Um Adaami - Climbing

Um Adaami is the highest mountain in Jordan - 1856m above sea level, with a stunning panoramic view from the top. You can see Saudia Arabia, and when the weather is clear, you can even see the Red Sea. It is relatively easy - mostly a gradual uphill hike with just a few scrambles!

The drive to Um Adaami takes approximately 1 hour. It is about 40km south of the Wadi Rum village through the beautiful Wadi Saabit, a part of the desert that not many people see.

The guided climb to the top and back takes approximately 2-3 hours. After the descent, we will have lunch in a pleasantly shaded place in the desert.

Then we will visit Wadi Nuqra canyon and Um Sabatah before driving to the camp.

Our Bedouin 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.