Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Baharya Oasis. Early morning, take bus for go to Baharya. When you arrive, you will visit the local area of the oasis, the numerous hot and cold therapeutic bathes, the black mountains, Gebel Al Ingleez, the numerous pyramidal mountains and the Oasis museum. Night at the Oasis
Day 2: The White Desert. Early in the morning, we will start our day after breakfast, we will ride for our safari in the desert. En route to our splendid spot, you shall enjoy the great black sand hills, the Swiss tombs of the black mountains, other oasis before reaching the most magnificent spot in Egypt. Night at camp in the White Desert
Day 3: Ferafra Oasis. After breakfast, we will leave our camp to Ferafra Oasis, where we shall enjoy the real life of Bedouin people. After our lunch of date, fig, apricot and other extraordinary oasis fruit, we will leave. Night at camp
Day 4: Siwa Oasis. After breakfast, you will visit the Mountain of the Dead, the Museum of Siwa houses and the ancient Shali Fortress, then the Oracle Temple, where the hall of Alexander the Great is, and finally the ruins of Amon Temple. We will visit Cleopatra pond in Dakrour Mountain for its hot water and hot bathes known for its natural healing powers of rheumatism and other bone maladies. Night at hotel
Day 5: Siwa Oasis. After breakfast, we will ride Jeeps to go to water bathes at salt Lake of Bir Wahed, known for its hot water of (37 C). We will stop to wonder at the mountains of fossils and the sand sheets of the hottest place in Siwa. Grilled food at dinner and night will be spent under the starry sky.
Day 6: Siwa Oasis. Breakfast, then a trip to the longest hills of sand (80 m approximately) in the eastern desert. We will roam Abou-Shrouf, the biggest source of pure water, then we shall follow to Zauton (Abou Shrouf village) to enjoy their oil of the Roman olives, the Roman black tombs and the new Roman tombs (full of skeletons). En route back to Siwa Oasis, we will visit Koraishset springs and Safi spring (source of pure water). Night at hotel
Day 7: Baharya Oasis / Cairo. After breakfast, we will return to Baharya Oasis before taking the bus to Cairo. Upon our arrival to Cairo, you will go to your hotel. Night at hotel
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Total lodging and accommodations in the desert
- Transportation and English tour guide
- Visits
- Cairo/Baharya oasis Bus ticket go/comeback
Price Excludes:
- International Flights
- Visa ($15/per)
- Entrance fees
- All insurances
- All drinks, calling and every personal spend
- Tips to the staff
Peak period supplement: Easter time (from 10 April 2006 to 24 April 2006), extra supplement: 30 %
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Egypt
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Desert Expeditions
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