On our second day in Wadi Rum, after our little taster with the sunset rides and star gazing the night before, we lastly obtained to move out and discover the breadth and depth of Wadi Rum correctly.
To say we had been excited could be one thing of an understatement.
We obtained up shiny and early, wolfed down breakfast in our resort at report velocity (our resort is the superb Memories Aicha Luxury Camp) and hurriedly ran out to satisfy our driver with all the keenness often reserved for a child in a sweet retailer.
Our driver arrived once more in an identical truck to the one we had been picked up in after we first confirmed up in Wadi Rum which meant that we might both sit inside or select to sit down exterior.
As per earlier than, we selected to sit down exterior as a result of we actually needed to see EVERYTHING.
Our first cease was on the foot of this hill to see some historical inscriptions on the rocks and it additionally proved to be the proper spot to simply cease for a second within the mid day solar and go for just a little stroll throughout the desert.
By the best way, this place is named Lawrence’s Spring, effectively… as a result of spring that’s there.
Understandably, a spring within the desert is sort of an enormous deal.
The panorama right here is so unimaginable.
I’ve mentioned it and I’ll preserve saying it, Wadi Rum actually appears to be like and appears like nowhere else we’ve ever been to.
Our driver then prompt taking us to a sand dune and actually, it wouldn’t actually have mattered what spot he recommend we go see subsequent, we’d have simply mentioned sure.
The sand dunes are fairly superb and I undoubtedly advocate doing the stroll to the highest of it as a result of the view from up right here is superb.
Some folks additionally got here right here to go sandboarding, however after doing that in South Africa, we politely declined.
It’s such a piece out – which we’d usually be up for however we nonetheless had many different rocks and mini hills to climb so we figured we in all probability ought to tempo ourselves.
On the backside of the sand dunes, there was just a little hut the place the locals frolicked to chill off within the desert warmth which turned out to be an incredible place to cease for tea too.
Additionally, don’t let anybody let you know in any other case; scorching tea on this warmth completely works. 😋😋
Subsequent up we drove just a little additional as much as Khazali Canyon the place we needed to scale some rocks to make our approach to the doorway of it.
It’s fairly simple however the canyon can be pretty slender so you’ll be able to solely enterprise up to now within it earlier than turning again.
We didn’t head again to the automotive instantly although.
We selected as an alternative to cease for a bit and enterprise round on foot to actually take in the panorama throughout us.
The sheer peak of the mountains is simply so unimaginable.
Leaving that, we then headed to a spot I bear in mind seeing in images earlier than we even arrived in Wadi Rum.
We had been really in search of the Burdah Rock Bridge after we discovered it and it turned out to be a pleasant detour because it has probably the greatest views over the desert.
It does want a bit a little bit of scrambling to get to the highest of it however nothing too strenuous.
After that we carried on to Thomas Edward Lawrence’s home.
And for the unfamiliar, Thomas Edward Lawrence or T. E. Lawrence is the famed Lawrence of Arabia and that is the place he stayed whereas he was in Wadi Rum.
Earlier than the home existed there was really a pre-existing Nabataeans construction that had been constructed over two thousand years in the past and that construction was used as a station for passing caravans.
Additionally, whereas with reference to folks within the desert, you will need to point out among the most essential right here – the Nabataean.
The Nabataean had been the traditional Arab individuals who lived, travelled and traded throughout this space of Jordan (and in different nations as effectively).
Now, bear in mind how we were in Petra (in Jordan) on this day and then also on this day and even this trip to Little Petra?
Effectively, Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans and their story from there carries on by to Wadi Rum too.
There’s even an historical Nabataean temple in Wadi Rum that’s completely value a go to too.
Subsequent we obtained dropped off at one finish of Abu Khashaba Canyon which our driver instructed us to stroll by and that he would meet us on the different finish.
It’s so unimaginable, and this time, the canyon is vast and fairly sandy.
The views as you stroll by are so spectacular and it’s simply full of this fantastically tremendous sand all through.
It’s a little little bit of a trek however after being in a automotive all day up to now, it simply feels good.
Plus the canyon is within the shade by after lunchtime so it’s good and funky and fairly simple to stroll by.
After assembly our driver on the different finish of Abu Khashaba Canyon, we carried on to our subsequent cease which is the well-known Um Fruth Rock Arch.
I’d seen images of individuals climbing it however after we really confirmed up there, I initially chickend out of the thought of climbing it as a result of that factor is so excessive!
You additionally should scale the facet of the rocks right here, which feels nearly vertical at factors, simply to get to it.
It took just a few moments of watching different folks doing it fairly simply for me to persuade myself to go forward and do it and the view from up there may be fairly superb!
Leaving right here, we determined to go hang around with among the locals and watch the solar set however extra on that in the next post as this publish is now getting so very lengthy. Hahaha!
The subsequent publish is available here, by the best way.
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