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Hiking and Trekking on foot in Wadi Rum


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Wadi Rum with children
People travelling alone
"Private" or Individual tours

As many days as you like, hiking and scrambling!
"Wadi Rum Adventure"

Jeep Safari

One day trips
"A Day with the Bedouin"
Classic jeep tour
One day camel trek

"Small Three Bridges"
One day jeep/hike
One day (or more) hiking trips
"Jeep to Burdah Arch"
One day jeep and scramble

The highest mountain in Jordan
Um Adaami

Two day trips
Two day jeep tour
"The Khasch Route":
Two day jeep/hike
"Open desert trip":
Two days hiking
Two day jeep/camel
Two day camel trek
"Three Bridges trip":
Two day scrambling
"Um Adaami to Aqaba":
One and a half days scrambling

Three or more days
3 day jeep/hike/camel
3 days camel trek
5 day camel trek
10 days camel trek
Wadi Rum Adventure
Jeep safari to Wadi Saabit
Hiking trips
 5 Day hiking and scrambling

Unusual programmes
Alone in the desert
Supper in the desert

Extra excursions or "add-ons"
Short camel ride

Short self guided hike to Wadi
Shelaala ("Lawrence's Spring")

Climbing
THESE PROGRAMMES ARE HARD GOING AND ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR NOVICES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO ABSEIL AND TO USE ROPES
Jebel Burdah
Jebel Khazali
Jebel Rum

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The problem with hiking in Wadi Rum is that some people find that just walking in sandy valleys, however beautiful, becomes boring after a fairly short time.  We therefore concentrate on short hikes of 3 or 4 hours, often less, through the narrower valleys and canyons and we intersperse these hikes with jeep rides when the walking becomes monotonous.  This is very popular, since in this way tourists can get a maximum of sightseeing in a jeep as well as covering more ground and having a more attractive walk. You can also combine a day's hiking with a day's jeep tour and/or a day on a camel. See the jeep/hike programme and the jeep/hike/camel.

For dedicated walkers we also offer a full day's hiking, with no jeep at all. You might like to look at the page "One day (or more) hiking". Any programme can be joined to another one.

We can also provide a more varied week in Wadi Rum by combining the hiking trips with the simpler scrambling. Many groups coming from tourist agencies much appreciate our week long trekking tours in Wadi Rum.

Footwear : these trails are straightforward, and hiking boots are not necessary. You can wear trainers, boat shoes or trekking sandals as you like. You might appreciate having cotton socks along.

Other equipment : You are likely to be in the sun for much of the time and should have a head covering of some sort - this is the time to learn how to tie a Bedouin kefiya!

You will also need a rucksack or shoulder bag for water, and such oddments as your camera, sunscreen, a light sweater according to season and perhaps some biscuits for a snack.

For the different hiking programmes, please see :

Small Three Bridges : a jeep programme with two short hikes of no particular difficulty
Jeep to Burdah Arch : a jeep tour in the morning and a climb to the famous Arch in the afternoon
The Khasch Route : two days, one day jeep and one day hiking along a mountain ridge
The Open Desert Trip : two days hiking along desert tracks
Three Bridges Trip : two days active scrambling
Five days hiking and scrambling : mainly hiking, this visits the area around Rum Village on foot
Um Adaami : a one day transfer to the Saudi border and a climb of the highest mounain in Jordan
Wadi Rum Adventure : a selection of different programmes from which you can choose whichever you wish

If all these are not enough, we can always customize something for you!

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