Wadi Rum Desert: Half Day Jeep Tour (Morning or Sunset)
ID: GYG651416-1269566
Category:
Country: Jordan
Duration:
04:00 hours
Description
Let’s go on an adventure! Get the most out of your visit to Wadi Rum with this half day jeep tour, where a local Bedouin guide shows you all the highlights of Wadi Rum.
Meet your Bedouin guide at the Rest House in Wadi Rum Village, next to the public parking lot. The starting point of the tour. Hop in the back of the jeep and let us take you on an adventure through the vast desert landscape, one place even more impressive than the other. You’ll notice that the further we drive into the desert, the less cell service you have. Time to really connect with all the elements around you and live in the moment, enjoying the tour to the fullest.
You will visit canyons, valleys, sand dunes, natural bridges and important historical places known from the stories of Lawrence of Arabia. Your local guide knows all the highlights of the Wadi Rum desert. At each place of interest, we make a stop, and you get out of the jeep to explore the sight by yourself. After a short explanation by the guide, you can wander off by yourself, take pictures, do a hike or connect with the local Bedouins and drink some traditional tea in a Bedouin tent.
The first stop is Lawrence Spring, where natural water runs down from the mountain into a water basin. The camel’s favorite place. Then we continue to Khazali Canyon, a narrow canyon that was an important part of the ancient trading routes, providing shade and a water well. You can still see the 2000-year-old Nabatean inscriptions carved in the mountains, giving directions and information for other travelers. The next stop is the Red Sand dune, that owns its color to the iron oxide in the sandstone. Wadi Rum is often called the valley of the moon, the red sand will make you feel like you are on another planet. Run down the sand dune or use the sandboard if you dare.
After drinking some tea in the local shop, we visit Little bridge and Umm Fruth Rock Bridge, two famous naturally formed bridges in Wadi Rum. If you choose the morning tour, your send the tour with a canyon hike through Abu Khashaba Canyon, showing you a panoramic view of the desert valley when you exit the canyon. And when you choose the sunset tour, we end the tour at a nice sunset viewpoint with tea on the fire.
After the tour, we bring you back again to Wadi Rum village.
Highlights
- Connect with local Bedouins and drink tea around the fire
- Slide down the dunes with a sandboard
- Drink natural spring water fresh from the mountains
- Feel on top of the world, standing on the famous Umm Furth Rock Bridge
- Discover 2000-year-old inscriptions carved in the mountain at Khazali Canyon
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The tour is active and includes easy hikes (optional). You can leave your belongings safely in the car. Go to the bathroom before the tour starts. During the tour there is no opportunity to use a bathroom, you can only use nature.
The meeting point is the Rest House in the Wadi Rum Village, next to the parking lot. We will be there at 09:45 to meet you. The Rest House is the first place you see on your right when you enter the village. If you tell a local that you are Bakhir’s tourist, they will send you the right way.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.