Price
2026
9 Nights - £1,865 per person sharing
Dates & Prices
JORDAN
Wadi Rum Desert Ride
Overview
The Wadi Rum Desert Ride is an amazing horse-riding holiday through Jordan’s spectacular desert scenery, littered with the monuments of another era, it is a journey through history. This is a vast silent place, timeless and starkly beautiful. Consider it three holidays rolled into one – visiting Petra, one of the great sights of Jordan, riding across the Wadi Rum desert and finishing with a night at the Dead Sea.
Your first or last day on the Wadi Rum Desert Ride, depending on which date you choose, is spent exploring the amazing ruins of Petra, the ‘Rose Red City’ set deep inside a narrow gorge, its ornate facades were carved out of sandstone cliffs by the Nabataeans around 400BC.
There are six glorious days spent exploring the Wadi Rum desert on horseback. The terrain varies from deep sand on high dunes, to stony desert and the hard packed sand of dry oases and as a result the pace varies with the terrain. As you journey through the desert you will meet the Bedouin families, the nomadic people of this country, living in their traditional nomadic camps. The perfect end to a day on horseback is to watch the sand turn from pink to deep orange as the sun sets, whilst eating delicious local dishes prepared over an open fire. Tents are provided but on warm evenings you may just prefer a mattress under the stars! You will rarely see a sky so black or stars so bright.
On the final day of the Wadi Rum Desert Ride, you travel to the Dead Sea stopping at Kerak for lunch and spend the afternoon relaxing in the waters of the Dead Sea.
Location
Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan
Airport
Amman, Jordan
Duration
9 nights
When to go
September - May
Riding level
Intermediate to Advanced
Weight
85 kg / 13.4 Stone / 187 lbs
Group size
10 max
Accommodation
Combination of comfortable hotels and and basic campsites
Included
All the riding, accommodation, plus transfers at set times.
Extras
Single supplement – £200
Excluded
Flights, drinks in the hotels, entrance fees, alcohol on the ride, dinner on the first, lunch in Petra and Dead Sea, and tips.
Price guarantee
All our riding holidays hold a price guarantee. We believe in your piece of mind on price when you book with us and will refund the difference should you find the same riding holiday elsewhere at a lower price.
Exchange rate
Rates are subject to daily exchange rate fluctuations, please refer to our Terms and Conditions for full details.
Transfers
Airport transfers are included from Amman on the day of arrival between 4pm and 1am and back to Amman on the day of departure up to 2pm. Transfers can be arranged at other times for an additional cost. 2–3-hour car transfer.
Departure dates
The rides start on Saturdays for 9 nights and 10 days, finishing on Mondays.
2026
18 - 27 April
25 April - 4 May
9 - 18 May
23 May - 1 June
Riding & Itinerary
This trip covers most of the Wadi Rum area with its ever-changing scenery and includes a full day in Petra and a day of relaxing and swimming in the Dead Sea.
Day 1
Arrive in Amman, at Queen Alia International Airport, where you are met and driven to your hotel, normally the Mosaic City Hotel in Madaba (30 minutes). Overnight at your hotel.
Day 2
Early morning your bus will collect you to travel to Petra (around 2h 30min drive). A full day to visit the site. You have a 2-3 hour guided visit with an official guide and afterwards can wander on your own or return to your hotel. You will see the famous Treasury and then choose which sites to visit from the many on offer - the city centre, the Royal tomb, the theatre, the High Place of Sacrifice, the Monastery or the Roman Soldier Tombs. There are many small restaurants inside the site to have your lunch. Overnight at a 3* hotel located right at the entrance to Petra. Dinner at the hotel.
Day 3
After breakfast, your bus will drive you to Wadi Rum (around 1.5 hour drive). Arrive in the village of Wadi Rum at the stables at around 9.30am. Time to drink the first bedouin tea, meet the horses and the team. The first ride is through Um Ishrin valley with a visit on the way to Lawrence’s well. After lunch you ride through an open valley with a view over the red sand area. Dinner and camp in Abu Hassaran.
Day 4
After breakfast, you cross Rash Rasha valley with its red sands and go to Qatar mountain. There you see a spring and have lunch. After lunch, ride to Um Raza, where you set up camp for the night.
Day 5
After breakfast, you ride onto Arab Antar, a natural cave famous for its legends. Lunch near Arab Antar, then continue to Sweibat valley which is c. 5 km from the Saudi border. Dinner and camp in Sweibat.
Day 6
After breakfast, you cross through Cerdan valley and see a Neolithic well that is still used by the Bedouins. Have lunch in Um Umgur and then cross narrow canyons to arrive in Abu Rashaba where camp is set up for the night.
Day 7
After breakfast, ride from Abu Rashaba to Jebel Burdah and see the natural rock bridge on its summit. After lunch continue to the red sand dunes and Jebel Um Feshiyeh with its Nabatean inscriptions. Dinner and camp in the red sand dunes area.
Day 8
After breakfast, you cross Barragh canyon, which is the longest canyon in Wadi Rum. Gaze at its monumental cliffs which are famous for rock climbing. Then you cross the Disseh plain and return the horses to their stable. Lunch at the stables. After lunch you are driven back to Madaba/Amman to check-in to your hotel and have dinner. Overnight in 3 star hotel in Madaba (or sometimes Amman).
Day 9
In the morning you visit Amman old city before being transferred to the Dead Sea where you spend the afternoon at your leisure. Mount Nebo is situated on the road between Madaba and the Dead Sea so you visit the site on either your outward or return journey. Dinner and night in a hotel in Madaba.
Day 10
Transfer to the airport in time for your flight.
Please ask about
We can also create tailor made programmes for private groups
Add ons to Amman and Dead Sea
Horses
Bedouin Arabians, pure Arabians (WAHO Registered), Part-Breds and some Anglo Arabs
Riding level
Intermediate to Advanced
Type of riding
Progressive trail ride with 4-6 hours in the saddle each day. Riders should be fit.
Tack
English style
Weight limit
85 kg / 13.4 Stone / 187 lbs
Group size
10 max
Accommodation & Meals
There are 3 star and 4-star hotels for 4 nights for the sight-seeing part of the trip.
On the riding part, it is static Bedouin style camps used in the winter months and roomy dome tents for the moving camp in the summer months. All shared toilet/shower facilities. It is most definitely basic camping but at its best with great nights spent eating unbelievably good food round the campfire.
Accommodation
Combination of comfortable hotels and and basic campsites
Single Supplement
Single supplement applies.
Meals
Inform us about food allergies and intolerances
Drinks
Non-alcoholic drinks included during the ride, all drinks payable in the hotels.
The Destination
Wadi Rum, known also as the Valley of the Moon, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia and about 60 km to the east of the city of Aqaba. It is the largest wadi (river valley) in Jordan. Several prehistoric civilizations left petroglyphs, rock inscriptions and ruins in Wadi Rum. Today it is a tourist attraction, offering guided tours, hiking and rock climbing. The Wadi Rum Protected Area has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2011.
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