Wadi Rum Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
valley in southern Jordan
About Wadi Rum
This area of Jordan is quite isolated and largely inhospitable to settled life. The only permanent inhabitants are several thousand Bedouin nomads and villagers. There is no real infrastructure, leaving the area quite unspoilt. Apart from the Bedouin goat hair tents, the only structures are a few concrete shops and houses and the fort headquarters of the Desert Patrol Corps. Wadi Rum is less a sandy desert but more a mountain desert. Very good pictures can also be taken from the area north of the Turkish rail track parallel to the road from the Aqaba highway to Wadi Rum. The best time to visit is Spring or Autumn, to avoid the cold winter nights and hot summer days. Photography is most dramatic in Wadi Rum when it is a little clouded, so you can experience the beautiful game of light and s
Top Attractions in Wadi Rum
Explore the best things to see and do in Wadi Rum:
- ★Abu Kashaba Canyon
- ★Anfashieh Inscriptions
- ★Burdah Rock Bridge
- ★Jabal al Kharaz
- ★Khaz'ali Canyon
- ★Lawrence's House
- ★Lawrence Spring
- ★Little Bridge
Where to Stay in Wadi Rum
- 🏨Abu Yousef Bedouin Camp and Travel Jordan Agency
- 🏨Arabian Nights
- 🏨Bedouin Advisor
- 🏨Bedouin Directions
- 🏨Beduin history camp and trip
- 🏨Experience Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum Travel Guide Sections
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