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Two Day Petra Wadi Rum & Dead Sea
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Travelers Choice 2021-2022 Two Day Tour - Best Travelers Choice in the Middle East.
This is one of the most affordable tourism offers in Jordan, where we will visit 3 wonderful places and passing through amazing roads in Two-Days Trip... Starting from Amman toward Petra, and move afterwards toward Wadi Rum, Spend the night, discover the valley next day and move toward the Dead Sea. This tour comes with different versions (flavors): Private or small group tour, Guided or un-guided tour, so read carefully and book below what version you prefer (some days might not be available)
Wadi Rum Sky Gate observatory was established by a grant from the USAID/Aqaba Community and Economic Development Program to the Aqaba Astronomy Association in order to provide a new attraction for Wadi Rum and add value to the tourism sector in southern Jordan.
The Sky Gate telescope was developed as a scientific, cultural, and tourism development project that will enhance the Wadi Rum visitor experience and attract international and local tourists to spend the night camping in the desert. Moreover, the project trained a group of local Bedouins to conduct stargazing tours and assist visitors in operating the telescope. The telescope is available for tourists and residents who want to stargaze in the desert, a location that provides an optimal viewing experience due to the lack of light pollution. 
Unfortunately, during my tens of times visit for camping at Wadi Rum and during the Jeep tours at the valley , I noticed that the Sky Gate project is closed and no one is present at the site at Rum to assist tourists and visitors and to get benefit on what this gate was planned for … I even asked many people from the locals at the area and all of them admitted that , the telescope was open once (at opening day ) , and no one came back to the site afterwards ,,, What a shame ! Thousands of dollars was invested not in the wrong place, because Wadi Rum is the best place for watching the sky , camping , enjoying the peaceful and beautiful mountains , but it is clear that it was given to the wrong people …
The Sky Gate telescope was developed as a scientific, cultural, and tourism development project that will enhance the Wadi Rum visitor experience and attract international and local tourists to spend the night camping in the desert. Moreover, the project trained a group of local Bedouins to conduct stargazing tours and assist visitors in operating the telescope. The telescope is available for tourists and residents who want to stargaze in the desert, a location that provides an optimal viewing experience due to the lack of light pollution. Unfortunately, during my tens of times visit for camping at Wadi Rum and during the Jeep tours at the valley , I noticed that the Sky Gate project is closed and no one is present at the site at Rum to assist tourists and visitors and to get benefit on what this gate was planned for … I even asked many people from the locals at the area and all of them admitted that , the telescope was open once (at opening day ) , and no one came back to the site afterwards ,,, What a shame ! Thousands of dollars was invested not in the wrong place, because Wadi Rum is the best place for watching the sky , camping , enjoying the peaceful and beautiful mountains , but it is clear that it was given to the wrong people …