As my last stop in Jordan, I had always had the plan of visiting Wadi Rum. Wadi Rum is a rocky desert landscape in the South of Jordan. There are no roads and only bedouin camps, so you have to go on an organized tour. My hostel in Wadi Musa/Petra had a very tempting cheap offer so that I booked the tour directly with them. It ended up being ok for what I paid: the camp was nice and clean, dinner was plentiful and delicious and the 3 h jeep tour – while not taking as long as some other jeep tours – took us to many amazing spots.

I left Petra early in the morning together with some other people from my hostel and we arrived at the bedouin camp in the late morning. Since our jeep tour was scheduled for the late afternoon only, we had lots of free time to chill, have lunch and go for a first walk in the desert. We found a cool viewpoint from which we could see the white desert in the distance and take some nice photos.

But the highlight of my stay in Wadi Rum was of course the tour itself. We set in the back of an open pickup truck and cruised through the breathtaking landscapes. As mentioned, we stopped at some cool sites such as nice viewpoints, a canyon and two rock bridges – but drive itself was already really, really cool!!

At night, after our dinner buffet, we got the choice between sleeping in the bedouin tents of the camp or outside under the stars. Well, what do you think I chose!? 🙂 Our guide took us a bit away from the camp next to a big rock where he made a camp fire and we put down our mattresses and blankets. I actually slept quite well – although I did get a bit chilly around my head and wished I had brought my woolen hat.

It was a short night since we needed to wake up early for some transfers of other guests. And after some breakfast in the camp, it was time for me to leave as well. Not just the camp or Wadi Musa, but Jordan. It was a long travel day: shared taxi to Aqaba, Jett bus to Amman, taxi to the airport, flight to Beirut, taxi to the hostel. Backpacker life! Jordan, you’ve been good to me and maybe I’ll return one day with a rental car to visit the places I missed out on now…