Hiking Tours

Hiking Tour 1

1 Day - 1 Night

Day 1

Our guide meets you at the Wadi Rum Resthouse at 10:00 am and then your trip itinerary is explained. All of our guides are local Bedouins with a lifetime of desert experience.

From Rum Village we travel to the Burdah Rock Bridge for a three hour hike which is rewarded with spectacular views. After this hike we enjoy lunch in this area and rest before traveling to the fertile Fig Valley and Um Frouth Rock Bridge which you may also choose to climb (a much shorter ascent). This area provides for excellent photo opportunities before driving to our camp in time for the spectacular Wadi Rum sunset.

 

At camp you experience a true Bedouin night filled with traditional meals, sweet tea, singing, stories and dancing that will leave memories to last a lifetime.

 

Day 2

You may choose to rise early in time to see the sun rise over Wadi Rum before eating breakfast and traveling back to Rum Village by jeep at around 8am.

 

Hiking Tour 2

2 Days - 1 Night

Day 1

Our guide meets you at the Wadi Rum Resthouse at 10:00 am and then your trip itinerary is explained. All of our guides are local Bedouins with a lifetime of desert experience.

 

We then travel into the desert by jeep to Lawrence’s Spring, this is where Lawrence of Arabia is believed to have sought refreshment, you may choose to climb up to see the spring or simply enjoy the surrounding area and nearby rock inscriptions. We then journey onward to picturesque sand dunes which are hard work to climb up but great fun to run or sandboard down before continuing to the Anafashieh Inscriptions.

We then travel to the fertile Fig Valley for a short hike before stopping to enjoy lunch. Once refreshed we continue to Um Frouth Rock Bridge which you may choose to climb for some excellent photo opportunities. Next, we walk in the beautiful area near the border of Saudi Arabia before heading to our camp to experience the stunning Wadi Rum sunset.

 

At the camp you will experience a true Bedouin night filled with traditional food, sweet tea, singing, stories and dancing that will leave memories to last a lifetime.

 

Day 2

You may choose to wake early to take in the sunrise before enjoying breakfast. We then travel to the Burdah Rock Bridge where you have the opportunity to hike to the top (approximately three hour round trip with some scrambling). Following this, we enjoy a well deserved lunch before heading back to Rum Village by jeep.

 

If you need to return at an earlier time in the morning we can arrange for you to travel by jeep to Rum Village after breakfast at 8am.

 

Hiking Tour 3

3 Days - 2 Night

Day 1

Our guide meets you at the Wadi Rum Resthouse at 10:00 am and then your trip itinerary is explained. All of our guides are local Bedouins with a lifetime of desert experience.

 

You leave Rum Village and travel to Lawrence’s Spring where you can see rock inscriptions before proceeding to the Anfashieh Inscriptions, Lawrence’s House and then Burdah Rock Bridge where we stop to enjoy lunch and a rest. Following lunch we climb to the top of the Burdah Arch for spectacular views (this hike takes roughly two to three hours). The day proceeds with a journey to the camp to experience the spectacular Wadi Rum sunset before settling into a night filled with traditional food, tea, singing, stories and dancing that will leave memories to last a lifetime.

 

Day 2

After a vitalizing breakfast we travel by jeep to Jebel Al Hash for a wonderful three to four hour hike up the mountain. Your efforts are rewarded as the views from the top are some of the most beautiful in Wadi Rum. Following the  hike we will have lunch before journeying onward to the valley of Wadi Nuqra (a thirty minute round trip) before returning to the camp for another memorable Bedouin night.

 

Day 3

Following breakfast we travel by jeep to Jebel Um Dami, the tallest mountain in Jordan. Following an easy four hour hike to the summit you have time to take in the sweeping views to Saudi Arabia. We then enjoy a well deserved lunch before returning to Rum Village.

If you need to return at an earlier time in the morning we can arrange for you to travel by jeep to Rum Village after breakfast at 8am.

 



Prices

2-3 people 70 JD per person per day

4+ people 55 JD per person per day

Price Includes

Bedouin Guide, all meals, jeep transport and camp facilities.

 

Price Does not Include

The entrance fee for Wadi Rum Protected Area paid at the Visitors Centre (5JD). Payment is only in cash, preferably in Jordanian Dinar although Euro and US dollars are also accepted. Please note, there is no ATM in Wadi Rum.