Sleep under the stars in a luxury desert camp, Jordan

Wadi Rum is a vast desert landscape with narrow gorges, dramatic cliffs, and majestic sandstone arches, looking as if it should be on another planet.

It was the setting for most scenes in the epic film ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and the base for the real-life Lawrence of Arabia, British officer-turned-author T.E. Lawrence. Inhabited by various cultures since prehistoric times, some who’ve left their mark in rock paintings, today visitors can experience the Bedouins and Nabataeans way of life by staying in one of the luxurious desert camps, sleeping beneath the same brilliant starry night’s skies, but with many upscale perks.