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Wadi Araba Desert in Aqaba, Jordan

Wadi Araba is a 150 kilometer stretch of land from the Dead Sea to Aqaba. The desert is part of the Great Rift Valley and - in Jordan - rises to heights of 450 meters and dips to less 400 meters below sea level. You will encounter some semi-arid land as well as the classic desert sand dunes with palm trees. The region is warmer than most of Jordan and only sparsely populated. It is quite possible to roam the desert here without encountering another soul apart from perhaps the odd Bedouin out with his herd of animals. We enjoy sharing this special place in the world with visitors very much as it's one of our favorite spots, too. You can explore the area by Jeep, on foot or atop a camel, horse, donkey or mule! There is no accommodation available in Wadi Araba, but we are entitled to set up camps here for you. We'll be sleeping under the stars, as you enjoy a Bedouin meal over open fire. The huge eastern deserts of Jordan are mostly stony plains of limestone or basalt, but much of the southern desert is sand, presaging the dunes and vast emptiness of the Arabian interior. In the far south, squeezed onto Jordan’s only stretch of coastline, Aqaba forms a pleasant urban counterpoint to the breathtaking marine flora and fauna which thrive in the warm Red Sea waters just offshore. The real highlights, though, lie inland. You shouldn’t leave Jordan without spending time in the extraordinary desert moonscape of Wadi Rum, haunt of Lawrence of Arabia and starting point for camel treks into the red sands, while the award-winning ecolodge at Feynan makes a fabulous hideaway for walks, cultural encounters and off-the-beaten-track exploration in the little-visited Wadi Araba desert. Two of the three north–south highways connecting Amman with Aqaba are desert roads, and only really of interest as access routes to and from southern Jordan. The easternmost of the three, the so-called desert highway, follows the line of the old Hejaz Railway and serves as a demarcation boundary between well-watered hills to the west and the open desert. The westernmost of the three is the Wadi Araba road, which hugs the line of the Israeli border south of the Dead Sea. Like us and Join us at Xtreme Collections for more fun and knowledge.