The clear desert sky filled with twinkling stars above Jordan's Wadi Rum has turned into sand lashes, lit up brightly by the headlights of the parked jeeps. Hamad, one of our hosts, was right after ...

Director Ridley Scott's highly anticipated "The Martian" is in theaters Friday. While much of the film will take place on Mars, it's the Middle Eastern desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan, which serves as the ...

WADI RUM – Known for its desert landscapes and ancient heritage, Wadi Rum also offers some of the clearest and darkest skies in the region. As interest in astro-tourism grows worldwide, the Kingdom is ...

Nate Mankovich, Manuel López and Alvaro Vernich have made the first ascent of 'Yantibih Lak' (6c, 450m) on the west face of Jebel Kazhali in Wadi Rum, Jordan. López reports.

WADI RUM — Runners from around the world gathered for the 11th edition of the International Wadi Rum Marathon. Organised by Unlimited Distances, the marathon offered far more than just a competitive ...

Jordan’s southern border is a land of sweeping valleys, sandstone hills and imposing mountains crowned by peaks overlooking vast, remote deserts. Not so long ago, much of this region was actually ...

It traces the stunning, extraterrestrial landscape featured in films like Star Wars and Dune, while helping to preserve traditional Bedouin culture. My Bedouin guide Abdallah led the way up and into ...

“No man can live his life and emerge unchanged. He will carry, however faint, the imprint of the desert, the brand which marks the nomad; and he will have within him the yearning to return, weak or ...

The twin beams of our headlights jiggle over the dirt, lighting up a small but constant patch of empty night. The seats squeak, my body swaying in the front as the copper-colored ground grabs at our ...