Currently, Wadi Rum has approximately 162 tented camps, mostly owned by the local Bedouins, groups of nomadic Arab people who live in the desert. Only five of these are serviced like a hotel ...

Sandeep Sreedharan shares his wonderful visit to Wadi Rum, a vast desert area in southern Jordan that resembles the Red Planet. W ikipedia says Wadi Rum is spread over 720 square kilometers.

Bedouin life in Wadi Rum is increasingly intertwined with the tourism business. Attayak Zalabia, 45, works as a tour guide and runs a camp for visitors.

The Wadi Rum Desert Lodge is designed to take advantage of the natural landscape in order to fully appreciate the surrounding desert. As such, residences, rooms and hotel amenities are built into ...

But Freedomes and SunCity Camp are making that experience almost possible with a dome tent camp in Wadi Rum, Jordan – close to where the 2015 movie “The Martian” was filmed.

Currently, Wadi Rum has approximately 162 tented camps, mostly owned by the local Bedouins, groups of nomadic Arab people who live in the desert. Only five of these are serviced like a hotel ...