Overnight and Full day jeep tour of Wadi Rum

Meeting place: Wadi Rum Rest House in Wadi Rum village (next to the tourist car park)
Start time: 4pm to 5pm (November to March); 5pm to 6pm (April to October)
Finish time: 5.00pm the next afternoon
Prices: 70JD per person for 2 to 4 people,
60JD per person for 5 or more people.
Includes dinner, breakfast and lunch.

Arrival and transfer to our camp -

I meet you on arrival at the tourist car park in Wadi Rum village and welcome you to Wadi Rum. We travel directly to our camp in the desert by jeep. As we leave the village you will see Jebel Rum on your right and Um Ishreen on your left. Then we drive over the large open area, made famous by the 1962 film, Lawrence of Arabia. Next we pass Jebel Khazali on your left and the craggy peaks of Jebel Qataar on your right. We continue south to the Um Sabatah area, arriving at our camp about 25 minutes after leaving the village. This is a tour in itself.

Sunset -
We show you to your sleeping tent and prepare a cup of tea for you in our dining tent. You are welcome to explore the camp area and experience the total silence of the desert. You can view the sunset from our dining tent, or climb the small mountain behind our camp, in fact, there are views of the sun setting over the distant mountains from everywhere at our camp. Summer and winter.

Dinner -
After sunset we serve dinner, buffet-style in the dining tent. It is freshly-prepared Bedouin food, and on some evenings we cook zarb, a traditional underground Bedouin barbecue.

Evening -
As it gets dark we bring out mattresses and cushions and sit by the warmth of a fire and share stories and songs. We turn off all the lights and you can lie back and gaze at the stars in the wide expanse of sky over the camp.

When you are tired there is a comfortable bed waiting for you in your sleeping tent.

Breakfast -

Breakfast is served at 7.30am. It is a spread of Jordanian dishes including hummus, eggs, labeneh, zattar, olives, cooked vegetables, cucumber and tomato, fruit, bread, jams, and tea and coffee.

Map of itinerary for Full day jeep tour of Wadi Rum

Leaving camp -

About 8.30am we set off on your full day jeep tour of Wadi Rum. We do not return to our camp after the tour , so you will bring your luggage with you in the jeep.

Tour itinerary - (see map above)
In the morning we visit Chicken Rock, followed by the soft sand dunes. Then we travel into the white desert and visit Um Frouth Rock Bridge. You will have plenty of time to climb the 15m to the top of this rock bridge and take photos.
Next stop is the start of the Mountain Canyon hike. But just by the entrance is a great slope for sand boarding so you can have some fun on the sand slopes first. (We provide a sandboard at no charge.)

The canyon hike is a gentle walk in the shade of mountain walls and vegetation, with a short scramble down some rocks half way through. While you are hiking through the canyon your tour guide will drive around to the other side of the mountain and meet you at the end of your walk.

Next we drive to Burdah Rock Bridge, viewing it from the valley floor, towering 300m above us. We find a cool place nearby in the shelter of the mountain and cook lunch over a fire. Then a cup of Bedouin tea and a short rest before continuing our tour.

First stop after lunch is Mushroom Rock, another good place for photos. Lawrence House is visited next, then Liittle Arch, Khazali Canyon, where there is ancient rock art on the walls, the red sand dunes, and Lawrence Spring.

We arrive at the village car park for your onward travel.

Walking across Little Arch