Rig-e Jen Desert

Whatever the eye cannot see, feeds mystery and becomes a source of fables. Jen (Jinn or genie in English), means something that cannot be seen with the eye; a name which goes perfectly well as the name of this place as it was unknown for a very long time; no one had ever seen what existed there, no one was believed to ever return from the area as it was thought to be haunted by ghosts and evil spirits. 

The mysterious desert of Rig-e Jen, fabled as the Bermuda Triangle of Iran, is located on the west of Dasht-e Kavir; a piece of land where no plants grow. This desert was discovered by a Swedish explorer, Sven Hedin, in 1900. Thirty years later, Alfons Gabriel, an Austrian geographer, tried to approach the edge of the desert but he couldn’t pass through it. Finally, in 1997, Ali Parsa, an Iranian geographer, made it to the other side of Rig-e Jen desert, after carefully analyzing the area from a helicopter.

The area spans over 3800 square kilometers of land. The gross difference between day and night temperatures causes the stones to be broken. Lack of water, very high temperatures, various salt wetlands and high loose sand dunes have made the desert impassable for centuries. A scary sound created by the wind passing through the dunes, as well as its high temperature, which, together with fire, are recognized by Qoran as the materials the Jinn are made of, have intensified the belief. 

In Rig-e Jen, an unforgettable stargazing experience awaits you. The night sky is full of twinkling stars, and you will experience amazing scenes of shooting stars.