Trekking and Scrambling

Burdah Rock Bridge is a popular destination for tourists who wish to challenge themselves just a little bit more. This climb is rated as a Grade 3 scramble, but it can be done without ropes and abseils. I will guide you along the fairly basic route up and down. I am not saying it is not a challenge, but you do not have to be an experienced climber to tackle this mountain.

As long as you are in shape and have endurance you will be greatly rewarded!

(Sorry for any inconvenience, but I will not take children under the age of 13 on this climb.)

The drive to Jebel Burdah is about half an hour from the Wadi Rum village. First, we will take you to a scenic overlook, where you can admire the magnificent mountain you are about to climb, and see the arch, which looks quite small from below!

The ascent and descent from Burdah takes about 4+ hours, depending on your fitness, mountain skills and speed.

After our descent, we will relax in the shade of the mountain you just conquered while eating lunch and drinking Bedouin tea.

Once rested, we will drive you to Al Hash mountain. Jebel Hash can be reached easily and will grant you with amazing views of the surrounding valleys. It shall take approximately 2 hours of hiking with the guide. Then we will drive you back to our Bedouin camp.

As the camp is located on the edge of the wilderness zone, this is a great opportunity to go for a stroll in the almost untouched desert landscape. The area around the camp is also one of the major sunset viewing points in Wadi Rum, and you can enjoy this over a glass of hot sage tea.

Having eaten a traditional dinner prepared in time-honoured Bedouin style, you can then experience the desert by night. Around the time of the full moon, you can see all the surroundings painted in surreal colours, and the moon shines brightly enough to walk around the camp without a flashlight (it's even bright enough to cast a moonshadow!). If there is no moon, and in the absence of all light pollution, the starry night sky is filled with myriad stars, sparkling constellations, the Milky Way, and often dozens of shooting stars. Some nights you can listen to traditional Bedouin music, and (temperature permitting) you can even take a mattress and blanket and sleep outside amidst nothing but rolling sands, silence, and the stars above.

The next morning, if you are an early riser, you can watch a glorious sunrise from one of the prime vantage points near the camp, the colours of the dawn are breathtaking as the sun rises from behind the mountains. Then you will be treated to a hearty breakfast before we take you to town for the morning bus, or on to your next port of call.

Extra information:

Tour and camp : 9am - 8:30am 
Starting point : our office in the Wadi Rum village
What to bring: comfortable clothes and shoes for hiking, suncream, hat/scarf, camera, smile.
There are no banks or ATMs in Wadi Rum.