Stargazing Adventure in Jordan: Discover the Majesty of Cosmic Views at Wadi Rum

Embark on a stargazing adventure in Jordan’s Wadi Rum and witness the breathtaking cosmic views at RumSky, a world-class observatory. Discover the magic of low light pollution and explore the night sky with professional astronomers.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • RumSky Stargazing Adventure - We start by picking up our guest from all the local camps in Disi Area around 7:45 Pm in winter. (Summer times change, please check with us). Don’t worry we always pick you up after your dinner.
    The adventure starts with a 20-minute presentation that takes you on a journey that sheds light on the cosmos.
    As the presentation ends, we step out and begin our trek across the sky. We split our guests in 2 equal groups:
    Group 1
    Follow the light of the green laser surrounded by a candle track. A professional astronomer takes you around the night sky, explaining how to find directions in the night through the stars’ system.
    Then explaining the daily and annual rotation of stars. We show our guests various constellations and horoscopes with the aid of the laser.
    We explain ancient mythologies from various cultures. This session takes 35 minutes.
    Group 2
    Will spend time on large telescopes, computerized with GPS systems. They see various targets like: Galaxies, Nebulae, planets and its moons, etc.
    The session is guided by another professional astronomer. This session takes 35 minutes. At the middle of the show. Group 1 and 2 switch.
    At the end we take group photo with the night objects.
What's Included
  • Group photo with sky objects using time exposure technique
  • Stargazing with large telescopes
  • Naked eye stargazing with professional astronomer using a laser
  • Free transportation to most local camps
  • Astronomy presentation by a professional astronomer in a seated hall
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
Additional Information

RumSky offers a premier observatory experience to tourists visiting the enchanting Wadi Rum Area in Jordan. With minimal light pollution, Wadi Rum is among the unique corners of the world where thousands of celestial bodies can be observed. Large telescopes available at RumSky enhance the stargazing adventure. Our expert astronomers will guide you through this once in a lifetime experience!

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Kobusjjb
Aug 28, 2024
Great evening stargazing - A great experience! Would highly recommend booking an evening stargazing. You will get a short introduction and explanation about what you can expect and the main features of stargazing. After that some of the constellations are pointed out and they tell you how to navigate by the stars. You then get to look through several telescopes pointed at a planet and some constellations. Even though it was very cloudy, they made sure we had a lovely experience filled with funny stories and humor. It is a must if you are staying at a camp in the desert!
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Teljill
Jun 30, 2024
Unique experience - We were picked up from our camp on time and driven through the desert to the stargazing camp. We were then given a talk on the planets which was easy to understand and lots of fun. We then went outside to see the beautiful night sky and told lots of interesting information on what we were looking at , we then used the telescopes and that was mind blowing. This was a truly unique experience and fascinating if you are into astronomy or1 st time stargazers like us.
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720yaring
Jun 15, 2024
Perfect experience 😍 - We had the best stargazing experience at rum sky, the team members Marah and Muthana were professional and made this a memorable night😍😍😍
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912hebatallaha
Jun 10, 2024
amazing ❤️❤️❤️ - one of the world's best stargazing locations, and there's nothing more special than coming into contact with the sparkling night sky in this stunning desert atmosphere
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10anishak
Jun 2, 2024
Loved it! - We had a fab night looking at the night sky. Both astronomers were great and really fun. We had 3 generations amongst our family and all of us really enjoyed learning about the stars. It was the first time all of us had looked through a telescope and everything was clearly explained beforehand by Fahkri. We saw galaxies and stars 🤩 I highly recommend this experience!
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Spith2024
May 10, 2024
Nighttime adventures among the stars of wadi rum - Amazing tour by a bunch of passionate astronomers. Id recommend taking a personal picture. These guys love what they do.
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Harry
May 7, 2024
Amazing sights through the telescopes - Fantastic! The event is in 3 sections. There is a 15 minute video introduction with Fahri ( apologies If I have spelled that wrong) who is a very entertaining and informative speaker. The video is very accessible but still interesting if you are more knowledgeable. This is followed by an introduction to the night sky with one of the young team members who has a powerful laser pointer to identify stars and constellations. Our guide was great fun: she was very sparky, witty and well informed. I now understand how the Zodiac is arranged! We were then back with Fahri to look through the telescopes at four objects in the night sky - on the night we were there we saw a binary star, a globular cluster and two distant galaxies. Fahri was entertaining and astonishingly knowledgeable. His stellar photographs are mind blowing. We were fortunate in that there were only 10 in our group, and it may be different if it was more crowded but for me this definitely five stars ( or 200 billion if you count all the nearby ones…)
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Annies_mum
Apr 19, 2024
Educational and entertaining - I've always wanted to know more about the night sky and what an opportunity this was to do it in the Wadi Rum desert. From the moment the pre talk started with a 3 minute video showing how large space is I was hooked. We were lucky as a group tour to have 8 of us being educated and entertained as we got to view different stars/space phenomena through 5 telescopes and I learnt so much about the North Star, how the night sky changes and constellations visible in the sky that night.
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Ddalonge
Apr 18, 2024
Amazing!!!! - Went not really expecting much out of this, but boy was I wrong! Loved Loved this experience, got to see the big dipper and learn so much more about our stars. If you are wondering if this is worth it, do it please and you will not be sorry... thanks Team. April 16th 2024.
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287suham
Aug 15, 2024
Good - Unfortunately, my husband's explanation was English and I had to have every Shui translated...with the knowledge that most of us Arabs could be three sides of a...meaning they were supposed to rule Arabic and explained by Arabic ...lastly, my husband's rule Ino Mo understand Shish and explained Shui tried the whole group...but we thought Arabs and Arabic places would have everybody speaking Arabic.
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