On our second day in Wadi Rum, after our little taster with the sunset rides and star gazing the night before, we finally got to head out and explore the breadth and depth of Wadi Rum properly.
To say we were excited would be something of an understatement.
We got up bright and early, wolfed down breakfast in our hotel at record speed (our hotel is the amazing Memories Aicha Luxury Camp) and hurriedly ran out to meet our driver with all the enthusiasm usually reserved for a kid in a candy store.
Our driver arrived again in a similar truck to the one we were picked up in when we first showed up in Wadi Rum which meant that we could either sit inside or choose to sit outside.
As per before, we chose to sit outside because we really wanted to see EVERYTHING.
Our first stop was at the foot of this hill to see some ancient inscriptions on the rocks and it also proved to be the perfect spot to just stop for a moment in the mid day sun and go for a little walk across the desert.
By the way, this place is called Lawrence’s Spring, well… due to the spring that’s there.
Understandably, a spring in the desert is quite a big deal.
The landscape here is so incredible.
I’ve said it and I’ll keep saying it, Wadi Rum truly looks and feels like nowhere else we’ve ever been to.
Our driver then suggested taking us to a sand dune and honestly, it wouldn’t really have mattered what spot he suggest we go see next, we would have just said yes.
The sand dunes are pretty amazing and I definitely recommend doing the walk to the top of it because the view from up here is amazing.
Some people also came here to go sandboarding, but after doing that in South Africa, we politely declined.
It’s such a work out – which we’d normally be up for but we still had many other rocks and mini hills to climb so we figured we probably should pace ourselves.
At the bottom of the sand dunes, there was a little hut where the locals hung out to cool off in the desert heat which turned out to be a great place to stop for tea too.
Also, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise; hot tea in this heat absolutely works. 😋😋
Next up we drove a little further up to Khazali Canyon where we had to scale some rocks to make our way to the entrance of it.
It’s pretty easy but the canyon is also fairly narrow so you can only venture so far inside of it before turning back.
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