Wadi Rum: Full Day Jeep Tour & Bedouin Overnight Camp

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Duration2d

GroupUp to 15

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Ten stops across red and white desert, one night under the stars

You spend a full day crossing Wadi Rum's red and white desert in a jeep, stopping at ten named landmarks (rock bridges, canyons, springs, stone formations), eat a traditional lunch cooked on the fire and dinner in camp, sleep in a private tent under the stars, and return the next morning after breakfast. Transport from the village, all meals, and overnight accommodation are included, so you arrive at the Rest House and leave it without arranging anything else.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Full day jeep tour and Bedouin dinner

Meet at Wadi Rum Village Rest House
Start jeep tour at 10:00
Visit Lawrence Spring and explore
Explore Khazali Canyon inscriptions
Climb Red Sand Dune
Visit Little Bridge and drink tea
Climb Umm Fruth Rock Bridge
Enjoy traditional Bedouin lunch
Walk Abu Khashaba Canyon
Visit Lawrence's House
Explore White Desert area
See Mushroom Rock formation
View Burdah Rock Bridge from distance
Watch sunset at viewpoint with tea
Overnight in private Bedouin tent
Enjoy traditional Bedouin dinner and camp activities

Day 2 — Breakfast and Wadi Rum Village drop-off

Wake up and have traditional breakfast
Drop off at Wadi Rum Village Rest House

The Experience

What happens when you spend a full day bouncing across Wadi Rum in a jeep, then sleep in the sand? The jeep tour starts at 10:00 from the Rest House in Wadi Rum Village and doesn't stop moving until sunset — Lawrence Spring first, where the water runs cold and the camels know the way, then Khazali Canyon with its carved inscriptions from merchants and pilgrims who passed through centuries ago. You climb the Red Sand Dune (soft, steep, harder than it looks), cross the Little Bridge for tea in a Bedouin tent, scramble up the 15-meter Um Fruth Rock Bridge for the photo your guide will take from below. The landscape shifts as you go — red sand gives way to white desert further south, fewer tourists, more wildlife, a completely different world still inside the same reserve.

Lunch happens mid-afternoon at a spot with a view, cooked on the fire by your guide while you either hike the area or sit and watch the valley. The menu changes daily but runs to warm vegetables, bread, hummus, yogurt, and local dishes. After that comes Abu Khashaba Canyon, a 30-to-45-minute walk through a narrow green valley with bird calls and collected rainwater in bottles hung by locals, then Lawrence's House with its 2,000-year-old Nabatean foundations and the stone piles Bedouins used as road markers. The day ends at the sunset viewpoint — a secluded spot where you overlook the panoramic landscape as the sun drops, with sweet Bedouin tea brewing on the fire and nothing between you and the horizon.

Then you stay. The camp has a private tent for you, modern toilets and showers, a charging station, and a traditional Bedouin dinner. After dark you can dance, play games, talk with the guides, smoke shisha, or just lie back and stargaze — the sky here has no light pollution, so the stars are the kind you forget exist in cities. Breakfast comes at 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning with the same panoramic view, and by 9:00 you're back at the Rest House in the village. The whole Wadi Rum experience — all ten stops, the overnight, the meals — is built into one package, so you don't piece it together yourself.

What’s included

Your day and night include jeep transport for all ten stops (Lawrence Spring, Khazali Canyon, Red Sand Dune, Little Bridge, Um Fruth Rock Bridge, Abu Khashaba Canyon, Lawrence's House, White Desert, Mushroom Rock, and Burdah Rock Bridge viewpoint), a traditional lunch cooked on the fire, sunset tea at the viewpoint, overnight in a private Bedouin tent with modern facilities (toilets, showers, charging station), a traditional Bedouin dinner, breakfast the next morning, bottled water and tea throughout, and return transfer to Wadi Rum Village. Pickup and dropoff at the Rest House in the village are included.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Wadi Rum Desert Dreams

Is this one for you?Right for travelers who want the full Wadi Rum experience in one immersive push — all the major landmarks, a night under stars, and meals handled — without arranging transport or camp logistics yourself. The pace is steady (jeep stops, short walks, one longer canyon walk) and the overnight means you see the desert at sunrise and sunset, which is what makes the full arc possible.