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 ...

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.

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 ...