Wadi Rum - the Red Desert

Vast sandy plain with cliffs of red sandstone unusual shape. Created by erosion of unusual rock shapes, arches, bridges, towers, picturesque canyons, here and there are small dunes and small oases. All this, Wadi Rum, one of the most beautiful in the world. Cliffs shimmer with rainbow colors, but the best look at the time of sunrise and sunset. Wadi Rum is a good place for those who appreciate the wild, untouched by human nature. However, here we do not meet typical sandy desert dunes, through which the camel caravans. Landscape of Wadi Rum more severe, similar to the American desert landscape in Colorado or Utah. The desert is vast and wide, several kilometers of dry valley (wadi). In the immediate vicinity of the towers located in an array of Ash - Sha - ra highest mountain of Jabal Jordan - Ram height of 1,734 m. Until recently, the tourists do not often come here. Located far south of Amman, inaccessible wilderness visited only the most persistent travelers. Today, most guides include photographs and descriptions of Wadi Rum is enough to tourists wanted to experience the thrill. Wadi Rum seems deserted, devoid of life occurs only at first glance. In the spring blooms are a lot of wildflowers are also found dozens of species of birds (vultures, crows, southern eagles) and mammals (wolf, fox, Afghanistan, Arabian Cat, Nubian ibex and others). In the past few years, the Government of Jordan will organize in these areas, the revival of oryx population.