Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم‎) also known as The Valley of the Moon (Arabic: وادي القمر‎) is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in south Jordan at 60 km to the east of Aqaba. The area is now also one of Jordan's top tourist destinations and attracts an increasing number of foreign tourists, particularly trekkers and climbers, but also for camel and horse safari.