Cairo – Bahariya
At the early morning with our private car to Oasis Bahariya, about 4 hours drive, 340 kilometers from Cairo.
Bahariya is the nearest oasis to Cairo, surrounded by black hills made up of ferruginous quartzite and dolerite, and famous for its 398 mineral & sulfur springs, some of which have temperatures reaching up to 45 degrees and are famous for their healing effects.
Arrive in Bawiti the capital of the Oasis occupying a hillside transfer to our hotel rest and lunch . After lunch, you will start an afternoon tour amongst top sights of Bahariya, including El Meftella Mountain, Salty Lake, Dest (Pyramid Mountain) & Maghrafa Mountain, stroll to Bir el Ghaba & el Matar warm springs with opportunity for bathing.
Time permitting; a visit to the English Mountain will take place by sunset. Here, the old English outpost was used by British troops as it showed strategic views of the area.
Accommodation in hotel
Day 02:
White Desert safari
Early morning breakfast before journeying out into the Black Desert surrounding Bahariya Oasis, where the iron in the desert is one of the reasons for the black rocks.
You will walk to explore Gabal el Marsos (Divided Mountain), and then
drive towards the small Bedouin village El Hez for lunch and rast then Making your way to
the White Desert 160-km on/off road, you will stop by the Crystal
Mountain & Agabat el Sharkia, El Santa tree, enjoy the view of sand
dunes and play with sand boarding then move to one from the oldest tree
in desert it’s El Santa tree, then go across the sands of the White
Desert, The park is the site of large white chalk rock formations,
created through erosion by wind and sand. It is also the site of cliffs
(at the northern end of the Farafra Depression), sand dunes (part of the
Great Sand Sea) and oases. at Ain khadra
The park serves as the refuge for various animals, including the
endangered Rhim gazelle and the vulnerable dorcas gazelle , as well
as barbary sheep ; jackals ; ruppell’s , red and fennec foxes;
White Desert National Park covers an area of 3,010 km2 (1,160 sq mi).
The altitude in the park varies from 32 to 353 m (105 to 1,158 ft) above
sea level, then Drive you
with its chalk, cream landscape, and the wind carved mushroom-shaped
formations that resemble both human and animal faces. Tonight you will
watch the sunset over the exquisite sands of the desert, dinner under
the stars then move to
Day 03:
Farafra & Dakhla Oasis
After a magical, but often cold night in the White Desert, drive you south towards Dakhla Oasis. In this huge green farming oasis we will visit : The old Islamic town of Qasr Dakhla in its desert-medieval style, built on top of a city from Roman times. Mut, the center of Dakhla is still using its Ancient Egyptian name after the goddess of Waset (Luxor), and here Further visits will take you to the “Temple of the Rock” and the Colored Mountain then we will visit mozawaka Tombs one from the famous and beautiful colors Tombs in all oasis after the visiting this beautiful site will drive you to the hotel
Accommodation in hotel
Day 04 :
Dakhla & Kharga
After breakfast we will
Start our drive towards the last oasis for our desert journey. This is the Kharga Oasis, the center for the Governorate of Wadi Gedid – a Governorate responsible for 40 percent of Egypt’s land area.
Where artifact from the whole of Wadi Gedid’s Ancient Egyptian, Christian and Islamic periods are exhibited
The Amon temple in Hibis is one of the only two temples known built during Persian rule of Egypt (26th Dynasty). The inscriptions on the later built Roman gate give very important understanding about Roman imperial rule in Egypt.
After Christianity came to Egypt with St. Mark the Evangelist, the Christian community was in periods under hard prosecutions from Roman rule with thousand and thousand of martyrs. Many fled to the desert for protection. Kharga was one of these places and the result of this is that we in Bagawat got one of the oldest and best-preserved Christian cemeteries in the world .
On top of a hill close to Hibis lies the Roman temple-fortress Nadura, a typical lookout as the English House visited in Baharia – apart from the fact that Nadura was built nearly two thousand years earlier then drive you to the hotel and end the tour .
Accommodation in Hotel
Day 05:
Kharga oasis – Luxor
after breakfast drive you directly to luxor it’s around 5 hours driving to there arrive luxor around 14:00 drive you to your hotel say goodbye and
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