Duration
Full day (9 hours)
Group size
Up to 6
Language
English, Arabic
Burdah is the highest rock bridge most visitors to Wadi Rum will ever stand on. Getting there is 45 minutes of jeep across open sand past Barrah canyon, then about two hours up — and up means scrambling, not walking. You will use your hands for most of it. Near the top there are three or four moves where the exposure is real, maybe forty metres of air below you, on rock polished smooth by everyone who came before. We carry rope and harnesses and will rig that section for anyone who wants it. No judgement; plenty of people take it. If you are genuinely afraid of heights, book the jeep day instead — people turn back at the last pitch and then have to wait, which spoils it for them. If you have a knee that clicks, the descent is harder than the climb. We don't run this between 11am and 3pm from June to September because the south face becomes an oven. Six climbers per guide, minimum age fourteen, and we will turn a group around if the wind picks up. Trainers with grip, three litres of water, and a long-sleeved shirt you don't mind scuffing.
We are Zalabia, born in Rum village, and our grandfather was walking goats up these wadis before the asphalt reached the valley. Three generations later the camp sits under the eastern face of Jebel Um Ishrin — better mattresses now, still no wifi, still the same fire. Between the six of us we drive the jeeps, keep the camels, cook the zarb and argue about football. Our drivers navigate by rock shape rather than GPS, which is how we reach Barrah canyon while the convoys are still queuing at Um Fruth. We don't do costume Bedouin evenings. You get sweet tea, straight answers about which routes are worth your money, and more stars than you have any use for.
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