, you’ll have plenty of time to visit the most spectacular sites as well as do a good share of exploring the narrow canyons on foot. We will visit Lawrence’s Spring, the Nabatean Map, the sand dunes, Anfishiyeh Inscriptions, Umm Ishrin Canyon,  a hike through Barra Canyon and the Mushroom Stone before we find the appropriate place to spend the night you’ll have time to relax and explore the area on foot and enjoy the sunset view before we set the fire to prepare food and make tea, then enjoy bedouin night around the fire. All sleeping gear is provided. Following breakfast the next morning, you’ll visit Burdah Rock Bridge, hike through Burdah Canyon, Karuba View, a scramble to the top of Umm Fruth Arch, a 40min walk through Abu Khashaba Canyon, a 1/2hr walk through the broad Geber Amra Canyon, as well as visits to the Small Arch and Khazali Canyon before returning to Rum Village. 

2 DAY 2 NIGHT TOUR

This route is almost identical to the 2-day/1-night tour, but gives you a second night in the desert. You may choose to spend your second night in a different place or in a cave. Following breakfast on the third morning, you will return to Wadi Rum Village by jeep (20min) OR mounted on a ship of the desert (2hrs; 25JD extra per camel).

3 DAY 2 NIGHT TOUR  

With three days in Wadi Rum you’ll have the chance to go deeper into the desert and see much more of its hidden attractions in addition to all the places listed in the shorter tours. Additional places that you can visit include the Bedouin cisterns far to the south, Al-Qatar Spring and the picturesque Umm al-Samn Arches. You also have the choice to add some camel-riding or a longer hike, such as the climbs to Burdah or Umm Adami to your tour at no additional cost. This tour is sure to get your clothes a bit dusty, but don’t worry: you’ll use our shower in the village when you return on the final evening. 

4 DAY 3 NIGHT TOUR

On this tour you can spend the nights in the wild in different settings. Even more than on the 3-day tour, you’ll have the freedom to add good amounts of time on camels, hiking and climbing to Burdah and/or Umm Adami. For example, you can take two full days to explore by jeep, combined with the 3hr climb to Burdah Rock Bridge, spend a third day in the far south including the 3-4hr climb of Umm Adami and spend a fourth day experiencing some of Wadi Rum’s remote narrow canyons by camel. We can also take you to the east of Wadi Rum to visit vast dunes and the rarely-visited ancient Nabatean inscriptions of Al-Hudhn. Whatever it is you’re after, we will make the most of your four days in Wadi Rum. 

5 DAY 4 NIGHT TOUR 

This tour allows you to discover more of Wadi Rum then any of our other tours. As outlines in the 4-day tour, our 5-day tour is highly customizable according to your tastes and desires. In addition to visiting almost all of our favorite spots in Wadi Rum, including remote sites like Wadi Sabet, Umm Adami, Al-Hudhn, Nughara Canyon and several secret, yet-unnamed places, you’ll have four nights in the desert, which spent in the wild and cave . We’ll also share tea with some of our truly Bedouin relatives living in the desert. You may also choose to spend large chunks of your time hiking to the summit of Umm Adami, Jordan’s highest point, and Burdah Rock Bridge, or traveling like the Bedouin, mounted on camels.