Zarb: The Bedouin Underground Banquet

Zarb, the Bedouin desert feast cooked in an underground oven, unique to Wadi Rum camps.

Zarb is the hearty Bedouin desert feast, where meat and vegetables are lowered into a sand oven, sealed and slow-cooked for hours to emerge smoky and tender. It is the traditional dinner at Wadi Rum camps.

The communal meal is as much about atmosphere as taste — eaten around lanterns under the stars. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan reach camp just as zarb is served, and full package tours to Jordan include it in the oasis of a desert night.

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