Jabal Umm Ad Dami hike – Touch the Sky
Touch the sky is a good option if you want to combine jeep and hike. The first day you visit a wide variety of the famous desert sites with our bedouin guide. The second day you have the opportunity to make the Jabal Umm Ad Dami hike. The mountain is located in the wildest part of the desert, in the south, far from camps and mass tourism.
- Duration : 2 days and 1 night
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Start time :
• 10.00am year round
• If you choose to add an extra overnight first, plan to be here between 4.00-5.00pm in winter or 5.00-6.00pm in summer, and then your tour will begin the next day. -
End time :
• The next day around 3.30pm -
Included in this tour :
• English speaking bedouin guide for the whole duration of the tour
• Shared jeep tour (6 persons maximum per jeep and per guide)
• Jabal-Umm Ad Dami hike
• 4 meals and all drinks (lunch, dinner, breakfast. All bottles of water, tea and soda are provided)
• One night in the camp or under the stars (all the necessary to sleep is provided)
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About Jabal Umm Ad Dami hike :
• Physical level : Moderately Strenuous level (Good physical condition is required)
• Duration : around 3 to 4 hours (of course the guide adapt the hike to your pace)
• Jabal means mountain in Arabic. Jabal Umm Ad Dami at 1,854 meters above sea level, is the highest mountain of Jordan. From the top, you can admire the Saudi Arabian desert and the Red Sea’s blue waters in the horizon. The view is indescribable...
Program of the jeep tour & stops
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Day 1 : First, we meet each other in Rum village. Then we start the jeep tour by leaving the village with jeep or camel (if you opt for riding a camel at the beginning of the tour) to enter into the desert to visit different sites : Lawrence Spring, Khazali Canyon, Anfishyyeh inscriptions, Red Sand Dune, Little Bridge and Lawrence House. After this half day, we take a break in a quiet and beautiful place, and we prepare a Bedouin meal for you. After lunch, we continue the jeep tour to visit Mushroom rock, Burdah rock bridge, Abu Khashaba canyon, and Um Fruth Rock Bridge. Lastly, we drive to a place with a amazing view and we enjoy the sunset.
At night, depending the option you choose, you sleep in the camp or under the stars. Our guides are dedicated to you: they serve the dinner, and they are available to talk about bedouin culture and stories, playing cards or even dance and listen to bedouin music. - Day 2 : Around 7AM we have breakfast. Then you have time to prepare yourself and your backpack for your hike. We start the day with a journey by jeep until we reach the mountain. On the way you have time to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding scenery. The Jabal Umm Ad Dami hike requires an entire half-day. After this active morning, we choose a beautiful and quiet place close to the mountain for the lunch. During this well-deserved break, you can chill while the bedouin guide prepares a traditional meal for you. We leave this place in the afternoon and drive again through the desert to visit a few more places.
- End of the tour : We drive back with the jeep to the village around 3.30pm. Please note: if you opt for riding a camel at the end of the tour, you will be back at the village shortly after (1h camel : around 4.30pm / 2h camel : around 5.30pm).
Night options
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1.Night in bedouin camp
For you, comfort lover, our five stars bedouin bed is waiting you
You sleep in a private bedouin tent fully equipped. Shared bathroom with toilets and showers are available. We enjoy the dinner together in the communal tent.
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2. Night under the stars near the camp
For you semi-adventurer, comfort is never too far, no need to choose!
We install your bivouac near the camp, and we provide all the necessities for sleep.
You enjoy the dinner in the communal tent, and you have access to the bathroom facilities.
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3. Bivouac in bedouin cave
For you adventurer, who likes evenings outdoor aroud the campfire.
The cave is not a closed place. In fact it is more an overhanging rock. A guide is dedicated to you, he arranges the bivouac with campfire and dinner. We provide all the necessities for sleep.
Jabal Umm Ad Dami Hike and Jeep tour prices
1 person alone
JOD
150
/ person
- Night in the camp
- Night under the stars near camp
- 15 JOD supplement for bivouac
Group 2 to 4 persons
JOD
125
/ person
- Night in the camp
- Night under the stars near camp
- 15 JOD supplement for bivouac
Group 5 to 8 persons
JOD
120
/ person
- Night in the camp
- Night under the stars near camp
- 15 JOD supplement for bivouac
Options & information
- Camel ride
- 1 hour camel ride = 20JOD / person
- 2 hours camel ride = 30JOD / person
- One camel per person accompanied by one guide
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Cave night supplement :
The night under the stars (bivouac) in the cave costs 15 JOD in addition per person and per night. This is a seasonally available option. During the months of November, December and January we do not offer bivouac. -
Extra night
You can add a pre-night in the bedouin camp before your tour. The cost is 30JD/person, everything included (dinner, breakfast and transfer). -
Private jeep tour
Private jeep tour costs 40 JD in addition per day. You do not share the tour with others guests, the guide is privately dedicated to you the whole day tour and night if you opt for bivouac. -
Children prices
Children under 13 is 25% discount
Children under 7 is 50% discount
Children under 3 is free of charge -
Large groups
Prices for groups of more than 8 persons are available on request.
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Jeep tour information
Our jeep tours are shared tours and are constituted of 6 persons maximum, except if you book for a group of more than 6. Our guides are not only drivers, they are real bedouin guides who share their knowledges about the desert with you. -
Booking information
You can book a tour online via our form. After receiving your reservation, we send you a confirmation which contains all details about your trip.
In addition, we support you in the organization of your experience. We can help you with car, bus or taxi transfer, just let us know in the reservation.
Other hiking tours
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Vertigo tour - Burdah arch : 1 day and 1 nightVertigo tour - Burdah arch : 1 day and 1 night
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Touch the sky - Umm ad Dami : 2 days and 1 nightTouch the sky - Umm ad Dami : 2 days and 1 night
Useful links
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