Al ‘Aqabah·Jordan
Photo: Davide Mauro · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wadi Rum's red sandstone desert is protected and thinly populated, and at night its Bedouin camps sit under a sky dark enough to show the Milky Way in full. Bubble tents and open-air beds let you fall asleep watching it.
In season: Oct–Apr · Peak: Oct–Nov
Warm days and cold nights in the cooler months, simple camp food and fire, and the best views away from the busier camps. Summer is very hot.
Book a Bedouin camp or guided desert night through the Wadi Rum visitor centre. Choose a camp away from the village, and go near the new moon.
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