Wadi Rum Fun

There are some places that I have heard about, in name only for years but never really understand what the big deal was. That was Wadi Rum for me. I know a little more now. It is a protected desert area in the southern part of Jordan that is populated by the Beduin people. It is a 720 km2 area capped at 200 camps.

The camps vary in comfort, style and, obviously location. I feel that there isn’t a huge difference, for the amount of time you’ll be there, in comfort – though one with a bathroom is good! There seemed to be 2 styles – traditional tents and domes. But for us, the MOST important thing when choosing a camp is location! We stayed at Beduin Star Trail camp and it was perfect! It was close enough to Barrah canyon for a little walk but you couldn’t see other camps from our camp and there were not many trucks driving past.

Our home for 2 nights. We realized that 1 may have been enough but 2 worked well.

Picture window view!

After dinner dancing.

Barrah Canyon – just around the corner from our camp

A popular climbing spot in Barrah Canyon

A little morning walk in the neighbourhood

Looking towards our camp

Desert flowers

We went on a sunset jeep tour on the second day. Some crazy driving – especially on the way home. It was a bit of a bumpy ride in the back of a Toyota pick-up with bench seating but we saw the highlights (alongside the other 50ish jeeps on the same route)!

The mushroom

The Bridge. It is really high!!!! We had to look down to figure out where the guide was to get a picture. I wasn’t totally sure where he was or if he’d taken a picture but I didn’t stand there too long to find out!

The climb up to the Bridge was short but steep. There were different styles used getting down – my preference was the forward crab style. Paul’s pants continued to be annoying – especially climbing onto the truck and here!