Jordan's highest mountain
(Duration: one day or one-day-and-one-night)
Jebel Umm Adaami is 40 kms south of Rum village; the drive takes you through the stunning desert wilderness of Wadi Saabet, past natural rock sculptures and along dried up wadis. It is wise to set out early, particularly in the heat of the summer.
Jebel Umm Adaami is 40 kms south of Rum village; the drive takes you through the stunning desert wilderness of Wadi Saabet, past natural rock sculptures and along dried up wadis. It is wise to set out early, particularly in the heat of the summer.
It's not a climb to undertake without an experienced Bedouin guide (though the drive alone makes a fantastic, different one-day tour). The ascent is not difficult nor too challenging if you're fit, as long as you know which route to take. It is far too easy to take a wrong path if you're on your own and any rescue would be difficult and expensive. And a guide shows you the lizard and snake tracks and identifies the pungent desert zarta.
In the centre of the first picture below is a tiny white dot, the 4x4 and next to it, in the sand, lunch is being cooked. South from the summit is the forbidden landscape of Saudi Arabia (inaccessible to most of us). The 1854 metre summit of Jebel Umm Adaami is as close as we're allowed.
The return journey takes you past Saleh's mother's tent near Khazali, a perfect place to spend another night and enjoy the sense of achievement after climbing Jordan's highest mountain.
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