Wadi Rum Nature Tours

 

Take nothing but pictures,  leave nothing but footprints.

Wadi Rum consists of two different desert types, Red Desert and White Wild Desert. 

Try to plan your time in Wadi Rum so that you can see both.

The picture above is from the red desert. The picture bellow is from the white wild desert.

If you want to get to know this place better, stay overnight in a Bedouin tent. Sunsets have an extraordinary charm in the red-pink landscape, and you will be watch by a million stars at night.

There is not only the beauty of nature but also many cultural monuments, such as the inscriptions Anfashieh or the remains from the Nabataean period like a temple in begin of the village and many other ancient ones drawings on the rock. You can even find the remains of old cemeteries and much more.

 

Wadi Rum is not a lifeless desert. As part of this reservation, there are 2,000 people living here - Bedouins from the Zalabiah tribe, who have long considered the beautiful Moon Valley to be their home. 

Some Bedouins already live a settled way of life, especially in the village of the same name. But some is still living in the desert, taking care of their animals, have a farm there, move from place to place when the grass is finish. 

 

What you can do for activity

* Jeep tours - full day or half day

 

   in the red desert you can do the full or half day or only 1-2 hours

 

   but in the white desert it is recommend to do the full day tour

 

 

* Jeep tours combined with 1 hour camel ride  - this tour is done only in the red desert

 

 

* Camel ride the full or half day or only a couple of hours in the red desert

* Hiking and climbing

 

mostly in the white desert and you have two opportunity of climbing up

 

   * on Um Adaami, Jordan's highest mountain at 1832m above sea level

 

  

    * or on Jebel Burdah or Jebel Hash

 

 

 

*  Hot air balloon ride over Wadi Rum

 

 

Keep the desert clean and take care of.

To protect its unique desert landscape, Wadi Rum was declared a protected area in 1998 and an intensive conservation program is now underway.

 

A group of Bedouin experts started working towards a common goal - "Eco tours and camping"

• Presenting Wadi Rum's Bedouin life in an authentic way
• Facilitate meetings between visitors and locals
• Provide positive experiences for both
• Promote cultural exchange and responsible tourism

Take time out and enjoy unique moments with your family or friends in our beautiful desert. Bedouin offer you beauty and education in abundance for you who are interested in the environment, outdoor activities and fun. They focus on unadulterated, untouched natural environments.

You will hike in the most intact nature in our desert, far from the main trail. You can witness the beauty of the desert while participating in hiking, climbing, bird and wildlife viewing and more!

You can make an observation of flora and fauna, astronomical phenomena but also gastronomic experiences to cook in the desert.

You stay in the traditional Bedouin tent, but you can even sleep under the stars or in any cave and follow as much as possible the Bedouin's original lifestyle.

Bedouin have traditionally lived in tents known as buryuut hajar (house of hair). They have traditionally been made black goat-hair and are usually square or rectangular. The dark fibers attract the sun's heat to keep the tent cool during the day and warm during the night. When it rains, the fibers swell to block out water and create a waterproof seal.''

 

                                   Rather than a tour of the desert, they give you a look into life in the desert

 

 

They also used to live in caves in the past although tourists who choose to stay over in the have more comfort than Bedouins had long ago.

 

 

A couple of example for traditional Bedouin camp camps. The smaller the greater experience of the life in the desert. You get better contact with staff and owners, they show you many interesting places, they tell you about their habits and customs, different stories, etc. It's usually not that crowded there when there are only up to 10 tents.

For to save the desert this group built their camps with only shared bathroom which are more gentle for environment than to have private bathroom in each tent. 

 

There are many reasons for that, but the most important points for to keep virgin desert are as below:

* building a bathroom in the sand is not so simple, it needs cement etc. which however spoil the sand
* the desert changes if daily amounts of water are mixed with soap running out into the sand
* even if the water from the shower is collected and recycled into flush in toilets, it runs the sand
* but, in the desert there is no channeling

Conclusion: the more private bathrooms there are, the faster the desert is destroyed