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A 14-Day Egyptian Oases Adventure: To El Bahariya and El
Farafra Oases
A
15-Day Tour of the Egyptian Oases: El Bahariya , El Farafra , and
even a cruise in Nubia on Lake Nasser
A
16-Day Egyptian
Oasis Adventure
Alexandria and Siwa Edition. The search continues for the tomb of
Alexander the Great
A 16-Day Egyptian
Oases Adventure
Valley of the Golden Mummies : Mount Sinai , El Bahariya, and
El Farafra Oases
A 19-Day Egyptian Oases Adventure:
Including air fare from USA , a Nile Cruise, a ride on the Sleeper
Train , Abydos Temple , Abu Simbel Temples , Alexandria , Al-Alamein
and Siwa Oases
Egyptian
Oases Adventure : A 22- Day Tour . Tour
The Egyptian Western Sahara Oases . Siwa , Bahariya & Farafra
Edition
Private
Desert Caravan
Daily departure
On
Desert Safari to Fayoum Oases for the Day - Start in Cairo any day
- Year Round
The
wilds of the desert begin right on the outskirts of Cairo, and continue
for hundreds of miles to the east and west, through sands, rock,
mountains, oases, and a surprising variety of scenery and inhabitants.
Join
us for a day ranging across the desert like modern nomads. In place
of camels, we’ll travel in comfortable, reliable four-by-four
Toyota Land Cruisers. Your guide and drivers will meet you at your
hotel, and soon you’ll leave bustling Cairo behind as you
undertake the drive toward the Oasis of El Fayoum, 150 kilometers
to the southwest. Hard as it is to believe, a great inland sea once
covered these sands. It was a holy reserve of sacred crocodiles,
symbolized by the god Sobek.
We’ll
visit the temple of Kom Oshim, drive over ancient lake beds, and
alongside the waters of today’s Fayoum Lake to reach the fishermen’s
village of Chak Chouk. There we’ll stop for a lunch of fish
caught fresh that morning. There will be time to wander the village
lanes and discreetly watch the everyday activities of baking flatbread,
irrigating crops from the lake’s waters, and bringing in the
catch. We’ll also include the craft and pottery museum where
the best works of local artisans are on display.
Then
it’s into our four-by-fours again, for an off-road adventure!
We’ll head alongside and across desert washes, between dunes,
and over ancient lake beds for 35 kilometers to the Valley of the
Whales. Incredibly, these great mammals once thrived in waters surrounded
by sands. We’ll stop and gaze in amazement at their fossilized
remains alongside smaller sea creatures that remain in stone.
In
the evening, you’ll return to your hotel in Cairo.
Price includes:
Land
transportation in air-conditioned four-wheel-drive Toyota Land Cruiser
Services of driver and English-speaking driver
Lunch at seafood restaurant
Entry fees
Rate
per person in double in USD $ :
Minimum
2 passengers is required = 285 $ per person
A
note about meals
Please note that some meals will be served in local desert style.
For your Egyptian breakfast, expect orange juice, tea and coffee,
marmalade, a selection of two cheeses, beans, and eggs.
A picnic lunch will typically include either tuna, sausage, sardines
or beef with a green salad or a salad of cheese, tomato and fruit.
For dinner, expect a beef or chicken main coarse, with vegetable
and rice or pasta.
Please inform your hosts in advance of dietary requests. |
