The three nights spent in hotels are on a bed-and-breakfast basis. You will be required to buy two lunches on days 2 and 7 and dinners on day 1 (depending on flight arrival time) and 7. Allow about 64 Jordanian dinars (US$90) to cover these meals. On days where lunch is not included, your guide will recommend local restaurants. We usually eat in restaurants where traditional food is served to allow maximum flexibility of choice, and, for those who wish, to try a meze-style meal. You can usually expect food options to include rice, beans, salads, and meat.  If you are vegetarian, please note that main meals are limited in choice; however, meze is almost always available in restaurants and is a good choice for vegetarians, usually costing approximately 15 dinars (US$21) per person. Unlimited drinking water is provided free of charge on the trek in Wadi Rum.

Alcoholic drinks: Alcohol is available in Jordan, but not widely. Many hotels do not sell alcohol and do not allow it to be brought in from elsewhere. It is best to plan ahead if you want a drink, your tour leader will be able to tell you what’s possible and may be able to arrange a stop at a supermarket or liquor store (depending on location). In Petra, the unique Cave Bar in Petra Guesthouse is open to the public. A less expensive option is the bar in the Petra Palace Hotel which is also open to all.

Trek the sculpted corridor of Siq el Barrah, where smooth sandstone walls soar and narrow to frame slices of sky. Walk firm, sandy flats punctuated by boulders, listening to the desert silence while your Bedouin guide sets an unhurried pace.

Learn how rare flash floods carve the siq, see honeycombed tafoni and desert varnish, and spot acacia and lark tracks underfoot. Panoramas open onto isolated jebels, capturing Wadi Rum’s wilderness and the scale that shaped Bedouin migration routes.

Hike across rippled sands to Jebel Burdah, then scramble with your guide toward the iconic Burdah Rock Bridge. Grippy sandstone and well-chosen handholds make the ascent engaging; the final airy step onto the arch is optional.

From high ledges, gaze across buttressed jebels and sienna dunes, reading wind patterns in the sand. Your team points out weathering forms and safe foot placements while you savour panoramic Wadi Rum viewpoints that reward steady nerves and sure feet.

Approach the graceful span of Umm Fruth Rock Bridge for a short, hands-on ascent to its saddle. The easy scramble rewards with photo-perfect perspectives over red dunes and sculpted buttresses.

Continue across open desert to the low ruins of Lawrence House, linked to T. E. Lawrence during the Great Arab Revolt. En route, trace ancient rock inscriptions that record camel caravans, hunters and deities across millennia.

Walk the broad-walled course of Wadi Umm Al Ishrim, its wind-sculpted faces glowing ochre and rose. Sand underfoot is firm with occasional bedrock steps, ideal for settling into the rhythm of the day.

Notice grazing acacias, wheeling desert larks and the desert silence between jebels. Guides share navigation cues from rock and sky, revealing how routes thread seasonal waterholes and shade—knowledge rooted in Bedouin lifeways.

Orient yourself at the Wadi Rum Visitor Center, gateway to Jordan’s most celebrated desert reserve. Learn about the protected area’s geology and Bedouin culture before stepping into a landscape of mesas, dunes and echoing space.

Pause at the viewpoint for the buttressed massif nicknamed the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, its fluted turrets evoking T. E. Lawrence and desert campaigns. Afternoon light sculpts textures ideal for pause for photos and reflection.

Visit Little Petra (Siq al-Barid), a cool, shaded canyon whose carved facades once welcomed incense caravans. Walk through a narrow siq to rock-cut dining rooms and stairways, their soot-blackened ceilings hinting at ancient feasts.

Seek out the Painted House with faint Nabataean fresco fragments—vines, birds and theatrical masks—then examine cisterns and channels that caught rare rains. The site’s intimacy contrasts with Petra, revealing caravan hospitality on a human scale.

Share an evening with Bedouin hosts at a private desert camp, sipping sage tea as stars brighten. Watch the unveiling of a traditional zarb dinner, slow-cooked in an underground sand oven and served with warm flatbreads.

Gather round the campfire for music, stories and fragrant smoke, and look up to a desert night sky free of light pollution. Hospitality and song illuminate Bedouin lifeways as vividly as the starlight.

Settle into wild camp under the stars among silent dunes, with tents and gear transported and pitched by the desert team. Simple comforts free you to savour warm sands, cooling evening air and vast horizons.

Climb a dune for a glowing sunset, trace the Milky Way by headlamp’s glow, and wake to a pastel sunrise that reveals fresh fox and beetle tracks—a sensory register of desert life.

Climb Jabal Umm ad Dami, Jordan’s highest peak, on a steady trail over granite and sandstone rubble, gaining a summit cairn above wide, empty valleys. Footing is moderate; the reward is rare desert perspective.

From the top, enjoy views to the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia while guides highlight hardy flora and occasional rock art. Included on departures from 2027; on earlier trips this ascent is not offered.

Choose an optional camel trek with Bedouin handlers across the broad sands of Wadi Umm Al Ishrim, swaying with the ‘ship of the desert’ as cliffs and dunes glide past at a meditative pace.

This add-on is at additional cost and bookable on tour. It layers cultural insight onto the day’s walk, echoing traditional travel rhythms while leaving soft prints beside those of foxes, beetles and browsing camels.

Walk the lesser-travelled Back Trail into Petra with a guide, reaching the vast Monastery (Ad Deir) before crowds. Follow cliff paths above Wadi Araba, descend rock steps and terraces, breathing juniper-scented air amid rose-gold sandstone.

Explore a Unesco city carved by the Nabataeans: pass the Roman amphitheatre and Royal Tombs, emerge through the Siq, and pause beneath the Treasury (Al-Khazneh). See hydraulic channels, rock-cut stairways and votive niches that reveal Petra’s scale, engineering and artistry.