I’m enjoying a fantastic two-day camel ride with Rum Stars including an overnight stay in a Bedouin camp in the Wadi Rum desert. It’s a beautiful, non-touristic camp and it is just perfect.

Rum Stars was set up by two Bedouins from the tribe of the Zalabyeh of Wadi Rum in Jordan. They started this small company to offer a more beautiful experience for adventurers instead of the normal short trips through the desert by jeep. These Bedouins still live in the Wadi Rum desert.

Rum Stars is a beautiful camp offering Bedouin tents in the middle of the desert. Bring a sense of adventure and an open mind and you will never forget this experience. The camp overlooks the Burrah Canyon area and consists of a colorful camp, fluffy pillows surrounding a campfire, a toilet and a pretty perfect sunset. The colors wander from yellow to orange and from red to the deep black of the night and when you walk out of the camp and find yourself in complete darkness, there are a million stars to count.

The food is delicious, we enjoy a traditional Zarb. We enjoy the food, live music, gallons of tea and we gather us around the campfire where we talk about life in the desert with the Bedouins for hours. The next day I wake up early for another amazing sunrise and after a hearty breakfast we leave for the wilderness on our camels again.