Seating at Wadi Rum was bench seats in the back of the 4X4's. Fits six snugly, four quite comfortably. Can be bumpy. You will be outdoor in the wind/sand/chilly depending on your weather conditions. Some people may choose to sit inside vehicle, but very limited (like one per vehicle if guides already not using it). See Candy's pics of the vehicles. Our Tauck guide paid for all camera passes entire trip; I assume that is normal for all Tauck tours. Phones do not need passes. Flash OK in tombs. Impossible to explain everything we saw on tour … just wait and see for yourselves.

Both the 4 engine Dash 7 and the smaller two engine Dash 8 come in many models/sizes. We flew on the smaller Dash 8-102's and the even smaller Dash 6, Twin Otter (and the even smaller yet, Cessna Caravan) during K&T several years ago. All were just fine. Since our baggage on J&E is not restricted to a duffle like K&T, you can be sure you'll fly a larger aircraft than a Twin Otter.

Twin Otter:

Cozy interior of the Twin Otter:

I want to sit in the front seats in the PAS Dash 8:

On K&T I really got the front seat of a Cessna Caravan!

Hi Exlandlubber,

As always AlanS is on point!

Here's details I received from the tour manager regarding the internal flights.

For the flight on Day 10 Luxor to Cairo it is with Egypt Air, a commercial airline. They use Airbus 320s or 330s.
For the flights Aqaba to Aswan and then Aswan-Abu Simbel-Aswan we fly with Petroleum Air Services, a charter flight company. They use twin engine Dash-8 planes with 50 seats that are flown by 2 pilots, these are common planes used for smaller flights in the U.S.

Hope this helps,
Tauck Emily

It is unlikely that the coaches will have USB ports and you certainly should not count on it. Unless your phone has a bad battery you should be able to snap pictures to your heart's content and not worry about it. This assumes that you charge it each night and put it in airplane mode so that bluetooth and cell service don't use power. However, if you are concerned, buy yourself a power bank. You should be able to order one today from Amazon and have it by Thursday (assuming you have Prime).

Mil - Chicago Travelers have returned from the first "Egypt: Jewel of the Nile" trip and provides outstanding reviews under that trip title here on the Forum. Also recommend looking at the "Israel and Jordan" trip for comments about Jordan. We took that trip in October 2018 and it was outstanding and we are taking the Jewel trip in March 2021 and early reports are that it is also outstanding. Good luck!