Unique Site in the world:
Wadi Rum is located in the southwestren part of Jordan. It can be reached through the desert highway joining Amman and Red Sea part of Aqaba. Rum is 320 kms southwest of Amman. 120 kms south of Petra and only 68 kms north of Aqaba.Wadi Rum lies in the center of a vast plain between Jebel Rum,one of Jordan's highest mountains,and Jebel Um Ishrin,or "mountain of the mother of Twenty.
In the eastren ravines of Jebel Rum there are numerous sweet water springs,described by Lawrence of Arabia after his arrival in Wadi Rum in September of 1917 as "paradise just five feet square".
Wadi Rum is a desert terrain abounds, with high rocky mountains,green oasis ,and valleys.
Tempreture in Wadi Rum ranges from an avarage of 32 degree Celcius in the daytime to a minimum of 1 degree Celcuis in the evening. Ideal months to visit are March,April,September, October and November.
Wadi Rum is a protected environment. Rare species of animals, small plants and herbs can be found by the inquisitive traveler. Wadi Rum is also a bird-watchers'haven.
Geologists think that this Wadi (the Arabic word for "valley" resulted from a great crack in the surface of the earth caused by an enormous upheaval which shattered mammoth piecec of granite and sandstone ridges from the mountain of the Afro-Arabian shield.
Ajourney to Wadi Rum is a journey to another world. Avast, silent place, timeless and starkly beautiful, Wadi Rum lies at three-hour drive south of Amman, a little over an hour's drive south-east of Petra and some 70 kilometers north- east of Aqaba.
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