Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
'party tent' at Diseh, to a comfortable cabin at Bait Ali, just outside Wadi Rum. You can
even pitch your own tent in designated areas (enquire about locations at the visitor centre).
Mattress, blankets and food are provided by the camps but bring your own linen.
Rum Village
Rest House$
Offline map
CAMPGROUND
( 2018867; mattress & blankets in 2-person tent per person JD3)
The frayed tents at
the back of the Rest House offer the most accessible accommodation, but they're only re-
commended if you arrive in Wadi Rum too late to head into the desert. You can pitch your
own tent for JD2, which includes use of toilets and shower block.
In the Desert
The sky's the limit for those who stay in one of the Bedouin camps in Wadi Rum and this
is definitely the best way to experience the desert. Unfurl your mat under the stars and let
singing youths, together with the snorts of grumbling camels and the whistle of mint tea
over the fire, lull you to sleep.
The Bedouin camps all conform to certain standards and are checked regularly. There
are two types of camps - permanent (which usually have toilet-shower blocks and operate
year-round) and temporary (used only occasionally by Bedouin groups or tourists). The
camps are only permitted in certain areas and these fall either within Wadi Rum or within
neighbouring Diseh. The Wadi Rum camps are best booked through the visitor centre,
either in advance (especially if you want to stay at a particular camp), or on arrival. For
camps in the Diseh area,
Click here
.
The price of accommodation at these camps, including food, tents and blankets, is gen-
erally around JD30 per person per night. Camps advertising half-board generally provide
a simple barbecue supper with salads and Arabic bread, coffee or tea and a piece of fruit,
and a breakfast of jam, cheese, bread and coffee. For groups staying in a temporary camp,
there is an additional charge for the transportation of camping items to the campsite each
day. If you have your own sleeping bag, tent and food, all you should have to pay is the
cost of your four-wheeled or four-legged transport.
As there are many camps, all offering similar services in similarly beautiful parts of the
desert, it is hard to recommend one over another. The ones listed below give you an idea
of what is available and come recommended, but that is not to say others are not equally
good.
Tour operators run their own camps scattered around the desert -
Click here
.
