Rahayeb Desert Camp

The location of the camp at the entrance to a gorge with its own small sand dune is beautiful. However, the service was not particularly good, it took a long time to even get a coffee/tea on arrival. The food in the evening, although traditionally prepared, was served carelessly. Breakfast in the morning was opened very late and was very basic. On the jeep tour offered, some of the usual sightseeing points were missing (large dune, rock paintings). The price/performance ratio was not right.

We arrived quite late in the evening and we were afraid we were not going to be able to find the way to the camp through the desert, but we called the staff who immediately answered us and kindly sent someone to pick us up from the main road. When we arrived, we had a lovely dinner in the main tent. After dinner, there was an amazing atmosphere with live traditional music, tea, and sweets. The camp is simple, but has a very authentic feeling and the views of the desert are breathtaking. The room was warm and cozy. Most importantly, all the staff were very friendly and always happy to help. Ibrahim from reception was incredibly helpful and also recommended us activities organised by the camp. We will definitely visit again.

The staff at Rahayeb camp were great, very attentive and welcoming! Our room was clean but very basic with no tissues, hand towels and soap and our air conditioning originally did not work but the staff were quick to fix this. Dinner was a fun experience watching the staff cook a variety of meats under the ground which was accompanied by traditional Arabic music. However, we wish they offered other activities or shows as the music began to drag on a bit until 11pm (a night walk out into the desert would have been awesome).

Terrible camp. Very basic, misleading photos, dirty, old, wasted camp with bad service. Does not change bedsheets or clean the tent. Limited hot water, WiFi doesn't work and limited electricity. Limited food and breakfast terrible I had no choice but to stay here because my tour company, Intrepid decided to stay at this Camp. I had expected a lot better because my tour was very expensive and it was at the Premium level. I don't expect much and understand this is a camp, but from the word go, the standard of the camp, and the service was terrible. Firstly no one will help you with your bags unless you ask. Some of their tents are up rocky uneven steps like mine, and I had a heavy piece of luggage. Upon entering the tent, I found no basics. The electricity and hot water was not working and I was told it only turns on at 3.30pm. Then I found that the tent had only two small thin bad quality towels. They would not provide face towels or hand towels and expect you to use one towel to wash, wipe your hands and clean your face. There was no bath gel or soap. There were no tissues. I asked the man for more towels and he said OK and then never came back. I could not unpack my luggage while I waited for the Jeep tour because I could not see in the dark so all I could do was sit there in the dark. My tour guide was trying to organise a separate transfer for me back to the Wadi Rum village the next day, so that my private driver could pick me up the next day to go somewhere else as I was not following the group tour back to Amman. Firstly I had my transfer included in the tour price, so in actual fact, I did pay for it, but because I was leaving an hr earlier they wanted to charge me a premium price again for the transfer. 25 JOD. Highway robbery for a 15 min transfer. I was told by my guide that it was a bad price and he had to negotiate it down to 15 JOD for me because of that reason. So they like to rip you off. Then when we went on the Jeep tour, there was no communication or commentary and it's not a tour. It is just a basic driving service. There were no toilets on the 3 hr tour and the only place they stopped at which was a basic tea rest stop had the most atrocious disgusting faeces-filled toilets, I couldn't bring myself to go, and held off till I got back to the camp. Who doesn't provide a toilet stop for 3 hrs? Every time we got out of the Jeep, the driver didn't help anyone and didn't make it easy to step out. The Jeep is high and they provided no step and did not unlatch the back to allow us to get off easily. Several people were complaining about it and they ended up not getting off the Jeep due to the inconvenience and immobility. I am a young traveller and even I found it difficult to step out and back in 10 times. My legs aren't that long. The least they could do is help people off but nope, they got out every time and headed off to talk to their friends and do whatever they wanted. I got back to the camp and asked the recep

The rooms and bathrooms were clean and looking simple but safe. The scenery outside of the tents is amazing. They have comfortable sitting areas outdoors. The food they make is fantastic. We also had a camel tour and a jeep desert tour, offered by the camp. Both guides were friendly and helpful.

I’m reliably informed that there are 371 camps in Wadi Rum, so choosing one isn’t always the easiest choice. Rahayeb is pretty basic in its setup, but don’t let this fool you. Straight away upon arrival, the staff and genuine and very attentive. I especially liked how they helped my wife with her bags and opened doors for her. Individual tents are set up in rows (about 30 in total) and they are clean, with air conditioning, hot water. What really blew me away was the breakfast and buffet dinner especially. Simply outstanding with the feel of a 5 star restaurant. Didn’t get the chef’s name, but the local dishes were truly special.