Wadi Rum
After a few amazing days in Petra, I headed back South for Wadi Rum. Wadi Rum is a desert that has become quite a tourist attraction. Sadly, this is what it makes so hard to get to it. It is completely overpriced and almost unaffordable for an independent traveler. So I found an Australian traveler, Adam, in Petra and a French couple to join me on a tour to Wadi Rum.
Starting at the hostel in Petra, later in the bus to Wadi Rum and also in front of the visitor center at the entrance of the park, we couldn’t get rid of Jordanians offering tours and giving false information about how to best see this desert. It is really unfortunate that tourism has made Jordanians become like this. I don’t identify lying and harassing people with Jordanians, but unfortunately that is what tourists will have to deal with in the most popular areas of Jordan. Another British traveler got so annoyed by it, that he decided to leave Wadi Rum without seeing the desert. Adam and I decided to first take a break from all these harassing Jordanians and to first go on a hike by ourselves.
After we came back, we finally arranged a jeep for our Wadi Rum tour. I have to say, the hassle was worth it! The landscape within the park was absolutely beautiful! We stopped at several bedouin tents for tea and at the end of the day, our driver left us at a beautiful campsite in the desert. We hiked onto a dune to see sunset and then enjoyed delicious Sudanese food at the camp.
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