Included
Pick-up and drop off services from/to your hotel
Travel by private air-conditioned vehicle
Private Jeep 4X4
2 nights Camping in the white desert
English-speaking driver
All camping equipment and tents
All meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
Beverages including mineral water and tea
All taxes and service charges
Excluded
Tipping
Entrance fees to the National Park of the White Desert 10 $ per person
Remember to bring
Several t-shirts (cotton or preferably breathable/fast drying)
Trainers and/or sandals – to relax and wear inside the accommodation
Sunglasses, sunscreen, and lip salve
Hat/Baseball cap
Personal First Aid kit (wet wipes, flu remedies, stomach remedies)
swimming suits as we stop at Hotspring
1) Day1- Cairo to Bahariya oasis and valley of Agabat,
Pick-up time At 06:00 from your hotel in Giza or in Cairo , drive to Bahariya Oasis , about 350 km east. This journey takes about 4 hours, there will be stops during the trip for Wc and Coffee, At 10:00 am arrival at Bahariya oasis, You will take your 4x4 Jeep and drive to the black desert , The Lunch will be served here in El Haize oasis at 12:00 14:00 Then drive to the valley of Agabat , Valley of Agabat is deep within the white desert . You have to be there to feel the out-worldly beauty of the place. Millions of years ago, the place used to be under the sea. Over the years, unique rock formations of limestone, chalk (and maybe sand) developed. Visit Ain Khedra
Then drive to the white desert for Camping-Bedouin staff will arrange dinner and desert camping. As the sky turns pink then the deepest fiery orange, the rock shapes fade, and silence is all around. Sitting around a small fire and enjoying the simplest meal of chicken, rice, and vegetables, you will feel like nothing has ever tasted so good.
2) Day 2- Agabat to the Cave and Overnight in the white desert
At 06:00 See the Sunrise from the desert At 07:00 you'll enjoy breakfast in the desert, at 08:00 Then drive to El Khor Mountain, which 70 K.m off-road from the valley of Agabat , arrive at 10:00 .it is an amazing Area with sand dunes. At 11:00 Am drive to Sahel Baraka and take the high way to Djara Cave which is 110 k.m from Sahel Baraka Djara Cave : The quiet and mystical desert, with its bedrock formations fighting the gravity, is interrupted by one of the most beautiful pre-historic sites in the western desert; Djara Cave . The cave contains the only rock-art depictions in a 250 km range, with perfectly preserved scenes of gazelles and other wild animals. The dripstone roof of the cave formed by the crystal depositions during millions of years, adds to the magical beauty of this place. El Farafra Oasis is a quiet and mystical desert, it is known as the White Desert
Lunch will be served at Djara Cave After Lunch at 14:00 drive to the Ain El-Serw Spring then arrive at the white desert at 16:00
The surprising changes in the landscape, from the black desert to the white limestone mushroom-shaped formations known as the White Desert. At 17:30 Enjoy sunset At 19:00 Camping in the white desert with Dinner Bbq dinner
3) Day 3- white desert-Bahariya oasis-Cairo
At 06:00 am Enjoy sunrise At 07:00 Am you'll enjoy breakfast in the desert, before driving to Bahariya Oasis At 09:00 On the way back, you will visit Crystal Mountain , Crystal Mountain , locally known as Gebel al-Izzaz. It's more of a crystal hill, seen on the right, which is often called the Jewel of the desert is formed by the quartzite crystals and looks amazing in the sun's rays. A few decades ago, that natural feature has been found by accident. 11:00 Drive to Bahariya Oasis , Soak in the heat at Bir Sigam , a hot spring that can help to relax. Located at 7 km east of Bahariya on the Cairo road, the spring is the best hot spring in temperature, In The summertime will stop at Bir Madi( which is a cold spring) 12:00 Then drive back to Cairo . Arrival at Cairo at 16:30- If you want to add Lunch ( 15 $ Extra per person ) We have 2 Extra options for you to discover more about the oasis 1-First option If you wish to discover more about the history of Bahariya oasis we do recommend doing an extra trip to the museum of the golden mummies, Bawiti tombs, and Alexander the Great temple
You will visit the tombs of Bannentiu and Djed-Ankh-Amun-Iuf (Zed-Amun) The tombs at Qasr Selim (26th Dynasty)In 1938 the Egyptian archaeologist Ahmed Fakhry (1905-1973) discovered four tombs at the ridge of Qarat Qasr Selim. Visit Bawiti , Bawiti is the Capital of Bahariya Oasis , Then Visit the Museum of the golden mummies and the temple of Ain El Muftella, Bahariya Oasis , You will have lunch in Bahariya Oasis before driving to Cairo
This will cost 35 $ per person Extra. Single traveler:50 $ 2- Second option You can book Extra 3 Hours Bahariya oasis tour. You will discover Bahariya Oasis , The palm, and olives fields, Gebel Maghrafa. where the biggest Diansour( (Stromer's Tidal Giant) ever discovered in 1914 at the base of Gebel Dist. Lake al-Marun which is the biggest salt lake in Bahariya Oasis , Enjoy the sunset from The summit of the English Mountain(Gebel Al Ingleez). the view from the top offers a panorama of the northern part of the oasis. drive to Cairo This will cost 35 $ per person Extra.
Single traveler:50 $