Martian landscape camp

Forty kilometres into the protected reserve south of Rum village, Martian Landscape Camp positions its tented suites amid the rust-red sandstone formations that give the property its name — the same desert plateau used as a Mars stand-in by multiple film productions.

Guests reach camp by 4x4 transfer from the village gate; no paved road connects the site to the outside. Nights here rank among Jordan's darkest, with no light pollution within the reserve boundary and Bedouin guides available for pre-dawn star walks.

Wadi Rum village lies roughly 60km from Aqaba's airport, making this a natural first or final stop on the Jordan Trail. The camp's rating of 9.8 across 34 reviews points to a consistently managed experience in one of the region's most remote settings.