Plane tickets – use your favourite flight search engine. If you don't have a favourite one, try kiwi.com. Ryanair flies to Amman often. Time is very tight for this trip, so get tickets with arrival to Amman as early in the morning as possible, and return tickets with departure from Amman as late as possible in the afternoon, or ideally in the evening!
Visa – a visa for Jordan is compulsory and the Jordan Pass option is ideal if travelling for 3 nights or more. Buy the Jordan Pass online in advance and print it out. The Jordan Pass includes entry to virtually all the places you visit. For this type of trip, you only need a Jordan Pass with one entry to Petra.
Accommodation – choose SunSet Hotel as your accommodation in Wadi Musa next to Petra. For accommodation in a campsite you can check out the Wadi Rum Nature Tours website.
Car Rental – AVIS – consider paying for full insurance, not only is the traffic a bit chaotic at times, but you will be leaving your car in various places along the way and other drivers are not too worried about any scratches and stuff.
Wadi Rum Jeep Tour – make arrangements ahead of time with the campsite where you will be staying. If you use the campsite we suggest, then you can arrange your jeep tour together with the accommodation. Don't forget to agree on the form of payment, usually it's cash in JOD on the spot.
Petra by Night – evening tour of Petra. Entry is not covered by the Jordan pass. You can either get tickets on the spot or better yet, ask your hotel in Wadi Musa to arrange tickets for you.
Prices at the destination – prices in Jordan are reasonable. Of course, you can encounter big differences – prices are usually significantly higher on the tourist routes than a few streets away.
Calls and data – check with your provider for current prices. WiFi is common in hotels and restaurants and is free. Don't forget that in Wadi Rum Village will have your last chance to make a call or send a text – there is no signal at the campsite, the signal is not great on the Jeep Tour, either.
When to come here – pretty much anytime. However, in the summer months it will probably be very hot here, and there will also be a lot of other tourists. So, early spring or late fall are ideal. You can also come here in winter, but it might often rain or even snow. I have experience from the end of February when it was almost 20°C during the day and 3-5°C at night, so it was ideal for hiking.
TIP – there is even more to experience in Wadi Rum! Through Wadi Rum Nature Tours, you can arrange to sleep in the desert in the open air – after dinner they will drive you out into the desert and bring you back in the morning for breakfast (don't worry the guide will be with you the whole time!). Alternatively, you can arrange to travel to or from the campsite on camels – but be prepared it's not a short journey. Due to tight schedules, a camel ride to the campsite would only be possible on your arrival at Wadi Rum Village. Your suitcases will be taken to the camp by a jeep, and you will be riding a majestic camel.
Niky Malečková