Welcome to the Red Planet: Wadi Rum, Jordan Jordan is about as otherworldly as you can get here on Earth. Published Nov 15, 2019 at 10:29 AM EST.

Planets, constellations, and meteor showers are only part of it. Stargazing in Wadi Rum is as much about feeling as it is ...

Wadi Rum is a desert valley located in the southern part of Jordan. The valley is known for its stunning landscapes, towering sandstone cliffs, and unique rock formations. Wadi Rum has been ...

Visiting Wadi Rum is a voyage through the geological evolution of Earth, and many of these topographical features are older than the Dead Sea Rift that forms the western border of Jordan.

Visiting Jordan's Wadi Rum. ... Wadi Rum feels both strange and familiar, as if the new sun has wakened the memory of my genes—and now my smallest cells remember this place and know it as home.

My Bedouin guide Abdallah led the way up and into the crags of Jebel Umm Ishrin (1,753m), the sheer, eastern wall of Jordan's most spectacular valley: Wadi Rum.Though it's considered one of the ...

For many tourists and groups visiting Jordan in just a few days, the Wadi Rum experience is usually limited to fast-paced, compressed programmes that can fit their busy schedules.

Atullah and the rest of the staff at Wadi Rum Jordan Guideare lovely. Try to arrive in time to catch sunset from the sandstone cliffs. After sunset, ...

Wadi Rum is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Jordan rivaled only by the ancient city Petra.It's a government-protected nature reserve home to Bedouin tribes who have inhabited the ...