Currently, Wadi Rum has approximately 162 tented camps, mostly owned by the local Bedouins, groups of nomadic Arab people who live in the desert. Only five of these are serviced like a hotel ...

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The Wadi Rum Trail also wants to contribute to the preservation and re-evaluation of local knowledge and skills. Today, Bedouin identity remains strong, but fewer young people know the land’s ...

In the Wadi Rum desert, they enjoyed a Champagne cocktail “in the middle of nowhere.” And in Siem Reap, they attended a private ballet performance, hosted by the prince of Cambodia.

Many visitors to Rum sleep in one of the tent villages that dot the edges of the wadi. Some have luxury accommodation and hot showers; others are more primitive.

The Bedu communities inhabiting this area keep alive a traditional pastoral culture and related skills. The Bedu of Petra and Wadi Rum have preserved specific knowledge related to the flora and fauna ...