PHOTOS OF JORDAN
Wadi Rum :
some favourite places


Heading out on camels   

Just in front of Jebel Khazali, there is a point where the red sand suddenly becomes white sand. It happens as if a line had been drawn across the desert. There seems no reason for it, the wind wafts the sand from one place to another, but the red sand remains red and the white sand remains white. This is one of the "sights" of Wadi Rum - the "coloured sand area".

Sunrise in Wadi Um Ishrin Jebel Qattar in the distance at twilight

The entrance to the Barragh Canyon from Um Zeliga

Entrance to and exit from the Barragh Canyon

This boulder is lying on the ground just behind Jebel Anafishiya. Nobody I spoke to has any idea what the inscription means, but it must surely have been important to have been cut so very deeply into the stone. It isn't on the road to anywhere, it doesn't seem to refer to hunting and it is in a blind valley where it is most unlikely to be seen by accident. If anybody knows anything about this, do please call me!

Jebel Um Adaami, almost on the Saudi border.
The climb is arduous but not otherwise difficult, and the views make everything worth it!


Rain in Wadi Rum!

The bridge on Jebel Burdah and the view from there

 

 


Moonrise

 

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Other pages in the Photo Gallery

Petra, Petra : rocks and mountains, Petra : Baida, Aqaba, Jerash, Mount Nebo, the Dead Sea and Madaba, Kings' Highway, Wadi Mujib and Dana, Um Qais and Ajlun, The Desert Castles

Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 2 - off the beaten track in Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 3 - cliffs and climbs in Wadi Rum,
Wadi Rum page 4 - horses and camels in Wadi Rum, Wadi Rum page 5 - some favourite places

The Bedouin of Wadi Rum, Some people in Jordan,

The wildlife of Jordan,  Underwater photos

 

Links to Wadi Rum references and information in this site :

Introduction - Sleeping in Wadi Rum - Getting there and away again - What to see there - prices and tours (including horses and camels) - some longer trips in 4x4 - Reliable contacts and guides - "ripping off" - Nature Reserve - Trekking, hiking and climbing : short notes- - Trekking in Jordan - Riding around Wadi Rum - Camels and camel trekking - Tours of Wadi Rum - Wadi Rum climbing information - Climbing "El Habla"

Tourist Map of Wadi Rum - Satellite map of Wadi Rum - RSCN Map of Wadi Rum - Out of doors in Jordan : detailed maps of Wadi Rum

There are also several pages of photos of Wadi Rum in the Photo Gallery
and a number of stories about the Bedouin who live there in the section "Meet the people of Jordan"

Online November2002