Rum Wadi, Jordan

Wai and Keesh standing on top of Umm Fruth Rock Bridge

After visiting a few places in Jordan, this place, Rum Wadi, would be a reason for me to come back. We only spent one night here and a quick few hours for each day touring the rocks and sights. As the sun set we sipped on tea and nibbled on biscuits. sat around the camp fire and talked to the people staying there. They prepared a home cooked meal for us which was great. The guide brought out mats and pads for us to sleep on under the starry sky. The Wadi is so huge I feel like I could spend at least a weekend if not a week here exploring the mountains and canyons. There's supposed to be good climbing here however i didn't get much of a chance to boulder. Next time.

Standing in front of our camp site at night


Let me warn you of their taxi/guide setup. The taxi we took here from the border was a nightmare. We paired up with a dutch couple (Jolande and Keesh) to split the costs. We told the driver we needed to go to an ATM so we could pay him and then proceed to the visitor center. He took us to a broken ATM right past the Aquba city limits and wouldn't take us to another one saying we were past the city. He tries to trick us by bringing us to another camp site when we already scheduled one. Then yells at us to pay him when we make him bring us back to visitor center where we're supposed to meet our guide. Before we make it back to the center the competing guide took his jeep and cut us off just to convince us we should go with him. Shady business I tell ya.

One of the few springs found in the Wadi