Egypt Western Desert Tour Package ( 8 Days )

Day # 1) Arrive Alexandria – Siwa Meet and assist by our travel REP upon arrival at Alexandria international airport. Transfer by A/C vehicle to Siwa Oasis with direct transfer to your hotel for check in and overnight stay.

Day # 2 ) Siwa Oasis Sightseeing – Camping

Breakfast at your hotel, followed by a guided tour by jeep 4×4 to visit Dead mountain, Siwa house museum and old fortress of Shali, then the oracle temple where you will see the coronation hall of Alexander the great, then the ruins of Amoun temple, have a swim in Cleopatra pool, then Dakrour mountain (famous for its hot sand, the best place over for sand bath, used as an effective natural cure for Rheumatism, Rheumatoid ). Overnight camping at Siwa Oasis.

Day # 3) Great Sand Sea – Bir Wahid Camping.

The Great Sand Sea is around 72,000 kilometres in size, an area somewhat larger than Tasmania, or Ireland. Essentially enormous expanses of sand and seas are made up of processions of dunes aligned to the air stream, either raising the ground level or dipping into escarpments that tend to face south. The dunes respond to the wind, moving at a rate of 20- 100 metres a year. The longest dune in the Great Sand Sea, known as the Abu Mhara Dune, is estimated to be 140 kilometres long. For three days we traverse this extraordinary landscape, exploring endlessly undulating curves that create an atmosphere of infinite and unparalleled tranquillity. Proceed to visit Bir Wahid, close to Siwa, where the hot spring and desert lake provide a pleasant diversion, overnight in a camp.

Day # 4) Abu Shuruf Village – Camping

Breakfast, move to Abou-Shrouf the biggest and cleanest spring (it’s sulfured water good for the skin and Rheumatism), later on visiting Zauton (the old village of Abou-Shrouf) seeing the Roman olives oil press and black Roman tomb, then the newly found Roman tombs (full of skeletons) Camping with Siwan folkloric Show and overnight.

Day # 5) Siwa Oasis – Bahariya- Camping.

We leave Siwa behind and head towards Bahariya Oasis via a desert track, crossing remote uninhabited desert oases such as Setra, Nueimsa, and al-Arag. We stop for some photo opportunities along the way. Overnight in a camp

Day # 6) Bahariya- Black & White Desert- Camping

Breakfast, walk around and enjoy the old village of the oasis and see the groves of palms and fruit trees. Then take a tour of the Black Mountains, the sand dunes and the salt lake. After that, visit the Temple of Ain El Muftella which was once the main water source of the old capital of the oasis. Move onto the ruin on a hill “The English House” Then you drive to the black desert and Crystal Mountain proceed to the new White Desert for camping and a relaxing overnight stay in camp.

Day # 7) Old White Desert – Camping

After breakfast we will complete our tour in the white desert then we will drive to the old acacia tree and Ain khadra spring this is roman spring we leave this spring to cross the small valley and the big valley and after that Camping at the Old White Desert.

Day # 8) Farafra Oasis – Hotel Bahariya

Breakfast, departure to El-Farafra Oasis to visit the water source NO.6 with hot water (35 degrees), the Oasis Garden and El-Farafra Museum. Drive back to Bahariya Oasis for an overnight stay in a hotel.

Day # 9) Bahariya – Cairo – Home

Breakfast at the hotel, check out leave for Cairo in a guided tour to visit the Great Pyramids, Sphinx and Valley Temple, with a last-minute shopping opportunity to the famous bazaars in Khan El Khalili from there drive to Cairo international airport for your flight back home.