Wadi Rum Full-Day Jeep Tour with Overnight and Dinner in a Bedouin Camp

The listed price is $106.53 per person for the full package: the jeep tour from 10:00 to sunset, three meals, and the night in camp. The format is a shared jeep tour with up to 15 travellers and a private Bedouin tent for sleeping. The rating stands at 4.9 from 383 reviews, the most reviews of any overnight trip in this catalog.

Included

The operator lists these inclusions for the package:

• Bottled water and tea
• Lunch, cooked on the fire during the tour
• Dinner at the camp
• Breakfast before departure
• Overnight in a private tent
• Transfer to and from Wadi Rum Village

Not included

Two costs sit outside the price. The protected-area entrance fee is $7.05 (5 JD) per person for foreign visitors, paid at the Visitor Centre, and the Jordan Pass covers it if you hold one. Children under 12 enter free.

The transfer from the Visitor Centre to Wadi Rum Village can be booked as an extra for $14.10 (10 JOD). If you drive yourself, the Rest House car park costs $7.05 (5 JOD) in cash.

Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the scheduled departure, with a full refund. The operator can cancel the trip in bad weather, so keep some flexibility in a desert itinerary. Service animals are allowed and public transportation options are available nearby.

Practical prices and transport for arranging a visit yourself are collected on the Wikivoyage Wadi Rum page.

The jeep leaves the Rest House in Wadi Rum Village at 10:00 and does not come back until sunset. In between it works through ten named sites in the protected area, the classic greatest-hits route through the sandstone and granite valley that UNESCO listed in 2011. You get time to explore at each stop, and some stops have tents with shops and free tea, so you can talk with locals between walks.

The route in order

The listing names the stops as Lawrence Spring, Khazali Canyon, the red sand dune, Little Bridge, Um Fruth Rock Bridge, Abu Khashaba Canyon, Lawrence House, the White Desert, Mushroom Rock and a viewpoint over Burdah Rock Bridge. A few deserve a word of context. Khazali Canyon carries petroglyphs of humans and antelopes from Thamudic times, carved into the rock walls of a narrow siq.

Um Fruth Rock Bridge is a natural arch you can scramble on, and Burdah Rock Bridge stands about 80 m (260 ft) high, though this tour views it rather than climbs it.

The Lawrence stops tie into the Arab Revolt of 1917-18, when T. E. Lawrence passed through the area several times. Lawrence House is the structure associated with his time in the valley, and Lawrence Spring is named for him as well. Film fans get their share too, since Wadi Rum has stood in for Mars, Arrakis and Jedha in films from Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 to the Dune films.

The red sand dune and the White Desert show the two faces of the reserve, red sand against pale rock formations.

If you have an interest in hiking, climbing, camel rides or sandboarding, ask the operator. These are available on request as options during the tour.

Lunch is not a boxed meal at a table. The guide cooks it on the fire during the tour, at a stop in the desert, and it is one of the included meals alongside dinner and breakfast. Bottled water and Bedouin tea run through the whole day.

The listing gives no fixed lunch time, so expect it somewhere in the middle of the route when the jeep reaches a suitable spot.

The day ends at what the operator calls the best sunset viewpoint. Wadi Rum sunsets are the reason many travellers pick an afternoon-heavy route like this one: the low light turns the sandstone red and the shadows stretch across flat sand for kilometres. After sunset the jeep drives to the camp, and the transfer between Wadi Rum Village and the camp is part of the package, so there is nothing to arrange.

One practical note: nights in the desert are cold outside summer, so bring a warm layer even after a hot day. Temperatures swing hard once the sun drops.

The camp evening follows the traditional Bedouin pattern. Dinner is a traditional Bedouin meal, and after it comes dancing, games, shisha and conversation, or you can simply relax. You sleep in a private Bedouin tent, not a shared dormitory, which matters for couples and families.

Facilities

The camp has modern toilets and showers, so this is real camping with plumbing rather than a bush camp. A charging station lets you top up phones and cameras, useful after a day of photography. Sunset and stargazing happen from the camp itself, and the protected area has no light pollution to speak of, so the night sky is a genuine attraction on its own.

If you want telescopes and an astronomer, the observatory tour is a separate listing that picks up from most camps.

The tour ends the next morning after breakfast, which is the third included meal. From there the transfer returns you to Wadi Rum Village, or you continue to whatever comes next, such as Aqaba about 60 km (37 mi) away.

Comparing camp styles first? The Wadi Rum camps guide sets the tent, bathroom and cave options side by side.

This package suits travellers who want the full experience in one booking: the full day in the desert, the fire-cooked lunch, the sunset, the dinner and the night in a private tent. All ages can join, with infants on an adult's lap, and the difficulty is moderate fitness. It is not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries, given the jeep tracks and the scrambling at some stops.

• Book it if you want ten named stops in one day, more than any shorter route covers
• Book it if a private tent with showers and a charging station sounds right
• Skip it if you need a group smaller than 15, since the shared jeep format caps there
• Skip it if the entrance fee and Visitor Centre transfer are a problem, because both are extra
• Ask about camel rides, sandboarding, hiking or climbing when booking if you want them added

Families should note the age structure on the listing: infant 0 to 5, child 6 to 8, youth 9 to 12 and adult 13 to 100. Children under 12 also enter the protected area free, which softens the per-person cost a little for a family group.

This listing sits mid-pack on price among the overnight options in the catalog. The cheapest full overnight package costs less and runs a smaller group, while the cave camping option costs more and rated a perfect 5.0 but has a stricter cancellation window and no bathroom mentioned. If you only have half a day, the private half-day tour skips the camp entirely.

Figures current for Q4 2026.