From Petra to Wadi Rum and other Wadi Rum, Jordan Transportation Tips

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Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: There is a daily bus from Petra leaving at about 6.30am. The procedure there is that you ask your hotel to reserve you a place and the bus comes to pick you up. The fare is usually about 3JD but this is a tourist bus, and does not have the right to pick up fares along the way, so if there are fewer than 3 passengers the bus will not run.

Unfortunately there is no way to check ahead of time that this bus to Rum will run on any particular day. This depends, not only on the number of passengers coming from Petra, but on the number of people in Wadi Rum waiting to take the bus on its return trip. Often the driver only decides in the morning when he sees how many passengers he has in total. Sometimes he will go anyway, but will charge a bit extra.

If he decides not to go, you should take the early bus to Aqaba, leaving Petra at 6.20am or there is another one at 7.45am, get down at the Rum Intersection (tell the driver what you want) and try to hitch from there. If you have pre-reserved with a guide, ask one of the drivers to call him and he will probably come to pick you up. He may or may not charge you for this (it is 30 kilometers, or 20 miles. A taxi would charge about 6JD for this distance).

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Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: The same bus returns to Petra afterwards at about 8.30am, usually arriving in Petra around 10.30 or 11.00. The fare is the same or about 3JD. You might be charged more if you have a large backpack.

If you have visited Wadi Rum with a Bedouin guide, he will almost always call the driver to make sure that he is coming, before bringing you to the village to put you on the bus. If you have wandered around alone, then ask at the Village Rest House about this.

If there is no bus, you will have to get yourself to the Desert Highway and wait for a bus from Aqaba to Petra - there are several during the morning. Most people would drive you there - but would charge 6JD which is the standard taxi fare for this distance

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Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: A bus leaves Wadi Rum for Aqaba at 7.30am and if there is enough demand at 8.30am. Again you should consult your Bedouin guide about this. He will usually call the driver to warn him that you will be needing a place on the bus and will see that you are there in time for it.

The second bus will only run if there are a number of people who were unable to find places on the early bus.

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Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: Many people are disappointed to hear that there is no reliable public transport from Aqaba to Wadi Rum early in the morning. If you need to get there early, the only possibility is a taxi (fare is 15JD). You can also take a bus going north (any bus) and get down at the Rum Intersection and hitch from there. Most local drivers will ask for 5JD, which is the standard taxi charge for the distance of 30 kilometers.

The first possible bus is at 11am - and this is only when there is a second early bus from Rum to Aqaba. Otherwise most days the first bus is at 1pm, and the second at 3pm.

The bus at 1pm is usually crowded, so get there early! There is usually room on the 3pm one.

The fare is 1JD.

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Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: There is no direct transport from Wadi Rum to Amman. It is best to take the morning bus to Aqaba (except on Fridays) and from there you can easily find onward transport to Amman. The best solution is probably the long distance buses, either Trust or JETT, but there are also service taxis from the Aqaba bus station.

If you want to go to somewhere like Madaba, it is probably simplest to take the bus/service taxi to Amman and a normal taxi from there to Madaba. The taxi would cost around 8JD, but if you have luggage it helps a lot! The bus station at Madaba is a way out of town, so you would need a taxi there as well.

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Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: Wadi Rum to Petra = 25JD
Wadi Rum to central Aqaba = 15JD
Wadi Rum to Aqaba port, Aqaba airport or the Saudi or Israeli borders = 20JD
Amman airport to Wadi Rum = 60JD
Wadi Rum to the Desert Highway = 5JD

The fares in the other direction should be the same.

Posted by Lulu

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